Lesson 2

Tanjoubi

New words
Tanjoubi birthday

Itsu when

Nani what

hoshii want

Atarashii new

Otanjoubi omedetou gozaimasu happy birthday

Otoosan someone’s father

Okaasan someone’s mother

kutsu Shoes

Kaban bag

Konpyu-ta- computer

Bicycle jitensha

Guitar gita-

Tokei watch/clock

Car kuruma

Today kyou

Tomorrow ashita

Yesterday kinou

Month ~gatsu

Nangastu ~ what month

There are twelve (12) months in a year. Learning to count from 1 to 12

helps you learn the months of the year in Japanese easily. To express months
in Japanese, simply add GATSU at the end of the number. Please study the
months of the year introduced both in English and Japanese below.

JANUARY Ichigatsu JULY Shichigatsu

FEBRUARY Nigatsu AUGUST Hachigatsu

MARCH Sangatsu SEPTEMBER Kugatsu

APRIL Shigatsu OCTOBER Juugatsu

MAY Gogatsu NOVEMBER Juuichigatsu

JUNE Rokugatsu DECEMBER Juunigatsu

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 Days of a month ~nichi

Nannichi what day of the month?

Nanyoubi what day of a week?

Usually, there are thirty-one (31) days in a month. Learning to count from
1 to 31 helps you learn the days of the month in Japanese easily. To express
days of the month in Japanese, simply add NICHI at the end of the number.
But there are exceptions to this rule, 1st to 10th days, 14th, 20th, and 24th days
of the month has a special term. Remember also that in the 19th and 29th days
of the month, number 9 is not read as “kyuu” but “ku”. While in the 17th and
27th days, 7 is not read as “nana” but “shichi”. Please study the days of the
month on the next page.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Nichiyoubi Getsuyoubi Kayoubi Suiyoubi Mokuyoubi Kinyoubi Doyoubi

1 2 3 4 5 6

Tsuitachi Futsuka Mikka Yokka Itsuka Muika

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Nanoka Youka Kokonoka Tooka Juuichi Juuni Juusan

nichi nichi nichi

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Juuyokka Juugo Juuroku Juushichi Juuhachi Juuku Hatsuka

nichi nichi nichi nichi nichi

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Nijuuichi Nijuuni Nijuusan Nijuuyokka Nijuugo Nijuuroku Nijuushichi

nichi nichi nichi nichi nichi nichi

28 29 30 31

Nijuuhachi Nijuuku Sanjuu Sanjuuichi

nichi nichi nichi nichi

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Activity 1

Directions: Translate the following in English. Write your answer on the

line provided.

1. January 5. February 9. December

_____________ _____________ _____________

2. March 6. June 10. October

_____________ _____________ _____________

3. April 7. August 11. July

_____________ _____________ _____________

4. May 8. November 12. September

_____________ _____________ _____________

Activity 2

Directions: Write the corresponding numeral of the given Japanese

word on the line provided.

1. FUTSUKA 2. NANOKA 3. MIKKA 4. YOUKA

________ ________ ________ ________

5. YOKKA 6. NIJUUSAN NICHI 7. JUUROKU NICHI

________ ________ ________

8. NIJUUSHICHI NICHI 9. JUUGO NICHI 10. ITSUKA

________ ________ ________

11.JUUYOKKA 12. NIJUUHACHI NICHI 13. NIJUUGO NICHI

________ ________ ________

14.TSUITACHI 15. TOOKA 16. HATSUKA

________ ________ ________

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Activity 3

Directions: Translate the following. Write your answer on the line

provided.

1. March 10 _________________________
2. April 4 _________________________
3. September 2 _________________________
4. May 3 _________________________
5. June 1 _________________________

6. Activity 4

Directions: Translate the following in English. Write your answer on the

line provided.

1. Wednesday _________________________
2. Thursday _________________________
3. Friday _________________________
4. Sunday _________________________
5. Monday _________________________

Activity 5
Directions: Answer the following question. Write your answer on the line
provided. Item number 1 is done for you.

September 2020
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30

A.
1. Q: Ashita wa nannichi desuka? What date is tomorrow?
A: Ashita wa Kugatsu juuichinichi desu.

2. Q: Kinou wa nannichi desuka?

A: _____________________________

3. Q: Kyou wa nannichi desuka?

A: _____________________________
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 4. Q: Asatte wa nannichi desuka?
A: _____________________________

5. Q: Ototoi wa nannichi desuka?

A: _____________________________

B.
1. Q: Kugatsu touka wa nanyoubi desuka? (What day is September 10?
A: Kugatsu touka wa mokuyoubi desu. (September 10 is Wednesday)

2. Q: Kugatsu nijuuhachinichi wa nanyoubi desuka?

A: _________________________________________________

3. Q: Kugatsu sanjuunichi wa nanyoubi desuka?

A: _________________________________________________

4. Q: Kugatsu hatsuka wa nanyoubi desuka?

A: _________________________________________________

5. Q: Kugatsu futsuka wa nanyoubi desuka?

A: _________________________________________________

Kaiwa (Conversation)

Yumiko: Tanjoubiwa itsu desuka?

Akemi: Ichigatsu youka desu.
Yumiko: Tanjoubi ni naniga hoshii desuka?
Akemi: Atarashii gita- ga hoshii desu.

Explanation:

1. Tanjoubiwa itsu desuka?

When is your birthday?

ka is attached at the end of an interrogative sentence. It is equivalent to

question mark (?) in English.

2. Ichigatsu youka desu.

January 8.

3. Tanjoubi ni naniga hoshii desuka?

What do you want for your birthday?

4. Atarashii gita- ga hoshii desu.

I want a new guitar.
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Activity 6 Conversation practice

Directions: Practice the conversation below with your classmates. Fill in

the blanks with the following:

1. a. your birthday 3. a. January 6

b. computer b. shoes
2. a. March 10 4. a. December 10
b. bag b. bicycle

Yumiko: Tanjoubiwa itsu desuka?

Akemi: a. ___________________ desu.
Yumiko: Tanjoubi ni naniga hoshii desuka?
Akemi: b. _____________________ ga hoshii desu.

Activity 7

Directions: Answer the following question. Write your answer on the

line provided.

1. Anata no tanjoubi wa itsu desuka? (When is your birthday?)

____________________________

2. Otoosan no tanjoubi wa itsu desuka? (When is your father’s birthday?)

____________________________

3. Okaasan no tanjoubi wa itsu desuka? (When is your mother’s birthday?)

____________________________

4. Valentine’s day wa itsu desuka. (When is Valentine's Day?

____________________________

5. New Year’s day wa itsu desuka? (When is New Year’s Day?)

____________________________

6. Christmas day wa itsu desuka. (When is Christmas Day?

____________________________