Grammar Notes:

■ Add 大 (big) before certain nouns to make the meaning “bigger”:

• 大好(だいす)き love; like very much [big + like]
• 大会(たいかい) convention [big + meeting]
• 大学(だいがく) university [big + learning/school]
• 大人(おとな) adult (note the irregular pronunciation “otona”) [big + person]
• 大事(だいじ) important; serious [big + thing]

Key Vocabulary:

• 日本人(にほんじん) Japanese person; Japanese people [日 (day; sun; counter for days) + 本 (book; present; main; origin; true; real) + 人 (person)]
• おちゃ tea [kanji: お茶(ちゃ)]
• 大すき like very much [kanji: 大(だい)好(す)き; 大 (large; big) + 好き (like; favorite)]
• しょくじ meal [kanji: 食事(しょくじ); 食 (food; eat) + 事 (matter; thing; fact); somewhat formal]
• 時(とき) (specified) time; when; during
• おちゃをのむ人 a person who drinks tea [おちゃ (tea) + を (direct object marker) のむ (to drink) + 人 (person)]
• おおい many; numerous; a lot [kanji: 多(おお)い]
• ウーロンちゃ oolong tea
• や and; or
• むぎちゃ barley tea [kanji: 麦茶(むぎちゃ)]
• も also; too
• のみます to drink [polite present tense form of the verb 飲(の)む (to drink; to gulp]
• さとう sugar [kanji: 砂糖(さとう)]
• ミルク milk
• 入(い)れません do not put in [polite negative form (masen-form) of the verb 入(い)れる (to put in)]
• からだにいい good for the body; healthy [からだ (body) + に (indicates the receiver of "good") + いい (good)]
• たくさん a lot; plenty; many
• コンビニ convenience store
• いろんな various [kanji: 色(いろ)んな]
• うっています is selling [present progressive tense of the verb 売(う)る (to sell)]

Answers:

1) A –  No milk or sugar please.