“Don’t give up. The beginning is always the hardest. Life rewards those who work hard at it.”
– Unknown

 

Hi everyone,

Happy Monday!  It is sunny and beautiful here in Pacific NW today. The weather like this is much appreciated around this time of the year as we tend to have more wet weather so often here, but I hear this weather will continue for another week which is a wonderful news for us. Hope weather is fabulous where you are too!

One of my kids just recently had a birthday, and he had to send out an Evite invitation to his friends. I thought this might become a good topic of learning here as we can cover the basics of vocabularies, or phrases used in invitation cards etc.

First, let’s go over some vocabularies.

 

Invitation = Shoutaijo　（しょうたいじょう、招待状）

Birthday = Tanjobi (たんじょうび，誕生日)

Birthday Party = Tanjobi kai (たんじょうびかい，誕生日会)

Cake = Kēki (ケーキ，けーき)

Pizza = Piza (ピザ，ぴざ)

Location = Basho (ばしょ，場所)

Time = Jikan (じかん，時間)

Date = Hinichi (ひにち，日にち)

 

Below are the invitation he sent out to his buddies. Perhaps if you have an occasion to send out yours to your Japanese friends, you can try this…!!

 

You are invited to Jack’s 11th birthday party!

Jack no jyūissai no tanjōbi kai ni anata  o shōtai shimasu!

Jack の　じゅういっさいの　たんじょうびかい　に　あなたを　しょうたいします。

Jack の　11歳の　誕生日会　に　あなたを　招待します。

 

Date:Saturday April 14th, 2018

Hinichi: ni sen jyuhachi nen shi gatsu jyuyokka doyoubi

ひにち：に　せん　じゅうはち　ねん　し　がつ　じゅうよっか　どようび

日にち：2018年　４月１４日　土曜日

*Quick check:

In Japanese, when we read out the date, we “always” put year first. So, the order will be like,  Year/Month/Date and Days.

 

Location will be at 〜.

Basho wa ~ desu.

ばしょは　〜　です。

場所は　〜です。

 

Party will start at ２PM and end at 4PM.

Pātī wa 2 ji kara hajimari 4ji ni owarimasu.

パーティーは，２じから　はじまり　4じに　おわります。

パーティーは，２時から　始まり　４時に　おわります。

 

Please RSVP by Wednesday, April 11th.

Shi gatsu jyuichi nichi suiyōbi made ni ohenji okudasai.

しがつ　じゅういちにち　すいようび　までに　おへんじ　ください。

４月　１１日　水曜日までに　お返事　ください。

 

This is a simple invitation, but you can pretty much apply to any occasion. Purpose, date and time, location, and RSVP info are all there. If you have any questions, please feel free to drop me a note below.  Thanks! Keiko