Lesson 1 Part 2 Learning Numbers one Ichi two Ni Three San Four Shi/yon Five Go Six Roku Seven

Shichi/nana Eight Hachi nine Ku/kyuu ten juu Id focus mainly on learning 1-10 for practice however numbers in Japanese are quite easy. 11 Juu-ichi 20 ni-juu 12 Juu-ni 21 Ni-juu-ichi 13 Juu-san 30 San-juu 14 Juu-yon 40 Yon-juu Juu-shi 15 Juu-go 50 Go-juu 16 Juu-roku 60 Roku-juu 17 Juu-shichi 70 Nana-ju Juu-nana 18 Juu-hachi 80 Hachi-juu 19 Juu-kyuu 90 Kyuu-juu Ju-ku 0 Rei/zero 100 hyaku Telling your age: A: O-ikutsu desu ka? How old are you? B: Juu-hatchi desu. I am 18. When telling your age there is a special number for 20, because 20 is the age in Japanese when one is really considered an adult so because its a special age theres a special way to say it. A: O-ikutsu desu ka? B: Hatachi desu. How old are you? I am 20.

Learning how to make an or question A: Hon desu ka, nooto desu ka? Is this a book or a notebook?

(unlike in English it is necessary to repeat the verb.)

You can also do this with long lists of things A: Hon desu ka, nooto desu ka, kami desu ka? Is this a book, a notebook, or paper?

Another type of or questions is asking if it is something or not. A: Hon desu ka, hon ja arimasen ka? Is this a book or is it not a book?

Learning more Particles Particles show the function of the preceding word, phrase or clause in the sentence. (subject, object, destination, time, etc) Particles in Japanese are usually the equivalent of English prepositions such as to on in etc 1) The Conjunction Particle to (and)

to This particle ONLY connects nouns and noun equivalents. You can not use to to connect adjectives like you can use and in English. A:Hon to Kami desu. There is a book and paper.

-but you can not use to to say that something is big, red, and shiny 2) Another conjuction particle is ya ( and etc.) ya is used when there is a long list of things and not everything needs to be mentioned. For example: A: Hon ya kami desu. There are books and paper an etc.

Ya When you use to ya particle you are implying to the speaker that there are things that you are not mentioning. Its best to use ya if talking about a group of more than 3 things.

For Example:

A: Hon to nooto to enpitsu desu.

There is a book a notebook and a pencil.

n A: Hon ya nooto desu. There is a book and notebook and etc.

Learning Watashi & Boku and Anata -Watashi and boku both mean I however boku can only be used by men while watashi is used by both men and women. -anata means you, however in Japanese calling someone you is usually only used if you dont know the persons name. In Japanese personal pronouns are hardly used because it is not considered very polite.

Learning the particle wa wa is the subject indicator particle. Whenever you do mention the subject of the sentence it is important to mark it with the particle wa Example: watashi wa Satoo desu I am Mr. Satoo. Anata wa Yamada-san desu ne? You are Mr. Yamada right? When writing in Japanese you do not use the Hiragana character for wa when writing the wa particle instead you use the Hiragana character ha however when read it is still pronounced wa

ha Or wa particle Learning the particle mo means also or too

The mo particle replaces wa after the subject A: Satoo-san wa hatachi desu. B: Watashi mo hatachi desu. Mr. Satoo is 20. I am also 20.

For Example:

mo

Learning Nationality: -County name + -jin A: Watashi wa Amerika-jin desu - Anata mo Amerika-jin desu ka? B: Iie, Watashi wa Nihon-jin desu. I am an American. Are you also American? No I am Japanese.

Learning the new question word nani nani is used in combination questions like what nationality what color or what language So to ask what nationality you say nani-jin A: Anata wa nani-jin desu ka? B: Watashi wa Chuugoku-jin desu. what nationality are you? I am Chinese.

Practice for Lesson 1: Translate the following Dialogues into Japanese. 1) A: Is (that) a book? B: No (its) not a book. A: Well then, what is it? B: (it) is a notebook. 2) A: Is (that) a pen or a pencil? B: (it) is a pencil. A: Is (that) a newspaper or not? B: (it) is not a newspaper. It is a magazine. 3) A: Good Morning. How are you. B: Yes (I) am fine. Thank you. Are you also doing fine? A: Yes (I) am also doing fine. Thank-you. 4) A: I am Japanese. Are you also Japanese? B: No I am not Japanese. I am Chinese. 5) A: How old are you? B: I am 20. A: I am also 20. ( O-genki mo desu ka)