Getting Started in Japanese - 日本語 Class #3 Level 3

Home , Chi (kana), Fu (kana), He (kana), Ho (kana), Ke (kana), Ki (kana)

Phrases Okurigana Student, teacher, senpai 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 about you Want, Like, Need More places Polite vs. Casual Katakana – Part I Ordering things Masu verbs Time and Days Homonyms This is, that is not Adjective negatives Hiragana – Part II Car, Train, Road Emphasis / Tone What do you like Noun negatives Numbers, Colors Level 1

Beware of Meaning Mini introduction School, Bank, Money Dakuten ( ゛) Particles wa/wo/no Particles / Order Handakuten ( ゜) Jyanken (game) Verbs I, II, III Food and Drink Why Hiragana What is this, where is it Mandatory Adjective na/i 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 I will focus on:

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Beware of Meaning Mini introduction School, Bank, Money Dakuten ( ゛) Particles wa/wo/no Particles / Order Handakuten ( ゜) Jyanken (game) Verbs I, II, III Food and Drink Why Hiragana is What is this, where is it Mandatory Adjective na/i 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 Warm Up Exercise

• Repeat after me, then repeat to your classmate

Hajime mashite. はじめまして。 Nice to meet you.

Watashi-wa (your name) desu. わたしははくまい先生です。 I am White Rice Sensei.

(nationality) desu. あめりかじんです。 … am American.

Watashi-wa (occupation) desu. わたしはかいしゃいんです。 I am an office worker.

Yoroshiku onegai shimasu. よろしくおねがいします。 ”Looking forward to getting to know you.” A I U E O

Vowels あいうえお a i u e o Exercise K かきくけこ ka ki ku ke ko

• Read out loud the “go-jyu-on” S さしすせそ sa shi su se so

T たちつてと ta chi tsu te to

N なにぬねの na ni nu ne no (what is the go-jyu-on?) H はひふへほ ha hi fu he ho

M まみむめも ma mi mu me mo

Y やいゆえよ ya yu yo

R らりるれろ ra ri ru re ro

W わいうえを wa wo (o)

N ん n Hiragana Extended Chart

Dakuten ( ゛) - “ten ten” or dot dot Handakuten ( ゜) - “maru” or circle Hiragana Extended Chart

Dakuten ( ゛) - adds your voice to the consonant Handakuten ( ゜) - releases a puff of air from closed lips Exercise • What makes a vowel a vowel? – Can you make a vowel sound without your voice?

• Which hiragana do not have “ten ten”? – Can you feel your mouth move when you say them?

• Pick a hiragana that has “ten ten” – What changes when you say the hiragana with “ten ten” and without?

• What makes the “H” row so special? – Try whispering the whole row, then try whispering the “B” row, then the “P” row – Try saying the “vowel” row out loud, then the “H” row. What’s the difference? 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 Present Tense Noun Sentence

Noun1 wa Noun2 *(Verb) (da・desu)

*(da ・ desu) are used as a verb. If the word before (da ・ desu) is a noun, it is a NOUN sentence

Definition: N1 is N2 N1 is (a/an) N2 Always ends in da or desu (だ・です) (not “verbs” but act as the verb”) Examples: She is Yumiko. This is a book. Present Tense Verb Sentence

Noun1 wa/ga Noun2 wo Verb

Definition: Verb happens to N2 *Subject optional, N1 does verb to N2 Always ends in an u or masu (う・ます) Examples: Eat sushi. / John eats sushi. Naomi throws a ball. Present Tense い-Adjective Sentence

Noun1 wa い-Adjective (Verb) (desu OR nothing)

Definition: N1 is い-adjective. い-Adjectives can not end in da. Informal ends at the adjective. Formal ends with です。

Examples: (The) tree is tall. Sandra is fast. い-Adjective - Opposites

大きい – おおきい – Ookii 小さい – ちいさい – Chiisai

Big Small 大きい小さい

中 – ちゅう – Chuu

*Middle / Medium *Chuu is not 中 an いAdjective 大きい中小さいい-Adjective - Opposites

高い – たかい – Takai 安い – やすい – yasui

Expensive Cheap 高い安いい-Adjective - Opposites

高い – たかい – Takai 低い – ひくい – hikui 高い

Tall Short 高い低い低い

Typically used for vertical height only い-Adjective - Opposites

長い – ながい – Nagai 短い – みじかい – Mijikai

Long Short 長い短い

Used for lengths of objects or duration of time い-Adjective - Opposites

暑い – あつい – Atsui 寒い – さむい – Samui Hot Cold 暑い寒い

暖かい – あたたかい – Atatakai

Note: These adjectives are Warm used strictly for air/climate temperature 暖かい e.g. in a room, outdoors い-Adjective - Opposites

熱い – あつい – Atsui 冷たい – つめたい – Tsumetai Hot Cold 熱い冷たい

温かい – あたたかい – Atatakai

Note: These adjectives are Warm used for liquid/object temperature 温かい e.g. food, drinks, soup, ocean Particles – (Joshi) • は – wa – Marks the topic (am/is/as for…)

• が – ga – Marks the subject (am/is/as for…)

• を – wo / o – Marks the object

• の – no – Like an apostrophe S

• か – ka – Like a question mark ? Eat!

Meat Eat 肉を食べるにく wo たべる niku taberu Drinks! 飲み物 - のみもの - nomimono

水 – みず – Mizu お茶 – おちゃ – Ocha

Water Tea 水お茶

コーヒー koohii 酒 – さけ – Sake

Coffee Sake コーヒー酒 Drink!

Drink I Beer を飲む私はビール wa wo のむ watashi biiru nomu Phrase of the Day

Sugoi ・ Omoshiroi ・ Yabai すごい・おもしろい・やばい

Common Translation: “Wow!” “Interesting” “Damn! Whoa! Crazy!” My thoughts: A casual way react to your friends’ stories, or to something you see Usage: A way to keep the conversation going. Don’t over react, though!! Questions?

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