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!