Word List #2 — Pocket Japanese

単語リスト
WORDS:
わたし watashi	I, me	私
あなた anata	You	あなた
かのじょ kanojo	She, girlfriend	彼女
かれ kare	He, boyfriend	彼
せんせい sensei	Teacher	先生
がくせい gakusei	Student	学生
にほん nihon	Japan	日本
ご go	Language	語
にほんご nihongo	Japanese (language)	日本語
えいご eigo	English (language)	英語
いぬ inu	Dog	犬
ねこ neko	Cat	猫
PARTICLES:
は wa	Topic marker	は
GRAMMAR:
です desu	To be (is, am, are)	です

Watashi wa gakusei desu.

I am a student.
Anata wa gakusei desu.

You are a student.
kanojo wa nihongo sensei desu.

Teacher
Kare wa eigo gakusei desu.

He is an English language student.
Nihon

Japan
Go

Language

But wait, I thought ‘go’ was ‘five’?

A few words in Japanese are read the same, but have different meanings. For example, ‘hashi’ means ‘chopsticks’ or ‘bridge’.
In general, it’s hard to mix these words up, as “I eat with a bridge” or “ I walk along the chopsticks” just doesn’t sound correct…
We have this in English too, with words such as ‘sweet’ having more than more use.

Memory Matching Game

Match the pairs!

Match the 日本語 words with their えいご meanings