| Let's practice. |
| Imagine you're Sasha, Ben's younger sister. |
| Respond to your friend's question referring to the photo. |
| Don't forget to include the word for "yes" at the beginning of your response. |
| Ready? |
| サーシャちゃんの かぞくですか。(Sāsha-chan no kazoku desu ka.) |
| はい。ちちとははとあにと わたしです。(Hai. Chichi to haha to ani to watashi desu.) |
| Listen again and repeat. |
| はい。ちちとははとあにと わたしです。(Hai. Chichi to haha to ani to watashi desu.) |
| はい。ちちとははとあにと わたしです。(Hai. Chichi to haha to ani to watashi desu.) |
| Let's try another. |
| Imagine you're Ben's college friend, Yukio Yamashita. |
| You have a father, mother and older sister. |
| Ready? |
| やましたくんの かぞくですか。(Yamashita-kun no kazoku desu ka.) |
| はい。ちちと ははと あねと わたしです。(Hai. Chichi to haha to ane to watashi desu.) |
| Listen again and repeat. |
| はい。ちちと ははと あねと わたしです。(Hai. Chichi to haha to ane to watashi desu.) |
| はい。ちちと ははと あねと わたしです。(Hai. Chichi to haha to ane to watashi desu.) |
| Let's try one more. |
| Imagine you are Ben's college classmate, Hana Hashimoto . |
| You have a father, mother, older sister and younger brother. |
| Ready? |
| はしもとさんの かぞくですか。 (Hashimoto-san no kazoku desu ka.) |
| はい。ちちと ははと あねと おとうとと わたしです。 (Hai. Chichi to haha to ane to otōto to watashi desu.) |
| Listen again and repeat. |
| はい。ちちと ははと あねと おとうとと わたしです。 (Hai. Chichi to haha to ane to otōto to watashi desu.) |
| はい。ちちと ははと あねと おとうとと わたしです。 (Hai. Chichi to haha to ane to otōto to watashi desu.) |
| Did you notice how Sasha's friend refers to her in the question |
| "Is this your family? " |
| サーシャちゃんの かぞくですか。(Sāsha-chan no kazoku desu ka.) |
| Is this your family? |
| She calls Sasha, サーシャちゃん. |
| This starts with Sasha's name in Japanese, サーシャ. サーシャ. サーシャ. |
| After this is ちゃん, a suffix attached to a person's name. ちゃ-ん. ちゃん. |
| ちゃん is often used to address females with whom the speaker has a close relationship, who are younger than the speaker, or who are of lower social status than the speaker. |
| This is the end of this lesson. |
| Remember, these Can Do lessons are about learning practical language skills. |
| What's next? |
| Show us what you can do. |
| When you're ready, take your assessment. |
| You can take it again and again, so try anytime you like. |
| Our teachers will assess it, and give you your results. |
| Now you know how to talk about your family in Japanese. That's all there is to it. |
| Keep practicing — and move on to the next lesson! |
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