1. Learn the words and phrases below.
2. Listen to and repeat each word after the voice.
3. Practice each word until you memorize.
4. Try to use your Japanese to your friends, your colleagues or shop clerks, etc.
No. | English | Japanese | voice |
1. | Monday | getsu-yôbi | |
2. | Tuesday | ka-yôbi | |
3. | Wednesday | sui-yôbi | |
4. | Thursday | moku-yôbi | |
5. | Friday | kin-yôbi | |
6. | Saturday | do-yôbi | |
7. | Sunday | nichi-yôbi | |
8. | what day of the week | nan-yôbi | |
9. | What day of the week do you have day off? | Yasumi wa nan-yôbi desu ka. |
Example Sentences
1) Kyô wa ka-yôbi desu.
--- Today is Tuesday.
2) Watashi no yasumi wa sui-yôbi to do-yôbi desu.
--- My days off are Wednesday and Saturday.
3) 1-kai no pan-ya no yasumi wa getsu-yôbi desu.
--- The bakery on the first floor is closed every Monday.
4) Tokyo shutchô wa moku-yôbi kara do-yôbi made desu.
--- I will be on a business trip to Tokyo from Thursday to Saturday.
5)
Q: Yasumi wa nan-yôbi desu ka.
--- What day of the week do you have days off?
A: Nichi-yôbi desu. --- Sunday.
* Words:
kyô: today
watashi no: my
yasumi: days off
1-kai: the first floor
shutchô: business trip
to: and -kara: from - -made: to - |
Watashi wa getsu-yôbi kara kin-yôbi made shigoto o shimasu.
Jikan wa 9-ji kara 5-ji han made desu.
Ka-yôbi to moku-yôbi no shigoto no ato, supôtsu-kurabu ni ikimasu.
Sui-yôbi, Nihon-go o benkyô shimasu.
Nihon-go wa omoshiroi desu.
Do-yôbi to nichi-yôbi wa yasumi desu.
Tokidoki, Kyoto ni ikimasu. Soshite, furui o-tera o mimasu.
Totemo kirei desu.
* Translation:
I work from Mondays through Fridays.
My working time is from 9:00 am until 5:30pm.
I go to the sports club after work on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
I study Japanese on Wednesdays.
Learning Japanese is a fun / interesting.
My days off are Saturdays and Sundays.
I sometimes go to Kyoto and see old temples.
They are very beautiful.
* Words:
shigoto o shimasu: to work
jikan: time
shigoto no ato: after work
ikimasu: go
benkyô shimasu.: to study
tokidoki: sometimes
furui: old
totemo: very
kirei: beautiful
wa: topic marker no: possession marker o : object marker |
![]() |
![]() |