Learn how to talk about your family well-being
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| Hi everyone! I’m Alisha. |
| Welcome to Conversational Phrases! |
| We’ve found that the best way to learn a language is to speak it from day one! And the best way to start speaking is to learn phrases that you’ll use in real conversations. |
| In this lesson, we’ll learn conversational phrases to answer the question “How's your mother?” After watching this video, you’ll be able to talk about well-being and ask how someone is doing. |
| Now, let’s take a look at some conversational phrases! |
| Listen to the dialogue. |
| おかあさんはおげんきですか。 (O-kā-san wa o-genki desu ka.) |
| げんきです。 (Genki desu.) |
| Once more with the English translation. |
| おかあさんはおげんきですか。 (O-kā-san wa o-genki desu ka.) |
| “How's your mother?” |
| げんきです。 (Genki desu.) |
| “She's fine.” |
| First of all you'll need to learn how to say “How's your mother?” |
| That's: おかあさんはおげんきですか。 (O-kā-san wa o-genki desu ka.) |
| Listen to it again: おかあさんはおげんきですか。 (O-kā-san wa o-genki desu ka.), おかあさんはおげんきですか。 (O-kā-san wa o-genki desu ka.) |
| This Japanese sentence literally means “Mother fine is?” |
| But it translates as “How's your mother?” in English. |
| Now, how do you answer this question? |
| The pattern is: |
| {state of well-being} + です。 ({state of well-being} + desu.) |
| This Japanese sentence literally translates as “[state of well-being] is.” |
| But it means “She’s [state of well-being].” in English. |
| For example: |
| “She's fine.” |
| げんきです。 (Genki desu.), げんきです。 (Genki desu.) |
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