3. Talking
about your family
This is my wife.
(Looking
at a photograph.)
Meepuru: Kazoku no shashin desu.
Kore wa kanai desu. Kore wa musume desu.
Nakata: Musume-san wa kookoosei desu ka.
Meepuru: Ee, soo desu.
Maple: This is a photo of my family.
This is my wife. This is my daughter.
Nakata: Is your daughter in high school?
Maple: Yes, she is.
"
Kanai" and "
tsuma" are
used only for your own wife. "
Oku-san"
is used for someone else's wife. See
the
vocabulary list of Kazoku (family).
