Introducing the members of my family

Content: Introducing the members of my family more in details.

Aim: What are the age and birthday of your family members?

New Vocabulary:

Japanese	Romaji	English
おばさんおばちゃん	Obasan Obachan	aunt
おじさんおじちゃん	Ojisan Ojichan	uncle
きょうだい	kyoodai	Sibling(s), brothers
あと	ato	Remaining, what’s left is
おたんじょうび(review of lesson 17)	Otanjoobi	birthday
さい (review of lesson 17)	Sai	Years old
がつ（月）	gatsu	Month (only for the name of the month, but not to describe the duration.)
にち　(日)	nichi	Day (only for the name of the month, but not to describe the duration.)
あげます	Age masu	To give
かいます	Kai masu	To buy
こども	Kodomo	Child(children)
クリスマス	kurisumasu	Christmas
プレゼント	purezento	Present

Month			Pronunciation	Date		Pronunciation
January	1がつ	1月	Ichi gatsu	1^st	ついたち 1日	tsuitachi
February	2がつ	2月	Ni gatsu	2^nd	ふつか 2日	futsuka
March	3がつ	3月	San gatsu	3^rd	みっか 3日	mikka
April	4がつ	4月	Shi gatsu	4^th	よっか 4日	yokka
May	5がつ	5月	Go gatsu	5^th	いつか 5日	itsuka
June	6がつ	6月	Roku gatsu	6^th	むいか 6日	muika
July	7がつ	7月	Shichi gatsu	7^th	なのか 7日	nanoka
August	8がつ	8月	Hachi gatsu	8^th	ようか 8日	Yooka
September	9がつ	9月	Ku gatsu	9^th	ここのか 9日	kokonoka
October	10がつ	10月	Juu gatsu	10^th	とおか 10日	Tooka
November	11がつ	11月	Juu ichi gatsu	11^th	11日	Juu ichi nichi
December	12がつ	12月	Juu ni gatsu	20th	20日	Hatsuka

Lesson Point:

· Please pay attention to April, July and September. April is shi-gatsu, not yon-gatsu, July is shichi-gatsu, not nana-gatsu, and September is ku-gatsu, not kyuu-gatsu.

· The 1st to the10th, and the 20^th of the month are counted differently. Any other days are counted and read like regular numbers, and simply add the counter word “nichi” to indicate the day of the month.

Sample Sentences:

1月28日はわたしのおばあちゃんのたんじょうびです。(January 28^th is my grandma’s birthday.)

Ichi gatsu nijuu hachi nichi wa watachi no obaachan no tanjoobi desu.

おばあちゃんは87さいです。(My grandma is 87 years old.)

Obaachan wa hachi juu nana sai desu.

あと3日でおばあちゃんのたんじょうびです。(It will be grandma’s birthday in 3 days.)

Ato mikka de obaachan no tanjoobi desu.

おばあちゃんのたんじょうびには、なにをあげますか？(What are you going to give your grandmother for her birthday?)

Obaachan no tanjoobi niwa nani o agemasu ka?

あかいてぶくろをかいます。(I buy red gloves.)

Akai tebukuro o kaimasu.

たなかさんのこどもの*たんじょうびは、12月25日です。(Mr. Tanaka’s kid’s birthday is December 25^th.)

Tanaka san no kodomo no tanjoobi wa juuni gatsu nijuu go nichi desu.

こどもの*おたんじょうびには、なにをあげますか？(What are you going to give your child for his/her birthday?)

Kodomo no otanjoobi ni wa nani o agemasu ka?

クリスマスのプレゼントをあげます。(I give Christmas presents.)

Kurisumasu no purezento to o age masu.

*おたんじょうび vs たんじょうび. The honorific “お” can be added to in front of some nouns.

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Mini-quiz:

Let’s practice writing some words in Katakana and kanji

Write the below sentences in Japanese. Write underlined words in Katakana, and double underlined words in Kanji.

l kurisumasu wa 12gatsu 25nichi desu. (Christmas is December 25^th.)

l Ana wa 8gatsu 10ka ni supein kara kimashita. (Ana came from Spain on August 10th.)

(Answers:クリスマスは12月25日です。アナは8月10日にスペインからきました)

Writing Practice:

The kanji for month月is modeled after a crescent moon. The kanji for day日is from the sun.

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Let’s practice writing月and 日by following the stoke order.

Gatsu(month) – also pronounced “Tsuki” which means Moon

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Nichi (day) – also pronounced “bi” which means sun.

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