Japanese Lesson for Beginners

Session 617.Nov.2014

Kana Shimohigoshikshimo@essex.ac.uk

Review

- Hiragana for s/z + vowels

さしすせそ/ざじずぜぞ

- Self introduction (2)

1. Konnichiwa.

2. Watashi wa (country) jin desu.

3. Watashi wa (something) ga suki desu.

4. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.

Main focus

- Japanese た and だ column

(Hiragana for t/d + vowels)

- Tracing practice

- Vocabulary Drill

- “Sokuon” the small hiragana つ

- Japanese Numerals 0-100

たちつてと/だぢづでどwith the correct stroke order

①

②

③

“ta”

④

①

“chi”②

“tsu”

①

①

“te”

“to”

①②

Dakuten(a voiced sound mark)

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

*Pronunciation of じ and ぢ, ず and づ are the same*Dakuten is wrote last on the character*Do not write dakuten longer than the previous stroke

Activity 1; Tracing practice た column

2014

11

17

Family n

ame / First n

ame

Sokuon ‘っ’

• The smaller form of つ

• A pause (no sound) between two syllable

• Represented in Romanized Japanese by a doubled consonant

ex. きて kite (come here) –きって kitte (stamp)

いて ite (stay with me) –いって itte (go away!)

Activity 2; Words You Can Write

Write the following words using the hiragana that you just learned

1. てつ (iron)2. ちち (father)3. ただ (free)4. かど (angle)5. ちず (map)6. たつ (stand)7. つぎ (next)

8. かたち (shape)

9. たかい (high)

10.つづく (continue)

11.ざっし (magazine)

12.がっこう (school)

13.ただしい (correct)

14.たいいく (P.E.)

Rina’s PresentationStudent Life in Japan

Japanese Numerals

Single Numbers 1-10

0 れい・ぜろ zero/rei

1 いち ichi

2 に ni

3 さん san

4 し・よん shi/yon

5 ご go

6 ろく roku

7 しち・なな shichi/nana

8 はち hachi

9 きゅう・く kyuu/ku

Tens Numbers 10-100

10 じゅう juu

20 にじゅう ni-juu

30 さんじゅう san-juu

40 よんじゅう yon-juu

50 ごじゅう go-juu

60 ろくじゅう roku-juu

70 ななじゅう nana-juu

80 はちじゅう hachi-juu

90 きゅうじゅう kyuu-juu

100 ひゃく hyaku

Activity3; Car number plates

Activity4; Phone-Numbers

1. 03-3503-8484 (Police English hotline)

110 (Police) / 119 (Fire/Ambulance)

2. 03-3502-1461 (Travel Information Center)

Dictate the useful phone numbers in Tokyo.

3. 03-3213-8523 (Immigration Office)

Japanese Numerals

Combining tens and singles

To read number in Japanese, just read pairs of digits (2,3,…) and units (10,20,…).

For example, the number 25 is pronounced as

に “ni” じゅう “juu” ご “go”, which means 2x10 + 5.

If a digit is one, just say only the unit.

Exercise!

1. 17 3. 42 5. 63

2. 36 4. 58 6. 79

Activity5; Football Jersey Numbers

Hiragana Table

Hiragana Table

Voiced Consonants and ‘P’

GU

GE

ZADA

BO

BE

BU

BI

BAPA

PI

PU

PE

PO

JIDZIZUDZU

DE

DO GO

JI

ZU

ZE

ZO

GI

GA

Next week

- Learn how to read and write な “na” column

- Conversation practice

- Japanese Numerals 100-10,000

- Shopping in Japan