2010/11/01

University Self Introduction

"I'm Sherry. I'm 4th year student. My major is business."

The most simple sentence structure is 'A is B.' In Japanese, it is 'AはBです。(A wa B de su).' Here は(ha) pronounces は(wa). We can make a self introduction just by using 'A is B' as long as we know the related vocabulary. I usually do a simple quick self introduction in the first class of the semester like below:

English
Japanese
Pronunciation
I'm Sherry.
わたし Sherry です
watashi wa Sherry desu.
I'm 4th year student.
わたし よねんせい です
watashi wa yonensee desu.
(My) major is business.
せんもん ビジネス です
senmon wa bijinesu desu.


Vocabulary
わたし
watashi
I
よん *
yon
Four
ねんせい
nensee
...year student
せんもん
senmon
major
ビジネス
bijinesu
business
* Four is yon, but when it comes to fourth year, it is yo instead of yon. I will make a summary of this later on as 'Numbers Summary'.

Now I want to make '(My) major is business.' to exactly 'My major is business.' I will use 'AのB (A no B)'. の(no) is a particle to connect two nouns. 'My major' could be translated to Japanese 'わたし せんもん.' So this sentence could be written as:
            わたし せんもん ビジネス です
           (watashi no senmon wa bijinesu dusu.)

Further more, if I introduce my self to someone else outside of my school, I would say 'I'm York University student.' which is:
           わたし Yorkだいがく がくせい です
           (watashi wa Yorkdaigaku no gakusei desu.)
Here, 'だいがく (daigaku)' means 'university', and 'がくせい (gakusei)' means student.

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