Japanese Nouns

Welcome to the third Japanese lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Japanese to help you practice your daily phrases. To hear the pronunciation, just click on the sound icon.

potatoes ジャガイモ [jagaimo]

tomatoes トマト [tomato]

onions 玉葱 [tamanegi]

carrots ニンジン [ninjin]

fruits フルーツ [furūtsu]

apples リンゴ [ringo]

bananas バナナ [banana]

oranges オレンジ [orenji]

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Japanese + Pronunciation
do you have milk? [verb + noun] 牛乳はありますか？ [gyuunyuu wa ari masu ka?]
I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] 牛乳とコーヒーがあります。 [gyuunyuu to kōhī ga ari masu]
he has three apples [number + plural noun] 彼はリンゴを3つ持っています。 [kare wa ringo o mittsu mot te i masu]
she only has one apple [number + singular noun] 彼女はリンゴ1つしか持っていません。 [kanojo wa ringo hitotsu shika mot te i mase n]
we live in a small house [adjective + noun] 私たちは小さな家に住んでいます。 [watashi tachi wa chiisana ie ni sun de i masu]
I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] 私は私達の朝食が好きです。 [watashi wa watashi tachi no choushoku ga suki desu]

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread パン [pan]

milk 牛乳 [gyuunyuu]

butter バター [batā]

cheese チーズ [chīzu]

coffee コーヒー [kōhī]

sandwich サンドイッチ [sandoicchi]

meat 肉 [niku]

chicken 鶏肉 [toriniku]

fish 魚 [sakana]

breakfast 朝ご飯 [asa gohan]

lunch 昼ご飯 [hiru gohan]

dinner 晩ご飯 [ban gohan]

Conversation in Japanese

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Japanese - Pronunciation
Do you speak (English/ Japanese)? （英語・日本語）を話せますか？ [( eigo. nihongo ) o hanase masu ka?]
Just a little 少しだけ。 [sukoshi dake]
I like Japanese 私は日本語が好きです。 [watashi wa nihongo ga suki desu]
Can I practice with you? 練習の相手をしてくれませんか？ [renshuu no aite o shi te kure mase n ka?]
How old are you? お幾つですか？ [o ikutsu desu ka?]
I'm thirty three years old 私は33歳です。 [watashi wa sanjuusan sai desu]
It was nice talking to you お話しできてよかったです。 [ohanashi deki te yokat ta desu]

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