Nico Nico Douga – Feb. 1 & 2 Class: Self-Introductions

1. X May I have your name?
O Hi, I’m Victor!
(Smile. Maybe offer a handshake.)

2. X What your job?
What do you do?
What do you do
for a living?
What line of work
are you in?
I work part time
at a convenience store.

3. X Why you come Japan?
a) Why did you come to Japan?
b) What brought you to Japan?

4.
a) Do you like Japan?
b) How do you like Japan?

5. Which is better?
a) How do you like Japanese food?
b) Japanese food, OK?

6. Which is better?
a) Can you eat sushi?
b) Is there anything you can’t eat?
EVEN BETTER!
Do you have sushi
restaurants back home?
Is the sushi back home
different from this sushi?
7. Which is better?
a) Do you speak Japanese?
b) Can you speak Japanese?
8) Which is better?
a) What is your purpose here?
b) What brought you to Japan?
c) Why did you come to Japan?
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NEWS English!
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名古屋３人死亡ひき逃げ
不審車両で警察が追跡中
Three dead in a hit and run incident
ひき逃げ
= a hit and run incident

不審=suspicious
車両=vehicle
追跡中=during a pursuit
歩行者=a pedestrian
ped=foot
a pedal

There was a fatal hit and run incident.

a drive-by shooting
=走行中｛そうこう ちゅう｝の車からの発砲｛はっぽう｝［銃撃｛じゅうげき｝］