Japanese Lesson for Beginners

Session 43.Nov.2014

Kana Shimohigoshikshimo@essex.ac.uk

Review

- Writing Hiragana - Proper stroke order is important - Each stroke goes left to right and top to bottom - 3 different ways to end a stroke; tome (stop), hane (jump), and harai (sweeping)

- あ column 1. あい (love) 3. あお (blue) 2. うえ (up) 4. いいえ (no)

Main focus

- Japanese “ か” and ” が” column (Hiragana for k/g + vowels) - Tracing practice - Vocabulary Drill

- How to introduce yourself in Japanese? (1)

かきくけこ / がぎぐげごwith the correct stroke order

①

②③

“ka”

①

②

“ki”③

④

“ku”①

①

②

“ke”③

“ko”

①

②

Dakuten (a voiced sound mark)

The double points at the right top of hiragana mean they have a voiced consonant

*Dakuten is wrote last on the character*Do not write dakuten longer than the previous stroke

Activity 1; Tracing practice か column

Year

Month

Day

Name

Activity 2; Hiragana puzzle

Choose the letter and do the puzzle!

Activity 3; Words You Can WriteWrite the following words using the hiragana that you just learned

1. き (tree)2. あか (red)3. きく (to listen)4. いけ (pond)5. かお (face)6. かぎ (key)7. くぎ (nail)

8. ごご (afternoon)9. えいご (English)10.きかい (machine)11.けいかく (plan)12.くうこう (airport)13.こうこう (high school)14.がいこく (foreign country)

Give a simple self-introduction

1. Hajimemashite. はじめまして。

2. Watashi wa (Shimohigoshi) (Kana) desu. わたし　 は しもひごし かな です。

3. (Kana) to yondekudasai. かな と よんでください。

4. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu. よろしく おねがい します。

Give a simple self-introduction

1. Hajimemashite　 はじめまして

　“ Nice to meet you./ How do you do?”

*only used when first meeting someone

Give a simple self-introduction

2. Watashi wa (Family name) (“First” name) desu.　 わたし は　 ( しもひごし ) 　 ( かな ) 　 です。

　“ I am (First name) (Family name).”

*The first name follows the family name * “desu” is equivalent to English “am,” “are,” or “is”

Give a simple self-introduction

3. (Nickname) to yondekudasai.　 ( かな ) と　よんでください。

　“ Please call me (Nickname).”

Give a simple self-introduction

4. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.　　　よろしく 　 おねがい します。

Must know this phrase!!Have various implicit meaningsUsed differently depend on the situation

“Be kind/nice to me??” “Please take care of me??”

How to use this phrase?[Meeting someone for the first time]A: Nice to meet you, I am Ichiro.B: My name is Mary. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.A: Same here, yoroshiku onegai shimasu.

[When beginning a meeting, group work, or lesson]A: Is everyone here?B: Yes, it seems like it.A: Well then, let’s begin. Today, yoroshiku onegai shimasu.B: Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.

1. はじめまして Hajimemashite

2. わたし は (Family name) (First name) です Watashi wa (Family name) (First name) desu

3. (Nickname) と よんでください (Nickname) to yondekudasai

4. よろしく おねがい します Yoroshiku onegai shimasu

Hiragana Table

Hiragana Table

Voiced Consonants and ‘P’

GU

GE

ZADA

BO

BEBU

BI

BAPA

PI

PUPE

PO

JIDZIZUDZU

DEDO GO

JI

ZU

ZE

ZO

GI

GA

Next week

- Learn how to read and write さ “ sa” column

- Conversation practice 　　 How to introduce yourself in Japanese (2)