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Sumisu to mōshimasu. Dōzo My name is Smith. How do
yoroshiku. you do?
Kochira, Honda-san to This person is called Mr./Ms.
osshaimasu. Honda.

Onamae wa nan to ossharu n What is your name?
desu ka.

GRAMMAR NOTE Expressing Emotions

Many words that express emotion are adjectives and others are na-nouns. They
both appear in the double subject structure, where the first subject is the person
who feels the emotion and the second subject is the cause of the emotion.

Watashi wa inu ga kowai. I’m scared of dogs.
Nani ga kowai no? What are you scared of?

Kowai can be translated either as “scared” or “scary” depending on the subject.
Similarly, many of the emotion words have two English translations.

Ame ga shinpai desu. “I’m worried about the rain” or “Rain
worries me”.

Namae ga hazukashi’i. “I’m embarrassed by the name” or
“The name is embarrassing.”
Usually the emotion word expresses the speaker’s feeling in a statement, and the
addressee’s in a question. When describing other people’s feelings, it’s common
to attach /n desu/ to the emotion words. This is because one cannot state as fact

exactly how others feel as a fact, and can only describe the situation in terms of
how it appears.
Satō-san wa kanashi’i n desu. Ms. Sato is sad (Lit., It’s the
case that Ms. Sato is sad.)

Alternatively, you can quote what others say regarding how they feel.
Satō-san wa kanashi’i tte. Ms. Sato said that she is sad.

GRAMMAR NOTE Sentence + shi

Shi added to the end of a sentence indicates that the preceding sentence presents
one reason among others that leads to the conclusion. Other reasons may follow.
Ame da shi. Because it’s raining, and… (so,