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☕🍱 Ocha & Chat — Prep Post
Ocha and Chat is on in 11 hours!
It's a live group call where we can chat, practise Japanese and strengthen our community of Japanese language learners.
🗓️ Next Topic: Favourite Foods（好きな食べ物）
Next Ocha & Chat will be about favourite foods.
This is an easy topic and a great chance to practise asking and answering simple questions in Japanese.
You don’t need perfect Japanese — just try!
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🈶 Key Question Patterns
1️⃣ Asking about favourite food
好きな食べ物は何ですか。
Suki na tabemono wa nan desu ka?
What is your favourite food?
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2️⃣ Answering
ラーメンです。
Rāmen desu.
It’s ramen.
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3️⃣ Saying what you like most
ラーメンが一番好きです。
Rāmen ga ichiban suki desu.
I like ramen the most.
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4️⃣ Asking a follow-up question
どんなラーメンが好きですか。
Donna rāmen ga suki desu ka?
What kind of ramen do you like?
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5️⃣ Talking about frequency
よくラーメンを食べますか。
Yoku rāmen o tabemasu ka?
Do you eat ramen often?
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🗣️ Example Dialogue ① (Very Simple)
A: 好きな食べ物は何ですか。
Suki na tabemono wa nan desu ka?
What is your favourite food?
B: すしです。
Sushi desu.
It’s sushi.
A: すしが好きですか。
Sushi ga suki desu ka?
Do you like sushi?
B: はい、すしが一番好きです。
Hai, sushi ga ichiban suki desu.
Yes, sushi is my favourite.
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🗣️ Example Dialogue ② (With “often”)
A: よく何を食べますか。
Yoku nani o tabemasu ka?
What do you often eat?
B: よくカレーを食べます。
Yoku karē o tabemasu.
I often eat curry.
A: カレーはおいしいですか。
Karē wa oishii desu ka?
Is curry delicious?
B: はい、とてもおいしいです。
Hai, totemo oishii desu.
Yes, it’s very delicious.
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🗣️ Example Dialogue ③ (Casual but still polite)
A: 好きな日本の食べ物は何ですか。
Suki na Nihon no tabemono wa nan desu ka?
What Japanese food do you like?
B: たこやきが好きです。
Takoyaki ga suki desu.
I like takoyaki.
A: たこやきを食べたことがありますか。
Takoyaki o tabeta koto ga arimasu ka?
Have you eaten takoyaki before?
B: はい、あります。
Hai, arimasu.
Yes, I have.
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📘 Useful Food Vocabulary
Japanese Romaji English
ラーメン rāmen ramen
すし sushi sushi
カレー karē curry
たこやき takoyaki takoyaki
にく niku meat
やさい yasai vegetables
ごはん gohan rice / meal
おいしい oishii delicious
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🫵 Your Practice (Before Ocha & Chat)
Try writing 2–3 sentences using these patterns:
好きな食べ物は＿＿＿です。
＿＿＿が一番好きです。
よく＿＿＿を食べます。
Post them below if you want feedback — I’ll help you fix them 👍
Looking forward to chatting with you during Ocha & Chat ☕🍜
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