Ocha and Chat is our weekly live call for using our Japanese and for social study.
🗓️ Topic: Where you do things (で)
For this week’s Ocha & Chat, we’ll practise talking about where you do things in Japanese.
This is super useful for everyday conversation:
- where you eat
- where you study
- where you relax
🧠 Mini Lesson: で (Place of Action)
We use で to show where an action happens.
Pattern:
Place + で + Verb
Examples
カフェでコーヒーを飲みます。Kafe de kōhī o nomimasu.I drink coffee at a café.
図書館で本を読みます。Toshokan de hon o yomimasu.I read a book at the library.
学校で日本語を勉強します。Gakkō de Nihongo o benkyō shimasu.I study Japanese at school.
📍 Common Places
カフェ — kafe — café
レストラン — resutoran — restaurant
学校 — gakkō — school
図書館 — toshokan — library
公園 — kōen — park
家 — ie — home
会社 — kaisha — company / office
海 — umi — sea
ショッピングセンター — shoppingu sentā — shopping centre
🗣️ Practice Questions
どこで勉強しますか。Doko de benkyō shimasu ka? Where do you study?
どこでごはんを食べますか。Doko de gohan o tabemasu ka? Where do you eat?
🫵 Before the Call
Write one sentence:
___で___ます。
Example:カフェで勉強します。
We’ll practise speaking these together during Ocha & Chat ☕🇯🇵
Can you join 10 am, Sunday Sydney time?