Learn how to use the sentence pattern "I have [someone]"
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Eric: Hi everyone, I'm Eric. |
| Risa: And I'm Risa. |
| Eric: And welcome to Must-Know Japanese Sentence Structures, Season 1, Lesson 6. Talking About Family Members. |
| Eric: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern for Talking About Family Members. |
| PATTERN |
| Eric: For example, |
| Eric: "I have a sister." |
| Risa: 妹がいます。 (Imōto ga imasu.) |
| Risa: [slow] 妹がいます。 (Imōto ga imasu.) |
| Eric: The pattern for Talking About Family Members has 3 elements. First, younger sister. |
| Risa: 妹 (Imōto). |
| Eric: Second, a subject marking particle, (used when introducing subject in a sentence for the first time). |
| Risa: が (ga). |
| Eric: Third, a verb for an animate object, in this case, "to have" . |
| Risa: います (imasu). |
| Eric: Altogether, we have.. "I have a sister." |
| Risa: 妹がいます。 (Imōto ga imasu.) [slow] 妹がいます。 (Imōto ga imasu.) [normal] 妹がいます。 (Imōto ga imasu.) |
| Eric: To say “I have [someone].” in Japanese, the subject |
| Risa: 妹 (imōto) |
| Eric: comes first; followed by the subject marking particle |
| Risa: が (ga) |
| Eric: then the verb “to have/exist” |
| Risa: います (imasu). |
| Risa: 妹がいます。 (Imōto ga imasu.) |
| Eric: So remember that to say you have a family member, friend or partner, say the person you are speaking about, the subject marking particle |
| Risa: が (ga) |
| Eric: and the verb |
| Risa: います (imasu) |
| Eric: at the end. |
| Eric: Here is another example meaning, "I have a kid." First, kid. |
| Risa: こども (Kodomo) |
| Eric: Second, the subject marking particle that is used when introducing a subject in a sentence for the first time. |
| Risa: が (ga) |
| Eric: Third, the verb for an animate object, in this case, "to have". |
| Risa: います (imasu) |
| Eric: Altogether we have.. |
| Risa: こどもがいます。 (Kodomo ga imasu.) [slow] こどもがいます。 (Kodomo ga imasu.) [normal] こどもがいます。 (Kodomo ga imasu.) |
| Eric: "I have a kid." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: こどもがいます。 (Kodomo ga imasu.) |
| Eric: How do you say - "I have a Japanese friend"? To give you a hint, "friend" is.. |
| Risa: 友達 (tomodachi). [slow] 友達 (tomodachi). [normal] 友達 (tomodachi). |
| Eric: "I have a Japanese friend." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 日本人の友達がいます。 (Nihon-jin no tomodachi ga imasu.) [slow] 日本人の友達がいます。 (Nihon-jin no tomodachi ga imasu.) [normal] 日本人の友達がいます。 (Nihon-jin no tomodachi ga imasu.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 日本人の友達がいます。 (Nihon-jin no tomodachi ga imasu.) |
| REVIEW |
| Eric: Let's review the sentences from this lesson. I will give you the English equivalent of the phrase and you are responsible for shouting it out loud in Japanese. Here we go. |
| Eric: "I have a sister." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 妹がいます。 (Imōto ga imasu.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 妹がいます。 (Imōto ga imasu.) |
| Eric: "I have a kid." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: こどもがいます。 (Kodomo ga imasu.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: こどもがいます。 (Kodomo ga imasu.) |
| Eric: "I have a Japanese friend." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 日本人の友達がいます。 (Nihon-jin no tomodachi ga imasu.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 日本人の友達がいます。 (Nihon-jin no tomodachi ga imasu.) |
Outro |
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| Eric: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for Talking About Family Members, as in.. |
| Risa: 妹がいます。 (Imōto ga imasu.) |
| Eric: meaning "I have a sister." |
| Eric: You can find more vocab or phrases that go with this sentence pattern in the lesson notes. So please be sure to check them out on JapanesePod101.com. Thanks everyone, see you next time! |
| Risa: じゃ、また。(Ja, mata.) |
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