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December 20, 2006

Subject: Basic JapaneseSensei: Patrick Paul S. Alvarado

School: Higashi Oshima Shogakko

Lesson 1: Pronunciation

A. IntroductionThere are five vowels in Japanese, each vowel maybe long or

short. In our first lesson, we would take up only vowels.II. Body1. Vowels

a as in eye [ai], out[aut], like in fatherorfarbut is much

shorter i in machine but is much shorteru it is not the same as English u inpulland full; this is

pronounced with unroundedlipse it resembles e in getandpeno same as in oil, coin

2. ConsonantsConsonants in Japanese language are pronounced about the

same as English with the exception of a few.For example:

the r is pronounced as l or vice versalookroku yuro (evening, night)yulo

listenrizen miru (watch)milu

the dropping ofwin wo so it is pronounced as oanata woanata o

the final n is pronounced hal-way between English n and ngUnused English alphabets includes: l, q, v, and x

3. Japanese SyllabariesJapanese alphabet is syllable- based. It is composed of 110

single, double or tri-lettered syllables. Unlike English, Japanese

alphabet is composed of one syllable instead of one letter. Only theirvowels are made up of single letters and the special consonant n.Japanese characters are read from top to bottom, right to left. So ifyou notice the difference in our books, theirs open to the right andours to the left.

Japanese Syllabariesa i u e o

ka ki ku ke kosa shi su se so

ta chi tsu te tona ni nu ne noha hi fu he homa mi mu me mo

ya i yu e yora ri ru re Rowa i u e wo

nga gi go ge gu

za ji zu ze zo

da di du de doba bi bo be bo

pa pi pu pe pokya kyu kyosha shu sho

cha chu chonya nyu nyohya hyu hyu

mya myu myo

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rya ryu ryogya gyu gyo

ja ju Jo

bya byu byo

pya pyu pyo

*Proper lecture of alphabets will be after the LanguageFamiliarization.

Lesson 2: Grammar and Construction of a Sentence1. A statement

In Japanese, the construction [A is B]is expressed as:A (noun or pronoun) wa B (noun or pronoun) desu.

Example: Kore wa hon desu. This is a book.Watashi ga sensei desu. I am a teacher.

1. Interrogative sentenceA question is usually expressed with the particle ka at the end

of the sentence. Thus [Is A B?]is:A wa B desu ka?

Example:Kore wa hon desu ka? Is this a book?

Anata wa seito desu ka? Are you a student?To answer to this question is:Hai, A wa B desu. Yes, A is B.Iie, A wa B dewa arimasen. No, A is not B.

Short answer is:Hai, so desu. Yes it is.Iie, so dewa arimasen. No it isnt.

2. The negative form[A is not B]is expressed by theconstruction:

A wa B dewa arimasen. Where dewa is usually pronounced asja.

To ask, simply put desu ka form afterarimasen.A wa B dewa arimasen desuka?

Just like in particle ka, to answer to this question is:Hai, A wa B desu. Yes, A is B.Iie, A wa B dewa arimasen . No, A is not B.

Short answer is:Hai, so desu. Yes it is.Iie, so dewa arimasen. No it isnt.

Vocabulary:Kore this

Sore that(something which is close to thesecond person)

Arethat over there(subject is away from second andfirst person)

Wa

a particle used or postpositionwhich shows that the word orwords preceding it is usually inthe nominative case

Hon A book

empits (empitsu)A pencil(the final u is not pronounced inordinary speech)

Kami Paper

des (desu)A be verb (is, are, etc); the finalu is usually mute.

Ka A particle which denotesinterrogation or doubt

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dewa arimasen (ja arimasen)is not, are not, etc;the negative form ofdesu

Exercise 01:

Objective:To be able to construct simple sentence/s using what was learned onprevious discussion.

Words:tsukue a deskhon a bookkeitai a celphone

jibiki a dictionarykami paper

Direction:With each word, construct 5 forms of sentences using the different

structures being taught

Example: maguro tuna1. Kore wa maguro desu.2. Are wa maguro desu ka?3. Sore wa maguro dewa arimasen.4. Kore wa maguro dewa arimasen desu ka?5. Hai, are wa maguro desu.

Lesson 4: Grammar and Construction using Polite Personal

Pronounce

Singular PluralFirst Person watashi; watakushi (I) watashitachi;

watakushidumo (us, we)

SecondPerson

anata (you) anatagata (you)anatatachi (you)

Third Person kono kata He, She

(this person)

ano katatachi (they)

sono kata He, She(that person)

ano kata He, She(that person overthere)

Kono, sono and ano are adjectival forms ofkore, sore andare and are called pre- nouns since they always come before nouns.Kata is a polite word expressing a person. Thus, kono kata means,

the person in question; sono kata means, that person you are talkingabou;tand ano kata means, that person we are speaking of. It can beused for both genders. But, it is only used for a person to whamrespect is paid and not in just any cases.