Self Introduction

While Jas is busy filling the blog with notes on the basics, I am still sorting out in my mind how to go about posting my notes. My notes will be slightly different from Jas' as I started off with the hiragana and katakana (or collectively known as kana). As much as possible, I would like to keep my notes in hiragana, as I am not well versed in katakana yet. So hopefully, these notes might be of some use to you.

Please allow me to introduce myself in Japanese.

(A)
はじめまして。
hajimemashite
(How do you do?)

(B)
わたしは Rene です。
watashi wa Rene desu.
(I am Rene)

Or in the case of a formal situation ...
わたしは Rene ともうします
watashi wa Rene to mooshimasu
(I am Rene.)

(C)
どう ぞよろしく。
doozo yoroshiku
(Nice meeting you)

In case you would like to know how to reply to the above, read further.

After my greetings (A) and self introduction (B), you might like to reply the same with:
はじめまして。
hajimemashite

わたしは xxです。
watashi wa xx desu.

After my final greeting (C), you might like to reply the same with:
こちら　こそ　どう ぞよろしく。
kochira koso doozo yoroshiku
(Nice meeting you, too)

** Note **
As Japanese language is highly contexture, most of the time the people involved would make certain assumptions. Such as in (B), I would assume that you know I am talking about myself, so I may simply just say "Rene です。" and drop the "わたしは". And of course, when replying you may also drop the "わたしは".

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