1. Find EN Icon, Click Japanese, Click a Input Mode, Click Hiragana

日本語一 Lab Microsoft IME

1. Find “EN” icon, click Japanese, click “A input” mode, click Hiragana.

2. You are ready to type words/sentences in Japanese! Start typing in rooma-ji. Try vowels: a, i, u, e, and o. Then “I” in Japanese “wa ta shi”

3. The quickest way to change Japanese to English font: Hold “Alt” and “Shift” keys to change from English mode <=> Japanese mode.

4. Do not touch the space bar, use the enter key instead. Use the space bar twice when you want to change hiragana to kanji. E.g., watashi=>わたし＝＞私

5. How to show hiragana particles and youon (little ya, yu, yo)

わたしは Coyle です。しゅみは piano とまんがです。

 Type “ha” for は (wa) subject particle  Type “wo” for を (o) object particle  Type “nn” for ん(n)  Type shumi for しゅみ

How to locate Printer in B127: Find Printer =>NPHS-B127

Write the following personal information in Japanese - #1 through #6 only.

1. Greeting (Good morning, Good afternoon, etc.) 2. How do you do? 3. Name (I am ~.) 4. Age (I am ~.) 5. Where you live (S wa Place ni sundeimasu) Type place in English 6. Your hobbies (My hobby is ~.) Your hobby can be typed in English. 7. What you like and what you don’t like using A wa B ga C sentence structure 8. Pleased to meet you.どうぞよろしく。

ようおん(little や、ゆ、and よ) Romanization rules

きゃ ki + ya = kiya-i=kya

しゃ shi + ya =shiya-–i-y= sha じゃ ji + ya = jaya-i-y =ja ちゃ chi + ya = chiya – i-y =cha

そくおん (little つ) double consonant

たって = ta + tte stand up がっこう = ga + kkou school きっぷ = ki + ppu ticket(s) ちょっとまって chotto matte wait up