Please read:
にさい
ni - sai
like ni and s-aye
What is this number:
いち
One
Japanese Language
にほんご
いま
now
I am a student.
わたし は
がくせい______。
わたし は
がくせい です。
Please read:
ですね
de - su- ne
How would you say this number in にほんご?
Eight
はち
Japanese Person
にほんじん
でんわ
telephone
What is your major?
せんこう は
なんで ___。
せんこう は
なんです か。
Please read:
きゅう ご よん なな
kyuu (long u sound)
go
yo - n (make sure we can hear the n sound)
na - na
What is this age:
よんさい
4 years old
Please note that there is an ん sound in よんさい
I see/Is that so?
そうですか
ちゅうごく
China
Pardon me, what time is it?
すみません、
___じ ですか。
すみません、
なんじ ですか。
Please read:
ねむい
ne
mu
i - as in the new mexican "eeee!"
What is this age in にほんご?
Nine
きゅうさい
(don't forget the long う sound)
2 years old
にさい
べんごし
Lawyer
It is Takeshi's phone number.
たけしさん ___ でんわばんご
です。
たけしさん の でんわばんご
です。
Please read:
じてんしゃ
ji
ten
sha (the shi and ya are blended together)
What is this age?
じゅっさい
Please notice 10 is じゅう but as an age it changes form and drops the う and replaces with a small っ。
つ vs っ
Graduate Student
だいがくいんせい
よねんせい
Year 4 Student
Please note, that the number four is pronounced よん, but in this case the ん is dropped off because of the following ね.
I am a student of the Japanese language.
わたし __ にほんご __
がくせい ___。
わたし は にほんご
がくせい です。