Japanese

Introductions

Hajimemashite
Susie desu
yoroshiku onegaishimas

Introducing yourself, formal introduction. Don't have to just limit to stating your name could also list things like occupation and nationality. Explanation on why this is hard to translate exactly.

In the context of this introduction you are telling them about yourself so it should technically be:

Hajimemashite
watashi wa Susie desu
yoroshiku onegaishimas

But the watashi wa can be dropped

When re-introducing yourself you can just use

watashi wa Susie desu

I am Susie

Addressing Others

People should be addressed as:

[Their name] san
e.g.
Susie san

Noun Sentences

[X] wa [Y] desu

Where X is the topic and Y is the information. It lets you know I'm going to tell you something about X. e.g.

watashi wa nihon jin desu
I am Japanese
watashi wa enjinia desu

This also works with names to talk about other people

Kate san wa amarika jin desu

Asking and Answering Questions

Take the noun sentence and add ka to the end.

Susie san wa enjinia desu ka
Susie is an engineer?
Mike san wa Igirisu jin desu ka
Mike is English?

Yes - Hai

No - Iie

Hai, Burajiru jin desu
Yes I am/they are Brazilian

Mary san wa Furansu jin desu
Iie, Furansu jin ja arimasen, igirisu jin desu
No they are/I'm not French I'm British

This pattern is for all noun sentences.

Also

The noun sentence

[X] wa [Y] desu

wa is replaced by mo to say too/also. This can also be used in a question.

Susie san wa Enginia desu
Emma san mo Enginia desu
or to shorten it
Susie san wa Enginia desu
Emma san mo desu

Susie is an engineer, Emma is also an Engineer.

Connecting Nouns

[X] no [Y]

This is to say that Y belongs to X. It's equivalent to 's

The Guardian no Enginia
The Guardian's Engineer
Citylit no Kyoshi
Citylit's teacher

This is how to say where you work/belong to. If you are a company employee kaishain if you specify the company it becomes shain

Watashi wa Sony no shain desu
Watashi wa The Guardian no enginia desu.

I am an employee of Sony I am an engineer for The Guardian.