Let’s begin.
Hajimemashoo.
Stand.
Kiritsu.
Bow.
Rei.
Sit.
Chakuseki.
– is absent.
(O) yasumi desu.
– is tardy.
Chikoku desu.
Hurry!
Hayaku.
Let’s finish.
Owarimashoo.
what?
nani/nan
Sentence-ending particle indicating a question
ka?
I am sorry to be late. (Literally, I am sorry. I have become late.)
Sumimasen. Osoku narimashita.
See Grammar A and B on page 19.
Study!
Bob is tardy.
Bobsan wa chikoku desu.
“X” wa nan desu ka?
What is X?
What is this?
Kore wa nan desu ka?
It is a pencil.
Enpitsu desu.