7 X は Y です GRAMMAR PATTERN

ぶんぽう(Bunpou) (GRAMMAR)

Ｘ　は　Ｙ　です

1. X – Topic: Noun / Pronoun:          I           わたし                     watashi

                                                        You        あなた                       anata

                                                         He         かれ　                       kare  (boyfriend)

                                                         She        かのじょ　　           kanojo (girlfriend)

                                                         We         わたしたち               watashitachi

                                                         You        あなたたち               anatatachi

                                                         They      かれら                        karera

は (Wa)ー topic marker

Y – Adjectives or noun that say something about the topic.

です(desu) ー similar to the linking verbs: am are is

Examples)             I     am   a    student.                       Watashi   は(wa)　gakusei です(desu).

                             X                      Y               

 Kim is a Korean                                 Kimusan は Kankokujin です。.

 Mr. Yamada is a teacher                     Yamadasan は sensei です。

 Haro is an office worker                     Harosan wa kaishain desu.

 Mr. Harada is a graduate student        Haradasan wa daigakuinsei desu.

 Takeshi is a high school student.        Takeshisan wa koukousei desu

 Sato is a college student               .      Satosan wa daigakusei desu.            

  Mary is an international student.        Mearii san wa ryougakusei desu.

2.         NOUN1 の NOUN2

                の is a particle used as possessive marker that indicates OWNERSHIP and ATTRIBUTION

     Ex)     OWNERSHIP:

                my book (hon).                                               watashi no hon               

                Takeshi's car (kuruma)                                   Takeshisan no kuruma

                our house (uchi).                                             watashitachi no uchi

                my bag (kaban)                                               watashi no kaban

                Erika's book (hon)                                          Erikasan no hon                                                 

                my father                                                                                                                                          

                ATTRIBUTION:

                college teacher                 daigaku no sensei

                company lawyer              kaisha no bengoshi

                university in Tokyo         Toukyou no daigaku

                school    doctor                gakkou no isha

               

He is a lawyer of a university in Tokyo                     Kare wa Toukyou no daigaku no bengoshi desu.

She is a college teacher in Nagasaki                          Kanojo wa Nagasaki no digaku no sensei desu.      

Yamada's major is Asian Studies.                              Yamada san no senkou wa Ajia kenkyuu desu.         

Ishida is my friend's lawyer.                                       Ishida sensei wa watashi no tomodachi no isha desu.      Hiroshi is a first year student at Tokyo University.    Hiroshisan wa Toukyou Daigaku no ichinensei desu

My elder sister is a college student.                           Oneesan wa daigakusei desu.