This lesson will focus on teaching you vocabulary. The best way to learn vocabulary for a foreign language is to simply try and memorize it. Using flash cards can help you easily memorize many vocabulary words. Also, practicing your new vocabulary on a daily basis will help ingrain the words into your brain. Take a look at the supplementary vocabulary listed below and the example sentences (some of this vocabulary may be a review).

Hiragana/Katakana	Romaji	English
いま	ima	now
あの	ano	um
えいご	eigo	English
がくせい	gakusei	student
せんせい	sensei	teacher
こうこう	koukou	high school
がっこう	gakkou	school
だいがく	daigaku	college
だいがくせい	daigakusei	college student
Xねんせい	X-nensei	year of school (Replace X with a number)
Xさい	X-sai	year of age (Replace X with a number)
Xじ	X-ji	time (Replace X with a number)
Xじん	X-jin	nationality (Replace X with country)
せんもん	senmon	major (in college)
ともだち	tomodachi	friend
なまえ	namae	name
でんわ	denwa	telephone (landline)
ばんごう	bangou	number
りゅうがくせい	ryuugakusei	international student
かがく	kagaku	science (major)
れきしがく	rekishigaku	history (major)
けいざい	keizai	economics (major)
せいじ	seiji	politics (major)
ぶんがく	bungaku	literature (major)
しごと	shigoto	job, occupation
かいしゃいん	kaishain	company employee, general term
こうこうせい	koukousei	high school student
だいがくいんせい	daigakuinsei	graduate student
べんごし	bengoshi	lawyer

Once you have reviewed the above vocabulary, take a look at the practice sentences below. These sentences include some of the words listed above.

わたしはだいがくせいです。(Watashi wa daigakusei desu.)

I am a college student.

わたしはじゅうななさいです。(Watashi wa jyuunana sai desu.)

I am 17 years old.

でんわばんごうはなんですか。(Denwa bangou wa nan desu ka.)

What is your phone number?

わたしはにほんじんです。(Watashi wa nihonjin desu.)

I am Japanese.

しごとはどうですか。(Shigoto wa dou desu ka.)

How is your job?

せんもんはなんですか。(Senmon wa nan desu ka.)

What is your major?

わたしのせんもんはれきしがくです。(Watashi no senmon wa rekishigaku desu.)

My major is history.

えいごをはなしますか。(Eigo wo hanashimasu ka.)

Do you speak English?

にほんごをはなしますか。(Nihongo wo hanashimasu ka.)

Do you speak Japanese?いまなんじですか。(Ima nanji desu ka.)

What time is it right now?