Here's a summary of the vocabulary Phrases and phrases that Steve covered in his Subject (m) Object (m) Verb (?m): Japanese: Greetings and は (ha but pron. "wa") or が (ga) mark Introductions talk. subject を (wo but pron "o") marks object We'll review this during the next class. か (ka) marks question Pay special attention to Greetings, Introductions, Thank You and Phrases Requests. Watashi wa hon wo yomimasu (I read a book/I’m reading a book) You'll be using them to introduce 私は本を読みます yourselves to your fellow students. Sensei wa hon wo yomimasu ka? (Is the teacher reading a book?) Remember: Participation, not 先生 は本を読みますか Perfection is the goal here (but Watashi wa amerika-jin desu (I’m an perfection's cool too). American) 私はアメリカ 人です Kanji 漢字 Amerika-jin desu ka? (Are you an Examples: American?) 本 = hon/moto = basis or origin アメリカ 人ですか 日 = nichi/ni sun 日本 = nihon = Japan Greetings 月 = tsuki = moon Good morning = ohayou gozaimasu 明るい = akarui = bright / glittering (ohio go-zi-mas', literally "It's early") おはようございます Syllabaries: hiragana, Good day = konnichiwa (literally "as katakana for this day") Hiragana：あいうえお (a i u e o) こんにちは Katakana アイウエオ (a i u e o) Good evening = konbanwa (lit: "as for this evening") Hiragana こんばんは Verb/adjective endings: Iku 行, ikimashita 行きました Introductions Samui 寒い, samukatta 寒かった [your name] to moshimasu. Hajimemashite. Douzo yoroshiku. Pronunciation ＿＿ ともします 。はじめまして 。ど All "soft" vowels: うぞよろしく 。 a, i, u, e, o = ah, ee, ooh, eh, oh Kochira wa [your friend’s name] desu. Very slight trill/flip to "r" (something (introducing your friend to someone like Spanish) else) Kore これ こちらは ＿＿ です 。 Japanese names Family name first, given name second (Shibata Kanako); no middle names. Frequent confusion over western names - which is family/given name? Family name: myoji 名字 Given name: namae 名前 JONES wa myoji desu ＿＿ は名字 で す。 Thank you Formal: domou arigatou gozaimasu どうもありがとございます Normal: domou arigatou or just arigatou どうもありがとう ／ ありがとう Casual: doumo どうも Requests Please give me XXX: XXX o kudasai ＿＿ を下さい ／ をくだあい Or (point to what you want): sore o kudasai それを 下さい Where is the toilet: toire wa doko desu ka? といれはどこですか What is this? = kore wa nan desu ka? これはのんですか Are there any/do you have: XXX arimasu ka? ＿＿ ありますか.