buy -- kaimasu drink -- nomimasu eat -- tabemasu I eat breakfast in a coffee shop. -- Kissaten de asa-gohan o tabemasu. *What do you usually eat in the morning? -- Asa ni itsumo nani o tabemasu ka. *Where (at) do you usually buy books? -- Itsumo doko de hon o kaimasu ka. *Where (at) do you usually eat lunch? -- Itsumo doko de hiru-gohan o tabemasu ka. breakfast -- asa-gohan lunch -- hiru(-gohan) dinner -- ban-gohan meal -- gohan or: shokuji NOTE: shokuji is not used with tabemasu (shokuji o shimasu)/gohan also means cooked rice Japanese style food -- Nihon-ryouri NOTE: it can also mean JAPANESE COOKING French style cooking -- Furansu-ryouri Italian style cooking -- Itaria-ryouri Chinese style cooking -- Chuuka-ryori sandwiches -- sandoitchi What kind of food? -- donna tabemono What style of food? -- donna ryouri home -- uchi outside -- soto company cafeteria -- shain shokudou restaurant -- resutoran coffee shop -- kissaten bar -- baa shop near the office -- (kaisha no) chikaku no mise nearby, close, near -- chikaku What kind of place? -- donna tokoro What kind of store? -- donna mise Japanese rice wine -- (o-) sake wine -- wain beer -- biiru water -- (o-) mizu coffee -- koohii tea -- koocha green tea -- ocha whisky -- uisukii brandy -- burandee soup -- suupu NOTE: usually goes with the verb nomimasu miso soup -- misoshiru NOTE: usually goes with the verb nomimasu What kind of beverages? -- donna nomimono shop, store -- mise supermarket -- suupaa department store -- depaato meat shop -- niku-ya fish store -- sakana-ya vegetable store -- yao-ya fruit store -- kudamono-ya liquor store -- saka-ya flower store -- hana-ya electric appliance store -- denki-ya book store -- hon-ya drug store -- kusuri-ya shop near by -- chikaku no mise clothes -- fuku shoes -- kutsu furniture -- kagu electric appliances -- denki-seihin flowers -- hana medicine -- kusuri food -- tabemono meat -- niku fish -- sakana vegetables -- yasai fruit -- kudamono rice (uncooked) -- kome bread -- pan toast -- toosuto dried sea-weed -- nori butter -- bataa cheese -- chiizu fresh -- shinsen (adj. noun) *Japanese people sometimes eat fish and eggs in the morning, don't they? -- Asa ni Nihon-jin wa tokodoki sakana to tamago o tabemasu ne. coffee and toast -- koohii to toosuto NOTE: to is used to combine two or more nouns I like things like sashimi and tenpura and so on. -- Sashimi ya tenpura ga suki desu. NOTE: to combine nouns and to indicate a few out of many from the same group of things *I buy butter, cheese, etc. at a supermarket. -- Suupaa de bataa ya chiizu o kaimasu. I drink coffee or tea in the morning. -- Asa ni koohii ka koocha o nomimasu. NOTE: to combine to or more nouns a store called Ichiban Sutoa -- Ichiban Sutoa to iu mise a school called P.L.S. -- P.L.S. to iu gakkou a person called Ogawa -- Ogawa(-san) to iu hito What was the company called where you were employed? -- Nan to iu kaisha ni tsutomete imashita ka. I went to restaurant called Suehiro yesterday. -- Kinou Suehiro to iu resutoran e ikimashita. I buy meat at a supermarket called Ogawaya. -- Ogawaya to iu suupaa de niku o kaimasu. *You buy coffee at a shop called "Starbucks Coffee", don't you? -- Starbucks Coffee to iu kissaten de koohii o kaimasu ne. *I usually buy books at a store nearby, but I buy Japanese books at a bookstore called "Kinokuniya". -- (Watashi wa) taitei chikaku no mise de hon o kaimasu ga Kinokuniya to iu hon-ya de Nihon(-go) no hon o kaimasu. *I eat breakfast at a coffee house nearby. -- Chikaku no kissaten de asa-gohan o tabemasu. *It's inexpensive and delicious. -- Yasukute oishii desu. NOTE: ___wa adj.(drop i)-kute, adj.(drop i)-kute, adj. desu. It's expensive and the taste is bad. -- Takakute mazui desu. Tokyo is clean and safe. -- Toukyou wa kirei de anzen desu. NOTE:___wa adj. noun de, adj. noun de, adj. noun desu. Soko Gakuen is interesting, cheap and convenient. -- Sokou Gakuen wa omoshirokute yasukute benri desu. Soko Gakuen is convenient and cheap. -- Sokou Gakuen wa benri de yasui desu. Soko Gakuen was cheap and fun. -- Sokou Gakuen wa yasukute tanoshikatta desu. NOTE: only the last adj. is put in the past tense It was fun and easy. -- Tanoshikute kantan deshita. The fish is cheap, fresh and good. -- Sakana wa yasukute shinsen de ii desu. The party was great fun and the music was also good, but the food was so so. -- Paatii wa totemo tanoshikatta desu. Soreni, ongaku mo yokatta desu. Demo, tabemono wa maamaa deshita. typical -- tenkeiteki na so so -- maamaa is crowded -- konde imasu