NIHONGO DAISUKI ! 日本語 だいすき!
  • CLASSROOM LANGUAGE
    • REI - STARTING THE LESSON
    • THINGS STUDENTS SAY
    • THINGS TEACHERS SAY
    • CLASSROOM OBJECTS
    • KIMOCHI - FEELINGS
  • YEARS 7 & 8
    • WEATHER AND FEELINGS >
      • TENKI - WEATHER
      • LANGUAGE REFERENCE - WEATHER AND FEELINGS
  • YEAR 9
    • AISATSU - GREETINGS
    • GREETINGS ANIME
    • JIKO SHOUKAI - SELF INTRODUCTION
    • NAMAE - NAMES
    • BANGOU - NUMBERS
    • NAN SAI? - HOW OLD ARE YOU?
    • KUNI - COUNTRIES
    • WHERE WE LIVE
    • LIKES AND DISLIKES
    • YURU KYARA - CHARACTER MASCOTS
    • PARTS OF THE BODY - FACES
    • THE BODY - KARADA
    • NANI IRO - WHAT COLOUR?
    • WHAT'S IT LIKE - DESCRIBING WORDS
    • KAZOKU - FAMILY
    • TABEMONO - FOOD
    • TENKI - WEATHER
    • KAMOKU - SUBJECTS
    • SUBEJECT LIKES AND DISLIKES
    • GAKKOU - SCHOOL
    • HIRAGANA
    • YEAR 9 STUDENTS
  • YEAR 10
    • KAZOKU - FAMILY >
      • TANGO - VOCABULARY
      • NAN NIN? - HOW MANY PEOPLE?
      • DARE GA IMASU KA -WHO IS THERE?
      • DESCRIBING APPEARANCE
      • SHUMI - HOBBIES
      • SHIGOTO - JOBS
    • HOUSING >
      • AROUND HOME - VOCABULARY
      • WHAT'S IT LIKE? - DOU DESU KA?
      • ARIMASU-THERE IS/THERE ARE
      • HITOTSU ARIMASU-THERE IS ONE
      • IN/ON/UNDER - PREPOSITIONS
      • SAYING WHAT THERE IS AND WHERE
      • ASKING AND SAYING WHERE SOMETHING IS
      • KORE/SORE/ARE - THIS/THAT
    • SEIKATSU - DAILY LIFE >
      • VERBS - DAILY ACTIVITIES
      • HOW OFTEN?
      • TOMORROW - FUTURE TIME WORDS
      • PAST ACTIVITIES
      • YESTERDAY - PAST TIME WORDS
      • JIKAN - TIME
      • YOUBI - DAYS OF THE WEEK
    • YEAR 10 GAKKOU >
      • KYOUKA - SUBJECTS
      • SCHOOL VOCABULARY
    • NANI IRO - WHAT COLOUR?
    • DOUBUTSU - ANIMALS >
      • STORIES AND SONGS >
        • Zou no hana - The Elephant's Nose
        • Kobutanukitsuneko
    • YEAR 10 KANJI
  • YEAR 11
    • Y11 LANGUAGE INDEX
    • NCEA LEVEL 1 KANJI
    • WATASHI-TACHI NO MACHI - OUR TOWN >
      • THINGS AROUND TOWN
      • NANI GA ARU? - WHAT IS THERE?
      • MAE / YOKO / USHIRO - Locations
      • ADJECTIVES - REVIEW
      • CHIISAKUTE, FURUI - Small and old - Joining adjectives
      • EKI GA ATTE, BENRI DESU - Forming compound sentences
      • IROIRONA MACHI - Descriptions of various towns
      • TARI-TARI - Do things like...
      • KARA - from, because, after >
        • KARA = FROM
        • KARA = BECAUSE/SO
        • KARA = AFTER
      • DOU YATTE IKU? - Giving Directions
      • NANI GA DEKIRU? - WHAT CAN WE DO THERE?
      • ASOBI NI KITE - COME AND VISIT
      • MACHI ONLINE READING LINKS
    • KAIMONO - SHOPPING 1 >
      • CONVERSATION IN A SHOP - ONIGIRI SANKO KUDASAI
      • COUNTERS
      • NANI IRO - WHAT COLOUR?
      • AKAI NO GA HOSHII - I WANT THE RED ONE
      • IKURA - HOW MUCH?
      • SORE WO KUDASAI - THAT ONE PLEASE
      • FUNNY JAPANESE COMMERCIALS
    • KURISUMASU - CHRISTMAS >
      • NANI GA II - WHAT WOULD BE GOOD?
      • NI SHIMASU - EXPRESSING A DECISION
      • TO OMOU - I THINK
      • SHUMI - HOBBIES
      • GIVING & RECEIVING - AGERU KURERU MORAU
      • OISHISOU - LOOKS DELICIOUS
      • TABETAI - WANT TO EAT
      • TSUMORI - INTEND
      • DESCRIBING PEOPLE
    • OTHER LANGUAGE NOTES >
      • MOU, MADA - ALREADY, NOT YET
      • SUGIRU - Too much
      • NAGARA - While doing
      • TE MO II - PERMISSION
      • CONNECTIVES - Joining words
      • PRESENTATIONS - Oral language features
  • YEAR 12
    • YEAR 12 LANGUAGE NOTES >
      • ~NO HOU GA - COMPARISONS/ MORE ~ THAN
      • ICHIBAN~ - COMPARISONS/THE MOST
      • HODO. . . NAI - COMPARISONS/ NOT AS~AS
      • ONAJI GURAI - COMPARISONS/ SAME AS
      • DOUSHI - VERBS
      • KOTO GA DEKIRU - CAN DO
      • KOTO NI SURU - DECIDE TO DO
      • SURU MAE NI - BEFORE WE DO
      • -TA ATODE - AFTER WE'VE DONE
      • CHIISAI TOKI - WHEN I WAS LITTLE
      • VERB AIDA - WHILE VERBING
      • -TE MIRU - TRY SOMETHING AND SEE
      • NARIMASU -BECOME
      • KISETSU - SEASONS
      • USING と FOR IF/WHEN
      • NO - NOMINALISING ADJECTIVES
      • TENKI - WEATHER
      • AME GA FUTTE IMASU - IT'S RAINING
      • NO/KOTO - NOMINALISERS 2
      • RELATIVE CLAUSES
      • TE FORM + IKU/KURU
      • REPORTED SPEECH-SOU DESU
      • DOU YATTE - HOW TO
      • YARIKATA - HOW TO
      • KOTO GA ARIMASU KA - HAVE YOU EVER...
      • TARA - IF
      • TABETE SHIMAIMASHITA - ENDED UP EATING
      • NANI KA/DARE KA - SOMETHING/ SOMEBODY
      • NANI MO/DARE MO - SOMETHING/ NOTHING
      • BEGIN DOING - SHIHAJIMERU
      • TAME NI - IN ORDER TO/FOR THE SAKE OF
      • SHIKA NAI - NOTHING BUT
    • NCEA LEVEL 2 KANJI
    • ONLINE READING LINKS
    • HOMESTAY UNIT VOCABULARY
  • YEAR 13
    • YEAR 13 LANGUAGE NOTES >
      • NODE - EXPLAINING CONSEQUENCES
      • ~SHI - EMPHASISING SUPPORTING INFORMATION
      • ~NARA - IF
      • ~TARA II - SHOULD
      • ~SHITA HOU GA II - OUGHT TO
      • ~SHINAI HOU GA II - OUGHT NOT TO
      • ~KOTO NI NARU - IT HAS BEEN DECIDED THAT~
      • ~NAKEREBA NARANAI - I HAVE TO
      • ~NAKEREBA IKENAI - YOU HAVE TO
      • ~NAKUTE MO II - YOU DON'T HAVE TO
      • ~RARERU - THE POTENTIAL FORM
      • ~TE HOSHII - WANT SOMEONE TO DO
      • ~TE MORAU - GET SOMEONE TO DO
      • ~TE KURERU - SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING FOR US
      • ~KA DOU KA - EXPRESSING UNCERTAINTY
      • ~ TSUMORI WA NAI - HAVE NO INTENTION OF ~
      • ~HAZU DA - EXPECTATION/SHOULD BE
      • ~HAZU DA - EXPECTATION/SHOULD BE
    • NCEA LEVEL 3 KANJI
  • VERBS
    • ICHI(1)-DAN VERBS
    • GO(5)-DAN VERBS >
      • う-VERBS
      • く-VERBS
      • ぐ-VERBS
      • す-VERBS
      • つ-VERBS
      • ぬ-VERBS
      • ぶ-VERBS
      • む-VERBS
      • る-VERBS
    • IRREGULAR VERBS
    • VERB TENSES - HOW TO USE THEM
  • STUDENT BLOGS
    • ALBAN
    • AUSTIN
    • JAMIE
    • JANE
    • JORDAN
    • KOUSHI
    • MIA
    • OLIVIA
    • PAIGE
    • TANE
    • TEAGUE
    • エイデン
    • エリース
    • オスティン
    • カーラ
    • コーバン
    • コナーF.
    • コナーT.
    • サム
    • シャンテル
    • ニック
    • ハナ H.
    • ハナ M.
    • パトリック
    • マギー
    • トム
    • ホリー
  • LINKS AND RESOURCES
    • VIDEO RESOURCES
    • LISTENING RESOURCES
    • ONLINE COURSES
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Seito ga
​yoku iu koto

Things students often say

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On this page (keep scrolling down):
  • Asking for help and helping others
  • Asking for things
  • Permission and apologies
  • Language for games and activities

ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
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​Tetsudatte (kudasai)
てつだって ください
  • Help me (please)
Oshiete (kudasai)
おしえて ください
  • Tell me/teach me (please)
Misete (kudasai)
みせて ください
  • Show me (please)

Boodo ni kaite (kudasai)
ボード に かいて ください
  • Could you write it on the board (please)
​Mou ichi do
もう いちど
  • One more time
Mada
まだ
  • Not yet

Mienai
みえない
  • I can't see it
​Kikoenai
きこえない
  • I can't hear it
​Wakaranai
わからない
  • I don't understand/I don't get it

​Mada wakaranai
まだ わからない
  • I don't understand it yet
Wakatta!
わかった
  • I've got it! / I've understood
Daijoubu
だいじょうぶ
  • I'm OK

Dekinai
できない
  • I can't do it
​Mada dekinai
まだ できない
  • I can't do it yet
​Dekita
できた
  • I've done it

Nihongo de nan desu ka?
日本語 で なん です か
  • What is it in Japanese?
Eigo de nan desu ka?
えいご で なん です か
  • What is it in English?
Nan peeji?
なん ページ
  • What page?

​Sugoi!
すごい
  • Amazing!
​Yatta!
やった
  • Yay!
Jouzu!
じょうず
  • You're good at that!
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​PRACTISE ASKING FOR HELP AND GIVING FEEDBACK ON QUIZLET

ASKING FOR THINGS
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​Enpitsu wo kashite (kudasai)
えんぴつ を かして ください
  • Could you lend me a pencil (please)
Keshi-gomu wo kashite (kudasai)
けしごむ を かして ください
  • Could you lend me an eraser (please)
​Douzo
どうぞ
  • Here you are

​Arigatou gozaimasu
ありがとう ございます
  • Thank you
Keshi-gomu aru?
けしごむ ある
  • Do you have an eraser?
​Hai, aru
はい、ある
  • Yes, I have

​Nai
ない
  • I don't have one
Keshi-gomu wa nai
けしごむ は ない
  • I don't have an eraser
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PRACTISE ASKING FOR THINGS ON QUIZLET

ASKING PERMISSION AND APOLOGISING
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Toire ni itte mo ii desu ka?
​Gomen nasai
ごめん なさい
  • Sorry
Sumimasen
すみません
  • Excuse me / sorry
​Okurete, sumimasen
おくれて、すみません
  • Sorry for being late

Toire ni itte mo ii desu ka?
トイレ に いって も いい です か
  • May I go to the toilet?
​Hai, douzo
はい、どうぞ
  • Sure, go ahead
Iie, dame desu
いいえ、だめ  です
  • No, it's not OK

Tabete mo ii desu ka?
たべて も いい です か
  • May I eat?
Haitte mo ii desu ka?
はいって も いい です か
  • May I come in?

​Mado wo akete mo ii desu ka?
まど を あけて も いい です か
  • May I open the window?
​Mado wo shimete mo ii desu ka?
まど を しめて も いい です か
  • May I shut the window?
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PRACTISE ASKING PERMISSION AND APOLOGISING ON QUIZLET

LANGUAGE FOR GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
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Dare no ban?
だれ の ばん
  • Whose turn?
Watashi no ban
わたし の ばん
  • My turn
Jakku san no ban
ジャック さん の ばん
  • Jack's turn

Saikoro kudasai
さいころ ください
  • Give me the dice
Pen kudasai
ペン ください
  • Give me the pen
Chotto matte
ちょっと まって
  • Wait

Yattaa!
やったあ
  • Yay!
​Katta!
かった
  • I won
​Maketa
まけた
  • I lost

Owatta
おわった
  • Finished
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PRACTISE THE LANGUAGE FOR GAMES AND ACTIVITIES ON QUIZLET

Don't worry about us Yurukyara, we're just hanging out here on Nihongo Daisuki waiting to be noticed!
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  • CLASSROOM LANGUAGE
    • REI - STARTING THE LESSON
    • THINGS STUDENTS SAY
    • THINGS TEACHERS SAY
    • CLASSROOM OBJECTS
    • KIMOCHI - FEELINGS
  • YEARS 7 & 8
    • WEATHER AND FEELINGS >
      • TENKI - WEATHER
      • LANGUAGE REFERENCE - WEATHER AND FEELINGS
  • YEAR 9
    • AISATSU - GREETINGS
    • GREETINGS ANIME
    • JIKO SHOUKAI - SELF INTRODUCTION
    • NAMAE - NAMES
    • BANGOU - NUMBERS
    • NAN SAI? - HOW OLD ARE YOU?
    • KUNI - COUNTRIES
    • WHERE WE LIVE
    • LIKES AND DISLIKES
    • YURU KYARA - CHARACTER MASCOTS
    • PARTS OF THE BODY - FACES
    • THE BODY - KARADA
    • NANI IRO - WHAT COLOUR?
    • WHAT'S IT LIKE - DESCRIBING WORDS
    • KAZOKU - FAMILY
    • TABEMONO - FOOD
    • TENKI - WEATHER
    • KAMOKU - SUBJECTS
    • SUBEJECT LIKES AND DISLIKES
    • GAKKOU - SCHOOL
    • HIRAGANA
    • YEAR 9 STUDENTS
  • YEAR 10
    • KAZOKU - FAMILY >
      • TANGO - VOCABULARY
      • NAN NIN? - HOW MANY PEOPLE?
      • DARE GA IMASU KA -WHO IS THERE?
      • DESCRIBING APPEARANCE
      • SHUMI - HOBBIES
      • SHIGOTO - JOBS
    • HOUSING >
      • AROUND HOME - VOCABULARY
      • WHAT'S IT LIKE? - DOU DESU KA?
      • ARIMASU-THERE IS/THERE ARE
      • HITOTSU ARIMASU-THERE IS ONE
      • IN/ON/UNDER - PREPOSITIONS
      • SAYING WHAT THERE IS AND WHERE
      • ASKING AND SAYING WHERE SOMETHING IS
      • KORE/SORE/ARE - THIS/THAT
    • SEIKATSU - DAILY LIFE >
      • VERBS - DAILY ACTIVITIES
      • HOW OFTEN?
      • TOMORROW - FUTURE TIME WORDS
      • PAST ACTIVITIES
      • YESTERDAY - PAST TIME WORDS
      • JIKAN - TIME
      • YOUBI - DAYS OF THE WEEK
    • YEAR 10 GAKKOU >
      • KYOUKA - SUBJECTS
      • SCHOOL VOCABULARY
    • NANI IRO - WHAT COLOUR?
    • DOUBUTSU - ANIMALS >
      • STORIES AND SONGS >
        • Zou no hana - The Elephant's Nose
        • Kobutanukitsuneko
    • YEAR 10 KANJI
  • YEAR 11
    • Y11 LANGUAGE INDEX
    • NCEA LEVEL 1 KANJI
    • WATASHI-TACHI NO MACHI - OUR TOWN >
      • THINGS AROUND TOWN
      • NANI GA ARU? - WHAT IS THERE?
      • MAE / YOKO / USHIRO - Locations
      • ADJECTIVES - REVIEW
      • CHIISAKUTE, FURUI - Small and old - Joining adjectives
      • EKI GA ATTE, BENRI DESU - Forming compound sentences
      • IROIRONA MACHI - Descriptions of various towns
      • TARI-TARI - Do things like...
      • KARA - from, because, after >
        • KARA = FROM
        • KARA = BECAUSE/SO
        • KARA = AFTER
      • DOU YATTE IKU? - Giving Directions
      • NANI GA DEKIRU? - WHAT CAN WE DO THERE?
      • ASOBI NI KITE - COME AND VISIT
      • MACHI ONLINE READING LINKS
    • KAIMONO - SHOPPING 1 >
      • CONVERSATION IN A SHOP - ONIGIRI SANKO KUDASAI
      • COUNTERS
      • NANI IRO - WHAT COLOUR?
      • AKAI NO GA HOSHII - I WANT THE RED ONE
      • IKURA - HOW MUCH?
      • SORE WO KUDASAI - THAT ONE PLEASE
      • FUNNY JAPANESE COMMERCIALS
    • KURISUMASU - CHRISTMAS >
      • NANI GA II - WHAT WOULD BE GOOD?
      • NI SHIMASU - EXPRESSING A DECISION
      • TO OMOU - I THINK
      • SHUMI - HOBBIES
      • GIVING & RECEIVING - AGERU KURERU MORAU
      • OISHISOU - LOOKS DELICIOUS
      • TABETAI - WANT TO EAT
      • TSUMORI - INTEND
      • DESCRIBING PEOPLE
    • OTHER LANGUAGE NOTES >
      • MOU, MADA - ALREADY, NOT YET
      • SUGIRU - Too much
      • NAGARA - While doing
      • TE MO II - PERMISSION
      • CONNECTIVES - Joining words
      • PRESENTATIONS - Oral language features
  • YEAR 12
    • YEAR 12 LANGUAGE NOTES >
      • ~NO HOU GA - COMPARISONS/ MORE ~ THAN
      • ICHIBAN~ - COMPARISONS/THE MOST
      • HODO. . . NAI - COMPARISONS/ NOT AS~AS
      • ONAJI GURAI - COMPARISONS/ SAME AS
      • DOUSHI - VERBS
      • KOTO GA DEKIRU - CAN DO
      • KOTO NI SURU - DECIDE TO DO
      • SURU MAE NI - BEFORE WE DO
      • -TA ATODE - AFTER WE'VE DONE
      • CHIISAI TOKI - WHEN I WAS LITTLE
      • VERB AIDA - WHILE VERBING
      • -TE MIRU - TRY SOMETHING AND SEE
      • NARIMASU -BECOME
      • KISETSU - SEASONS
      • USING と FOR IF/WHEN
      • NO - NOMINALISING ADJECTIVES
      • TENKI - WEATHER
      • AME GA FUTTE IMASU - IT'S RAINING
      • NO/KOTO - NOMINALISERS 2
      • RELATIVE CLAUSES
      • TE FORM + IKU/KURU
      • REPORTED SPEECH-SOU DESU
      • DOU YATTE - HOW TO
      • YARIKATA - HOW TO
      • KOTO GA ARIMASU KA - HAVE YOU EVER...
      • TARA - IF
      • TABETE SHIMAIMASHITA - ENDED UP EATING
      • NANI KA/DARE KA - SOMETHING/ SOMEBODY
      • NANI MO/DARE MO - SOMETHING/ NOTHING
      • BEGIN DOING - SHIHAJIMERU
      • TAME NI - IN ORDER TO/FOR THE SAKE OF
      • SHIKA NAI - NOTHING BUT
    • NCEA LEVEL 2 KANJI
    • ONLINE READING LINKS
    • HOMESTAY UNIT VOCABULARY
  • YEAR 13
    • YEAR 13 LANGUAGE NOTES >
      • NODE - EXPLAINING CONSEQUENCES
      • ~SHI - EMPHASISING SUPPORTING INFORMATION
      • ~NARA - IF
      • ~TARA II - SHOULD
      • ~SHITA HOU GA II - OUGHT TO
      • ~SHINAI HOU GA II - OUGHT NOT TO
      • ~KOTO NI NARU - IT HAS BEEN DECIDED THAT~
      • ~NAKEREBA NARANAI - I HAVE TO
      • ~NAKEREBA IKENAI - YOU HAVE TO
      • ~NAKUTE MO II - YOU DON'T HAVE TO
      • ~RARERU - THE POTENTIAL FORM
      • ~TE HOSHII - WANT SOMEONE TO DO
      • ~TE MORAU - GET SOMEONE TO DO
      • ~TE KURERU - SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING FOR US
      • ~KA DOU KA - EXPRESSING UNCERTAINTY
      • ~ TSUMORI WA NAI - HAVE NO INTENTION OF ~
      • ~HAZU DA - EXPECTATION/SHOULD BE
      • ~HAZU DA - EXPECTATION/SHOULD BE
    • NCEA LEVEL 3 KANJI
  • VERBS
    • ICHI(1)-DAN VERBS
    • GO(5)-DAN VERBS >
      • う-VERBS
      • く-VERBS
      • ぐ-VERBS
      • す-VERBS
      • つ-VERBS
      • ぬ-VERBS
      • ぶ-VERBS
      • む-VERBS
      • る-VERBS
    • IRREGULAR VERBS
    • VERB TENSES - HOW TO USE THEM
  • STUDENT BLOGS
    • ALBAN
    • AUSTIN
    • JAMIE
    • JANE
    • JORDAN
    • KOUSHI
    • MIA
    • OLIVIA
    • PAIGE
    • TANE
    • TEAGUE
    • エイデン
    • エリース
    • オスティン
    • カーラ
    • コーバン
    • コナーF.
    • コナーT.
    • サム
    • シャンテル
    • ニック
    • ハナ H.
    • ハナ M.
    • パトリック
    • マギー
    • トム
    • ホリー
  • LINKS AND RESOURCES
    • VIDEO RESOURCES
    • LISTENING RESOURCES
    • ONLINE COURSES