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Lesson 1

New Friends

Greetings

1. What is the dierence between /Ohayoo/ and /Ohayoo

gozaimasu/?
2. What are three dierent meanings or uses of the word /
sumimasen/?
3. What is the dierence between /Sayoonara/ and /Itte
kimasu/?
4. How is itadakimasu used?
5. When might you say /gochisoosama deshita/?
6. When might you say /Jaa mata//sitsuree simasu/?
7. What is the closest English translation for /
Hajimemashite/? What does it mean literally?

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Long vowels &

Double consonants
* Obasan(aunt) vs. Obaasan(grandmother)
* shujin(husband) vs. shuujinprisoner)
* Sakaslope) vs. sakka (writer)
* Ite kudasai. (Please stay.) vs. Itte kudasai.(Please go.)
Pitch accent
shi
ha
hah bridge shi chopsticks
Itte kimasu. See you later.

Pitch and Nouns

Three Mora nouns
* SuzukiSuzuki-san desu.
Tanaka
Itoo
eego denwa namae)
* Satoo Satoo-san desu.
Takuya Hiroshi Erika
Yuuko
( gozen )
* Takahashi
(nihon)

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Japanese Sounds/mora
a

ka

sa

ta

na

ha

ma

ki

shi

chi

ni

hi

mi

ku

su

tsu

nu

fu

mu

ke

se

te

ne

he

me

ko

so

to

no

ho

mo

yo

ro

ga

za

da

ba

pa

gi

ji

ji

bi

pi

gu

zu

zu

bu

pu

ge

ze

de

be

pe

go

zo

do

bo

po

ya

ra

wa

ri
yu

ru
re
n

kya

sha

cha

nya

hya

mya

rya

kyu

shu

chu

nyu

hyu

myu

ryu

kyo

sho

cho

nyo

hyo

myo

ryo

o/ha/yo/o/ go/za/i/ma/su

Voiced? Devoiced?
* Devoiced vowels
Yoroshiku
Gochisoosama desita.
Suzuki desu.
* Voiced Consonant

ba
da
za

bi
*ji
ji

bu
*zu zu

be
de
ze

bo
do
zo

ga
gi
gu
ge
go

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Voiced? Unvoiced?
* (ta) (te) (to) vs. (da) (de) (do)
daigaku (universityvs.
taigaku (expelled from school)
tango (vocab.) vs.dango (dumpling)
tenki (weather) vs. denki (electricity)
toku (benet) vs. doku (poison)

* (ka)(ke)(ko) vs. (ga)(ge) (go)
kankoku (Korea) vs. kangoku (jail)

* (do) vs. (ro)
edo-bunka (Edo culture) vs.
ero-bunka (erotic culture)

Numbers
* Telephone Numbers ex. 607(255)0701
* Classiers
~ji, -hun, ~sai, ~nensee,
* Tricky numbers
! 0 zero: ree; (maru)
! 1 ichi: i-ppun is-sai
! 3 san: san-pun
! 4 yon: yon-punyo: yo-ji yo-nensee
! 6 roku: rop-pun
! 7 nana: sichi-ji
! 8 hachi: hap-pun has-sai
! 9 kyuu: ku-ji
! 10 jyuu: jyus-sai jup-pun
!20 ni jyuu: hatachi (20 years old)

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G1XY
X wa Y desu.
* Y desu. Y
(=[It] is X.)
What does gakusee desu. mean?
* X wa Y desu.X Y
(= As far as X goes, it is Y.)

G2 Question Sentences
* Yes/no questions; add ka (Question marker)
Nihongo desu ka(Is it Japanese?)
* WH questions;
Nan desu kaWhat is it?)
Nan-ji desu kaWhat time is [it]?)
Nan-sai desu kaHow old are [you]?)

Nan-nensee desu ka(Which grade are [you] in?)
Compare:
gakusee desu ka
gakusee desu ne?

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G3 Noun no Noun
[ XY]a certain kind of Y

Main idea
1. Possession

Tanaka-san no denwa bangoo =Tanakas phone number
2. Location

nyuu yooku no daigaku = a college in NY
cf.
nyuu yooku daigaku (=NYU)
3. Specify which person or things you mean

Daigaku no sensee = a college professor

G3 Noun no Noun
Can connect more than two.

daigaku no tomodachi no konpyuutaa
= the computer of my friend from the college

Its a [noun phrase]
{[]}{NYU[]}
{Sumisu-san no [tomodachi]}wa {NYU no [gakusee]}desu.

= Smiths friend is a NYU student

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Expression Notes
* Hesitation noise
(anoo)(eeto)
* (Soo desu ka.)

* (sensee)
* anata)
* X(X-san) (never with your own name!)
A: X-(X-san desu ka)
B: X(Hai. X desu.)

Expression Notes 2
Arming/Negating
* ((ee)(hai) = what you said is right
* (ee) is more relaxed than (hai)
* (hai)has additional uses
*
*
*
*

Handing something over

Answering a knock at the door
Responding when your name is called
Indicating whatever was just said was not understood. (rising
intonation.)

* (iie)= what you said is wrong/different

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Family Term

By now, you should be able to

* Greet in various situation
* Do self-introductions
* Ask and tell
" Telephone number
" time
" age
" major
" year in school
" job
"where you are from