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Military Japanese
| Ikutsu desu ka | How many it (it)? How old (are you)? |
| Dare ka | Who? |
| Doko ka | Where? |
| Ikura ka | How much? |
4. The greetings introduced in this lesson are very idiomatic and should be memorized as such. In learning a language, it is often necessary merely to “swallow” certain expressions as they come. Do not try to fit the language into English to satisfy yourself. No matter how illogical the construction may seem from the standpoint of the English language, the constructions are correct in the other language. In the expression, Konnichi wa (How do you do?), konnichi means today and wa is a postposition, if broken up, word by word. However, the whole expression corresponds to How do you do? Of course, this should be used only during the day.
5. Type sentences:
| Anata no na wa nan desu ka | What is your name? |
| Anata no butai wa nan desu ka | What is your unit? |
| Anata no butai wa doko desu ka | Where is your unit? |
| Kore wa dare no desu ka | Whose is this? |
| Watakushi no desu | (It is) mine. |
| Anata no kurai wa nan desu ka | What is your rank? |
| Anata no na wa nan desu ka | What is your name? |
| Yamada[1] desu | (It is) Yamada. |
| Kore wa anata no desu ka | Is this yours? |
| Hai, watakushi no desu | Yes, mine. |
| Iie, watakushi no dewa arimasen | No, not mine. |
| Kore wa dare desu ka | Who is this? |
| Kore wa dare to dare desu ka | Who are these (Who and who are these)? |
| Kore wa teppō desu ka | Is this a rifle? |
| Iie, teppō dewa arimasen | No, (it) is not a rifle. |
| Ohayō ikaga desu ka | Good morning; how are you? |
| Arigatō, jōbu desu | Thank you; I am well. |
| Sayōnara | Good-bye! |
- ↑ Yamada, Tarō. When two names are given like this the first is the family name.
