Japanese Lesson for Beginners

Session 724.Nov.2014

Kana Shimohigoshikshimo@essex.ac.uk

Review

- Hiragana for t/d + vowels

たちつてと/だぢづでど

- 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 な column

(Hiragana for n + vowels)

- Tracing practice

- Vocabulary Drill

- Let’s play Karuta (Japanese card game)

なにぬねのwith the correct stroke order

①

②③

“na”

④

①

“ni”

②

③

“nu”

①②

①

“ne”

②

“no”

①

Activity 1; Tracing practice な column

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Family n

ame / First n

ame

Activity 2; Words You Can Write

Write the following words using the hiragana that you just learned

1. なに (what)2. ねこ (cat)3. なな (nana)4. にく (meat)5. いぬ (dog)6. にし (west)7. のど (throat)

8. にっき (diary)

9. かがみ(mirror)

10.さかな (fish)

11.あなた (your)

12.おかね (money)

13.きのう(yesterday)

14.なっとう (natto)

Activity3; Let’s play Karuta

Hiragana Table

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

Next week

- Learn how to read and write は “ha” column

- Conversation practice

- Japanese Numerals 100-10,000

- Shopping in Japan