What is the first sentence you learn in Japanese I have learned Japanese for over 6 months but my Japanese is still very poor. Because I do not have many Japanese friends I always try to practice Japanese language as much as possible when I go to the supermarket. However, I just said that "すみません” and then I use body language to explain what I want to buy to staff. For that reason I could be not able to say in Japanese language. So can you give me some advises to overcome that situation?