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Japanese Language Comprehensible Input for Beginners "Talking about Family" in easy Japanese!
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- Level mix: 10 at N5, 4 at N4, 1 at N3
- Words to practice: 27
- Kanji: 27%
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1N5Hello everyone, I'm Mei.
- 2N5
Today let's practice talking about family.
- 3N4
In Japanese, the way you call your family members changes depending on the situation.
- 4N3
When I talk about my own father, I say 'chichi'.
- 5N5
I live together with my husband and daughter.
- 6N5
My daughter is three years old and very energetic.
- 7N5
My father is in his seventies and my mother is in her sixties, but they are still working.
- 8N5
My mother is still working.
- 9N4
My father started his own small company about fifteen years ago.
- 10N5
My mother works together with my father at that company.
- 11N4
Both of them look very busy.
- 12N5
I have two older brothers.
- 13N5
One of my brothers is still single.
- 14N5
My mother's mother is still healthy and alive.
- 15N4
Since my family lives in Japan, I can only see them once or twice a year.
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Hello everyone, I'm Mei.
Polite皆さん、こんにちは。メイです。
Casualみんな、こんにちは。メイだよ。
Today let's practice talking about family.
Polite今日は家族について話す練習をしましょう。
Casual今日は家族について話す練習をしよう。
In Japanese, the way you call your family members changes depending on the situation.
Polite日本語では家族の呼び方がシチュエーションによって違います。
Casual日本語では家族の呼び方がシチュエーションによって違うよね。
When I talk about my own father, I say 'chichi'.
Polite自分の父について話す時は「父」と言います。
Casual自分の父について話す時は「父」って言うよ。
I live together with my husband and daughter.
Polite私は夫と娘と一緒に住んでいます。
Casual私は夫と娘と一緒に住んでいるよ。
My daughter is three years old and very energetic.
Polite娘は今3歳で、とても元気です。
Casual娘は今3歳で、すごく元気だよ。
My father is in his seventies and my mother is in her sixties, but they are still working.
Polite父は70代で母は60代ですが、まだ働いています。
Casual父は70代で母は60代だけど、まだ働いているよ。
My mother is still working.
Polite母はまだ働いています。
Casual母はまだ働いてるよ。
My father started his own small company about fifteen years ago.
Polite父は15年ぐらい前に自分の小さい会社を作りました。
Casual父は15年ぐらい前に自分の小さい会社を作ったんだ。
My mother works together with my father at that company.
Polite母も父と一緒にあの会社で働いています。
Casual母も父と一緒にあの会社で働いてるよ。
Both of them look very busy.
Polite2人ともとても忙しそうです。
Casual2人ともとても忙しそうだね。
I have two older brothers.
Polite私は兄が2人います。
Casual私は兄が2人いるよ。
One of my brothers is still single.
Polite兄の1人はまだ独身です。
Casual兄の1人はまだ独身だよ。
My mother's mother is still healthy and alive.
Polite母の母はまだ元気で生きています。
Casual母の母はまだ元気で生きてるよ。
Since my family lives in Japan, I can only see them once or twice a year.
Polite家族は日本に住んでいるので、1年に1回か2回しか会えません。
Casual家族は日本に住んでるので、1年に1回か2回しか会えないんだ。