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How do you say 'This is my friend, Ayaka' when introducing someone in Japanese?

Tomodachi no Ayaka-san desu. (友達のあやかさんです。)

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  1. Tomodachi no Ayaka-san desu. (友達のあやかさんです。) ✔
  2. Tomodachi wa doko desu ka. (友達はどこですか。)
  3. Tomodachi o mite kudasai. (友達を見てください。)

Why: The pattern is relationship, then no, then name with san, then desu. The wrong choices mean 'Where is my friend?' and 'Please look at my friend.'

Huh, didn't know that: NHK's second example is 'Tomodachi no Tanaka-san desu', meaning this is my friend, Tanaka-san.

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Answer: Tomodachi no Ayaka-san desu. (友達のあやかさんです。). The pattern is relationship, then no, then name with san, then desu. The wrong choices mean 'Where is my friend?' and 'Please look at my friend.'

  1. NHK WORLD-JAPAN Easy Japanese, Lesson 8 www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/lesson/en/lessons/08.html
    Tomodachi no Ayaka-san desu. This is my friend, Ayaka-san.
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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