Japanese for English speakers Hospital · Lesson 0

Hospital lesson

Small talk about the weather in Japanese — 天気 (tenki, weather), 寒い (samui, cold), 雨 (ame, rain), 晴れ (hare, sunny). Introduction to い-ending adjectives.

Conversation

  1. Honey Honey

    今日の天気はどうですか？

    kyō no tenki wa dō desu ka?

    What is the weather like today?

    Tip: <kyō> = today <tenki> = weather <dō desu ka?> = how is it?

  2. Muri Muri

    ちょっと寒いです

    chotto samui desu

    It is a little bit cold

    Tip: <samui> = cold (only for weather). The second category of adjectives is "i" ending adjectives. They don't change according from the position in the sentence, but they do change according to other variables

  3. Honey Honey

    雨ですか？

    ame desu ka?

    Is it rainy?

    Tip: <ame> = rain / rainy

  4. Muri Muri

    いいえ、晴れです

    īe, hare desu

    No, it is sunny

    Tip: <hare> = sunny

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

What is an い-adjective?

An adjective ending in い in Japanese (samui, atsui, takai). They conjugate by changing the い ending — no need for です changes.

How do you ask 'how is the weather?'

天気はどうですか (tenki wa dō desu ka). どう is the question word for 'how'.

What is 晴れ?

'Sunny' or 'clear' — a noun. 晴れです = 'it's sunny'. 晴れる = the verb 'to clear up'.

Test yourself

Pick the English translation for each line from this lesson. Wrong answers are pulled from other Japanese lessons.

4 quick questions on what you just heard.

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