Japanese Learning: Noun predicate sentences that use day of the week for the predicate; [Noun] wa [day of the week] desu.

To begin with, let’s learn days of the week.

Getsu youbi = Monday

Ka youbi = Tuesday

Sui youbi = Wednesday

Moku youbi = Thursday

Kin youbi = Friday

Do youbi = Saturday

Nichi youbi = Sunday

And the interrogative word for “What day of the week” is “Nan youbi”.

Since they are nouns, they can be a subject of a sentence. But let’s learn today sentences that use day of the week for predicates.

1. [Subject] wa [day of the week] desu.

example ; Yasumi wa Getsu youbi desu. (The holiday is Monday.)

where,

– yasumi : noun = holiday

– wa : particle = topic marker and in this case also the subject marker

– desu : sentence ending for present-positive with some politeness

Practice and remember the conversation below;

A : Yasumi wa Nan youbi desuka. (What day of the week is your holiday?)

B : Yasumi wa Moku youbi desu. (My holiday is Thursday.)

<この投稿は“スリーエーネットワーク、みんなの日本語 初級I 第2版, 第4課A2”の内容を参照しています。ただし、名詞並列の「と」は明日説明します。>