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Lesson 10: I study every day.
| The word for school is がっこう. Teachers are せんせい and students are がくせい (or せいと). College/university is だいがく (literally "big school"). A college student is だいがくせい. In order to say what grade you are in, or whether you're a freshman-senior, you say "I'm a --year student." Where -- is replaced with the correct year. | |
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いちねんせい ねん にねんせい です。 |
first year student year I'm a second year student. |
| For some other useful school vocabulary go here. To say "I am a student at the University of ----" you say: ---- だいがくの がくせい です。 or ---- だいがくの せいと です。 This also works for other types of schools like high schools, junior highs and elementary schools. Just insert the name of the school in place of ---- and the type of school in place of だいがく. Note that elementary school students are not generally called せいと or がくせい, but じどう (children or juveniles). にし こうこうの せいと です。 I'm a West High School student. Recall from Lesson
6 that にほんごを べんきょう します. means 'I study Japanese.'
Recall from Lesson 7
that the basic Japanese sentence structure is TTOPV. This stands for
Topic/Time Object Place Verb. We will now add a few more general times
to our sentences. |
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| Examples: まいにち きのう あさって |
every day yesterday the day after tomorrow |
| Students of course also do a lot of しゅくだい (homework). To do homework is しゅくだいを します。The verb "to do" is します. Let's try a few sample sentences now. | |
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Examples: まいにち、にほんごを れんしゅう します。 |
Every day I practice Japanese. |
| まいにち、えいごを べんきょう します。 |
I study English every day. |
| あさって、にほんごを れんしゅう します。 | I
will practice Japanese the day after tomorrow. |
| きのう、すうがくを べんきょう しました。 | Yesterday, I studied math. |
| あさって、にほんごの しゅくだいを します。 | The
day after tomorrow I will do Japanese homework. |
| きのう、すうがくの しゅくだいを しません でした。 | I didn't do the math homework yesterday. |
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いちねんせい |
freshman/first year student |
にねんせい |
sophomore/second year student |
さんねんせい |
junior/third year student |
よねんせい |
senior/fourth year student |
| だいがくせい | university student |
| せいと | student |
| がくせい | student |
| せんせい | teacher |
ねん |
year |
にし |
west |
| だいがく | university |
| こうこう | high school |
まいにち |
every day |
きのう |
yesterday |
あさって |
the day after tomorrow |
すうがく |
math |
しゅくだい |
homework |
| べんきょう します | to study |
| れんしゅう します | to practice |