"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 は Sherry です。 | watashi wa Sherry desu. |
I'm 4th year student. | わたし は よねんせい です。 | watashi wa yonensee desu. |
(My) major is business. | せんもん は 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 |
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 の せんもん.' So this sentence could be written as:
わたし の せんもん は 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 は Yorkだいがく の 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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