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Getting Started in Japanese - 日本語 Class #2

Level 3 Student, teacher, senpai Phrases Okurigana Japanese names TBD Intro to Kanji “Ta” / “ Te ” verbs Months and years Kanji Advantages / based on your Disadvantages Adjective opposites Countries Katakana – Part II interests TBD Past tense People and Family Level 2 More places More about you Want, Like, Need Polite vs. Casual Katakana – Part I Ordering things Masu verbs Time and Days Homonyms This is, that is not Adjective negatives Car, Train, Road Hiragana – Part II What do you like Emphasis / Tone Noun negatives Numbers, Colors Level 1 Beware of Meaning School, Bank, Money Mini introduction Particles wa/wo/no Dakuten ( ゛ ) Handakuten ( ゜ ) Particles / Order Jyanken (game) Verbs I, II, III Food and Drink Why Hiragana What is this, where is it Adjective na/i Mandatory This, That, What, Where Hiragana – Part I This is mine, that is yours “ Gojyuon ” 4 Writing Systems Noun da/desu Me, You, Us Level 0 日本語 About Written Grammar Vocab Japanese Japanese

I want you all to move up! FAST! Level 1 Beware of Meaning School, Bank, Money Mini introduction Particles wa/wo/no Dakuten ( ゛ ) Handakuten ( ゜ ) Particles / Order Jyanken (game) Verbs I, II, III Food and Drink Why Hiragana is What is this, where is it Adjective na/i Mandatory This, That, What, Where Hiragana – Part I This is mine, that is yours “ Gojyuon ” 4 Writing Systems Noun da/desu Me, You, Us Level 0 日本語 About Written Grammar Vocab Japanese Japanese

Today’s Lesson • Warm up Exercise & Review • 4 Basic Parts of Speech • Present Tense Verb Sentence

Warm Up Exercise • Repeat after me, then repeat to your classmate Hajime mashite. Nice to meet you. はじめまして。 Watashi-wa (your name) desu. I am White Rice Sensei. わたしは はくまい先生 です。 (nationality) desu. … am American. あめりかじん です。 Watashi-wa (occupation) desu. わたしは I am an office worker. かいしゃいん です。

Reference People Sailor kaigun 海軍 かいぐん US Sailor beikaigun 米海軍 べいかいぐん Civilian koumuin 公務員 こうむいん Employee kaishain 会社員 かいしゃいん House-wife shufu 主婦 しゅふ House-husband 主夫 shufu しゅふ Student gakusei 学生 がくせい

Reference People 日本人 にほんじん Japanese nihon jin アメリカ人 あめりかじん American amerika jin Mexican メキシコ人 めきしこじん mekishiko jin Filipino / Filipina フィリピン人 ふぃりぴんじん firipin jin 中国人 ちゅうごくじん Chinese chuugoku jin Any to add?

Warm Up Exercise • Repeat after me, then repeat to your classmate Hajime mashite. Nice to meet you. はじめまして。 Watashi-wa (your name) desu. I am White Rice Sensei. わたしは はくまい先生 です。 (nationality) desu. … am American. あめりかじん です。 Watashi-wa (occupation) desu. わたしは I am an office worker. かいしゃいん です。

Warm Up Exercise What type of characters are these? Hajime mashite. Nice to meet you. はじめまして。 Watashi-wa (your name) desu. I am White Rice Sensei. わたしは はくまい先生 です。 (nationality) desu. … am American. あめりかじん です。 Watashi-wa (occupation) desu. わたしは I am an office worker. かいしゃいん です。

Warm Up Exercise What is different about the 3 rd sentence? Hajime mashite. Nice to meet you. はじめまして。 Watashi-wa (your name) desu. I am White Rice Sensei. わたしは はくまい先生 です。 (nationality) desu. … am American. あめりかじん です。 Watashi-wa (occupation) desu. わたしは I am an office worker. かいしゃいん です。

Review – だ / です (da / desu) • Ko-re da - This (informal) これだ • Ko-re de-su - This (polite) これです • So-re da - That (close to listener) それだ • So-re de-su - That それです • A-re da - That (close to no one) あれだ • A-re de-su - That あれです

Quick Self-Intro 5 years active duty (2008-2010 in CTF-76) • 1 year at Kwansei Gakuin University • 8 months working in Japanese restaurants • 1 year at PwC Tokyo as a consultant • 2 years as contractor with ONE-NET • I play trombone for the Sasebo city band •

A I U E O あ い う え お Vowels a i u e o Hiragana か き く け こ K ka ki ku ke ko • This is the Go-Jyu-On chart さ し す せ そ S sa shi su se so • We know it as the “Hiragana chart” た ち つ て と T ta chi tsu te to • You need to memorize this!! な に ぬ ね の N na ni nu ne no は ひ ふ へ ほ H ha hi fu he ho ま み む め も M ma mi mu me mo や ゆ よ い え Y ya yu yo ら り る れ ろ R ra ri ru re ro わ を い う え W wa wo (o) ん N n

Exercise • Read out loud the first 3 rows of the hiragana chart • Pay attention to the vowels (columns)

Exercise • Read rows 4 – 6 of the hiragana chart

Questions?

4 Basic Parts of Speech Nouns – Person, Place, Thing, Idea, Pronouns Verbs – Action, State, Occurrence • Subject, object, location of sentence • The action or change from the sentence N V な Adjectives い Adjectives • Modify nouns • Modify nouns • If last in a sentence, end with da or desu • Easily becomes an adverb い く na A い

Food! 食べ物 - たべもの - tabemono 肉 – にく – Niku 魚 – さかな – Sakana Fish Meat 魚 肉 果物 – くだもの – Kudamono 野菜 – やさい – Yasai Fruit Vegetables 野菜 果物

Present Tense Verb Sentence Noun 1 wo Verb Definition: Verb happens to N 1 *No subject, action happens to N 1 Always ends in an u or masu ( う・ます ) Examples: Eat sushi. Drink water.

Eat! Meat Eat 肉 食べる を にく たべる wo niku taberu

Drinks! 飲み物 - のみもの - nomimono 水 – – Mizu お茶 – おちゃ – Ocha みず Tea Water お茶 水 酒 – さけ – Sake koohii コーヒー Sake Coffee コーヒー 酒

Present Tense Verb Sentence (Noun 1 wa )Noun 2 wo Verb Definition: N 1 acted on N 2 N 1 (subject) does action to N 2 Always ends in an u or masu ( う・ます ) Examples: Devon eats sushi. The dog drinks water.

Drink! Drink Beer 飲む を ビール のむ wo biiru nomu

Particles – (Joshi) – wa – Marks the topic (am/is/as for…) • は – wo / o – Marks the object • を – no – Like an apostrophe S • の – ka – Like a question mark ? • か

Phrase of the Day Mata-ne ・ Jya-ne またね ・ じゃね Common Translation: “See you later” “ Seeya ” My thoughts: A casual way to say goodbye. (especially after hanging out) Usage: Say it right before you leave. Or just say “Bye Bye ”!

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