Post on 16-Jul-2015
Japanese Lesson for Beginners
Session 81.Dec.2014
Kana Shimohigoshikshimo@essex.ac.uk
Review
- Hiragana for n + vowels
なにぬねの
- Japanese numeral 0-100
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
Main focus
- Japanese は/ば/ぱ column
(Hiragana for h/b/p + vowels)
- Tracing practice
- Vocabulary Drill
- Handakuten (adding a small circle)
- Japanese Large Numerals 100-10,000
- Useful phrases at shopping
はひふへほばびぶべぼ/ぱぴぷぺぽ
with the correct stroke order
①
②
③
“ha”
①
“hi”
“fu”①
②
④
③
①
“he”
“ho”
①
③
②④
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
Handakuten(a semi-voiced sound mark)
The circle at the right top of はひふへほmean they have the sound of “p”
*Handakuten is wrote last on the character (clockwise??)*Most Japanese people refer to this as simply “maru”
Activity 1; Tracing practice は column
2014
12
1
Family n
ame / First n
ame
Activity 2; Words You Can Write
Write the following words using the hiragana that you just learned
1. はい (yes)2. ひと (people)3. ぶた (pig)4. へび (snake)5. ほし (star)6. ひつじ (sheep)7. はし (chopsticks/bridge)
8. しっぽ (tail)
9. はっぱ (leaf)
10.きっぷ (ticket)
11.とうふ (tofu)
12.ぼうし (hat)
13.はなび (firework)
14.ひこうき (airplane)
Thousands 1000-10,000
1,000 せん sen
2,000 にせん ni-sen
3,000 さんぜん san-zen
4,000 よんせん yon-sen
5,000 ごせん go-sen
6,000 ろくせん roku-sen
7,000 ななせん nana-sen
8,000 はっせん hassen
9,000 きゅうせん kyuu-sen
10,000 いちまん ichi-man
Hundreds 100-1000
100 ひゃく hyaku
200 にひゃく ni-hyaku
300 さんびゃく san-byaku
400 よんひゃく yon-hayku
500 ごひゃく go-hyaku
600 ろっぴゃく roppyaku
700 ななひゃく nana-hyaku
800 はっぴゃく happyaku
900 きゅうひゃく kyuu-hyaku
1,000 せん sen
Numbers past 99
Numerical Units
Numerals 100 1,000 10,000 10^8 10^12
ひらがな(かんじ)
ひゃく(百)
せん(千)
まん(万)
おく(億)
ちょう(兆)
Romaji hyaku sen man oku chou
*Large numbers in Japanese are divided into units of four
Supermarkets in Japan
Useful Phrases at Shopping
すみません、sumimasen,
(something) はどこですか?
(something) wa doko desuka?
これを ください。
kore wo kudasai.
みているだけです。どうも。miteirudakedesu. doumo.
おいくらですか?
oikuradesuka?
かーどはつかえますか?
ka-do wa tsukaemasuka?
- Excuse me,
- Where is (something)?
- I’ll take this.
- I’m just looking, thank you.
- How much is this?
- Can I use a card?
おいくらですか?oikruadesuka?
Activity3; Going ShoppingYou have ¥3,000!!Fill in your shopping list.Find out how many items can you buy within the budget.
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
Hiragana Table with stroke orders
LAST week…
HAVE FUN!!
Various enjoyable activities!
Special prizes!