Je m'appelle ___. Je suis français.
申します (mōshimasu) is the humble form — more polite than 名前は__です. Use this in formal introductions (work, school, meeting adults). With friends/casual, you'd say __です or __と言います (to iimasu).
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| Pattern | Seen in | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| が (ga) | 4678 | but (soft contrast — less blunt than でも) |
| と (to) | 1278 | quotation particle (marks what comes before as the "content" of the verb) |
| は (wa) | 568 | topic marker ("as for my wife...") |
| に (ni) | 25 | location marker (where you live) |
| の (no) | 38 | possessive / connecting particle (like "of" or "'s") |
| から (kara) | 4 | from |
| を (o) | 3 | object marker |