Today's lesson: Clothing

Konnichiwa, Minasan.

Jeremi desu.

Today's lesson: Clothing (Beginner's lesson)

Mina-san, o-genki desu ka? How are you, everyone? Nihongo no benkyo wa dou desu ka? How is Japanese studying? (Nihongo no benkyo- Japanese study, dou- how is).For today's Japanese lesson, we will be learning clothing related vocabulary. That means we will be learning the names associated with common clothings , and how to use those clothings in a sentence. In Japanese, there are specific wearing verbs, for example the verb "to wear" when referring to a dress is completely different compared to wearing a shirt, or glasses etc. It can get annoying, but just commit it to memory and you'll be fine. Okay, let's begin!

Initial phase of the lesson, the vocabulary:

Dress- Wanpisu

Wanpisu- Dress

Shirt- Shatsu

Shatsu- Shirt

Pants- Zubon

Zubon- Pants

Shoes- Kutsu

Kutsu- Shoes

Socks- Kutsushita (Think of "Kutsu" for shoes, and add "shita", in order to get socks! Easy, right?)

Kutsushita- Socks

Shorts- Hanzubon (Literally, "Half pants". Han is a prefix which means half. Easy to remember :) )

Hanzubon- Shorts

Skirt- Gairago word, sukaato.

Sukaato- Skirt.

Scarf- Mafura

Mafura- Scarf

Underwear- Pantsu ( Think of pants!)

Pantsu- Underwear

Jeans- Jiinzu (Yet another gairaigo word :) )

Jiinzu- Jeans

Hat- Boushi (Refers to hats in general)

Boushi- Hat

Sunglasses- Sungarasu

Sungarasu- Sunglasses

Kiteimasu = to wear (shirts, jackets, dresses)
Haiteimasu = to wear (pants, socks)
Shiteimasu = to wear (watch, bracelet)
Kaketeimasu = to wear (glasses)

Kaburimasu= To wear (hat)

Second phase: Using clothing in sentences, in contexts of wearing and describing.

Now on to the second half of the lesson, the application of the learned words into phrases.

We will use phrases which describe clothing, and also the actual wearing of clothing.

So, without further a due!

Zenbu wo Haiteimasu- I'm wearing pants.

(Zenbu- pants, haiteimasu- to wear)

Naze Sangarasu wo kaketeimasu? attatakai kara- Why are you wearing sunglasses? Because it's fine.

(Naze- why, sangarasu- sunglasses, kaketeimasu- to wear, attatakai- fine, kara-because.)

Wanpisu wo kiteimasu- I'm wearing a dress.

(Wanpisu- Dress, kiteimasu- to wear)

Sukaato wo haiteimasu- I'm wearing a skirt.

(Sukaato- skirt, haiteimasu- to wear)

Midori kutsu wo haiteimasu- I'm wearing green shoes.

(Midori- green, kutsu- shoes, haiteimasu- to wear)

Naze fuyu de sukaato wo haiteimasu ka? . ..Kawaii kara. - Why are you wearing a skirt in winter... Because it's cute.

(Naze- why, sukaato- skirt, haiteimasu- to wear, fuyu- winter, de- in, kawaii-cute, kara-because.)

Nani wo haiteimasu ka?- What are you wearing (below waist)?

(nani wo- What, haiteimasu-to wear)

Nani wo kiteimasu ka? - What are you wearing (above waist)?

Anata no sukaato wa chou kawaii!- Your skirts cute!

(Anata no- Your, Sukaato- skirt, chou - very, kawaii-cute)

That concludes this lesson!

Hope you enjoyed it :)

Jeremi