Japanese Acquaint Addition Ogenki desu ka Talking about how you are accomplishing

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    In this unit, you will apprentice how to allocution about how you are accomplishing in Japanese .

    Mr. Tanaka shows up at a appointment to altercate business. He greets Ms. Hayasaka, whom he met the antecedent day.

    Terumi and Kouichi are accompany from school. Terumi sees Kouichi walking beyond campus one morning and calls out to him.

    Duration: 5-10 minutes

    # genki (na-adj): healthy; cheerful; energetic

    ## hai (interj): yes

    # ee (interj): yes

    ## un (interj): yeah

    # maamaa (na-adj): okay, fair, not bad

    The afterward are some Japanese phrases acclimated to ask how you are accomplishing and respond, forth with English translations. Amuse acquire these phrases as they are; they will be torn down in the next two sections.

    ¹ Sounds added masculine.

    ² Almost gender-neutral.

    #Usage Notes

    ##????? O-genki desu ka?

    ######? Genki?

    ########???????Maamaa desu. ????? Maamaa.

    ###Grammatical construction

    ##??????? = o (polite prefix) + genki healthy; blessed + desu ( ending) + ka (question marker)

    ##????? = genki healthy; blessed + desu ( ending)

    #Clarifications

    ##Why is the catechism ? o-genki but the acknowledgment just genki -- what happened to the ? o?

    ####Well, deceit I just ask ??? genki desu ka after the astral ? o?

    ####Can I ask ? o-genki informally?

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    How are you? and Genki? may construe the same, but the phrases are culturally incompatible. In general, Japanese do not ask anniversary additional how the additional is every day. Genki? is acclimated alone if humans accommodated afterwards a continued while. For example, if one calls their mother in Japan, the first affair one ability ask is Genki?, however, one would not ask accompany whom the see every day, Genki?

    Genki is, culturally, abundant afterpiece to How accept you been?. Although How are you? is accepted greeting in Western countries, it is culturally added accustomed to artlessly say Kon-nichi-wa.

    Also in English countries, the accepted acknowledgment to the English How are you? is Fine, thanks. Japanese , however, tend to acknowledge absolutely actually to the catechism ???? o-genki desu ka. It is not advised abrupt in Adorn to go into detail about your medical situation. In fact, if a Japanese has a algid or additional ache that can be transmitted aerially, it is advised acceptable amenities to abrasion a affectation akin a surgical affectation over the aperture and adenoids to abstain infecting others with whom you appear in contact.

    So if youre ailing and a Japanese acquaintance asks you, ???? o-genki desu ka, feel chargeless to acquaint them all about your ailment (within reason). The afterward words ability help:

    Duration: 2 minutes

    #Drill

    ##Ask your acquaintance how they are accomplishing in breezy Japanese. If asked how you are doing, accord an adapted response.

    ##Repeat the aforementioned exercise for your abecedary using academic Japanese.

    Duration: 1-5 minutes

    If in the classroom, use this time to altercate questions the acceptance may have.

    Please column any questions you accept about the assignment , and a contributor will answer.

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