2. ぱ ば だ ざ が
ぴ び じ ぎ
ぷ ぶ ず ぐ
ぺ べ で ぜ げ
ぽ ぼ ど ぞ ご
わ ら や
を
り
る ゆ
ま
み
む
ん ろ
れ
よ も
め
ほ の
へ ね て
と
ぬふ つ
ひ に ち
は な た さ
し
か
す く
あ
い
う
せ け
こそ お
え
き
A
I
U
E
O
W R Y M H N T S K
Start
here
Hiragana
Chart
P B D Z G
Exceptions
A small っ doubles the following consonant
ん = n but it can also be m
The second o of a double o is written as う except
when the double o is at the st art of a word.
3. Classroom Expressions
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Try these!
Please sit and listen. ________________________________________________
Please sit and look. _______________________________________________
Please stand and listen. ___________________________________________
Please stand and look. _____________________________________________
Please read and listen. _____________________________________________
Please come in おはいり ください
Please listen きいて ください
Please stand up たって ください
Please sit down すわって ください
Please read よんで ください
Please write かいて ください
Please look みて ください
Please wait まって ください
Please be quiet しずかに して ください
Please open the
window
まどを あけて ください
Please close the
window
まどを しめて ください
Please close the
door
ドアを しめて ください
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Dōzo haite, doa shimete
tatte suwatte, kiite kudasai
atode itte, kokoban o mite
nōto ni kaite, oboite kudasai
Shizuka ni shite, gamu o sutete
te o agete, dete kudasai
Come in, close the __ __ __ __
stand up, __ __ __ __ __ __ __, listen please
talk later, __ __ __ __ at the black board
__ __ __ __ __ in your notebook, memorise please
be __ __ __ __ __ , put gum in bin
raise your hand, leave please
Song of commands
Sing the song then fill in the blanks in English.
6.
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7.
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Test your understanding
write the japanese greeting used for the following times
In the morning until 10am. __________________________________________
From 10am until sundown __________________________________________
From sundown until bedtime _______________________________________
おはよう ございます こんにちは こんばんは おやすみ なさい
write these greetings and farewells in Japanese
see you later _________________________________________
see you tomorrow ___________________________________
goodbye _________________________________________
hello (on the phone) __________________________________
good night _________________________________________
When you talk to someone and use their name, it is polite to add san to their name. It can be added
to either a surname or a given name. kun can also be added to young boys names, and chan can be
added to young girls names.
sensei is added to the names of teachers.
So, if you were talking to a lady called Akiko you would say akikosan.
If you were talking to a young boy called Toshi you would say toshikun.
If you were talking to a young girl called michiko you would say michikochan.
If you were talking to your teacher Mr Tanaka you would say tanaka sensei.
Never add san, kun or chan to your own name!!!!
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write these greetings in roomaji
1. Good morning Masako. ____________________________________________________________
2. Good evening Hiroyuki ___________________________________________________________
3. See you later Mari ________________________________________________________________
4. Goodbye Taroo __________________________________________________________________
5. Goodnight Yoko _________________________________________________________________
6. Good day Jiroo __________________________________________________________________
7. Goodbye Hiroshi _________________________________________________________________
8. See you tomorrow Keiko ___________________________________________________________
9. Good morning Mr Tanaka __________________________________________________________
10. Hello Miss Yamada _______________________________________________________________
jikooshookai o shimasoo!
Let’s introduce ourselves
Jikooshookai (self introductions) start with hajimemashite and end with doozo
yoroshiku.
Other sentences you will need:
I am _________________________ watashi wa ________________________desu. (girls)
boku wa _________________________desu. (boys)
now write yourjikooshookai
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
11. Asking where someone is from
どこからきましたか。
Doko kara kimashita ka.
Where do you come from?
どこからですか。
Doko kara desu ka.
Where are you from?
If you are talking to John
himself,
‘jon san wa doko kara
kimashita ka.’
means ‘John, where are you
from?’
Responding
わたしは オーストラリアから きました。
Watashi wa oosutoraria kara kimashita.
I come from Australia.
わたしは オーストラリアから です。
Watashi wa oosutoraria kara desu.
I am from Australia.
Saying your nationality
わたしは オーストラリア人です。
Watashi wa oosutoraria jin desu.
I am Australian.
You can say the town
or suburb you come
from by saying
‘shidonii kara desu.’
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12. Names of different countries The names of some cities
Ask your teacher if your
country or home town is not
listed here.
Nationalities
オーストラリア Oosutoraria
Australia
インドネシア Indoneshia
Indonesia
ニュージーランド Nyuujiirando
New Zealand
カナダ Kanada
Canada
アメリカ Amerika
America
日本 Nihon
Japan
オーストラリア人 Oosutorariajin
Australian
インドネシア人 Indoneshiajin
Indonesian
ニュージーランド人 Nyuujiirandojin
New Zealander
カナダ人 Kanadajin
Canadian
アメリカ人 Amerikajin
American
日本人 Nihonjin
Japanese
オークランド Ookurando
Auckland
シドニー Shidonii
Sydney
ジャカルター Jakarutaa
Jakarta
とうきょう Tookyoo
Tokyo
バンクーバー Bankuubaa
Vancouver
ニュウヨーク Nyuuyooku
New York
メルボルン Meruborun
Melbourne
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countries and
nationalities
14. Vocabulary
どこ doko Where?
すんで います sunde imasu live
どこに すんでいますか。 Doko ni sunde imasu ka. Where do you live?
Phrases
To ask where someone lives, say
どこに すんでいますか。 Doko ni sunde imasu ka.
To answer, give the place followed by にすんでいます ni sunde imasu.
To say where you live, say
Put the particle に ni after the name of the place.
Listen to the teacher say where he lives. Can you understand him?
Your town
わたしは (place) に すんでいます。 Watashi wa (place) ni sunde imasu.
Ask your teacher to find out how to say your town’s name in
Japanese, then answer this question.
どこに すんでいますか。 Doko ni sunde imasu ka.
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16. To make numbers 11- 19, say 10 then the final digit in Japanese.
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counting 1-19
一 ichi
六 roku
二 ni
七 nana
(shichi)
三 san
八 hachi
四 yon
(shi) 九 kyuu
(ku)
五 go
十 juu
11
12
13
14
15
juuichi
juuni
juusan
juuyon
juugo
十一
十二
十三
十四
十五
16
17
18
19
juuroku
juunana
juuhachi
juukyuu
十六
十七
十八
十九
Write the following numbers from lowest to highest on the lanterns.
十七 九 十四 五 二 十九 十一 八
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How old are you? なんさいですか。
nan sai desu ka
Complete the chart
いっさい
issai
にさい
nisai
さんさい
sansai
よんさい
yonsai
ごさい
gosai
ろくさい
rokusai
ななさい
nanasai
はっさい
hassai
きゅうさい
kyūsai
じゅうっさい
jūssai
じゅういっさい
jūissai
じゅうにさい
juunisai
一 sai
二 sai
三 sai
四 sai
五 sai
六 sai
七 sai
八 sai
九 sai
十 sai
十一 sai
十二 sai
1 year old
2 years old
____ years old
____ years old
____ years old
____ years old
____ years old
____ years old
____ years old
____ years old
____ years old
____ years old
Conversation
Complete the conversation with your own details then
practise it with a partner.
おはよう ございます。(ohayō gozaimasu).
___________________
おなまえはなんですか。(onamae wa nan desu ka).
___________________________________________
なんさいですか。(nan sai desu ka).
______________________________
そうですか。じゃ、また。(sō desuka. Ja mata).
じゃ、また。(Ja mata).
What time of day is it?
What is the girl’s name?
How old is she?
こんにちは。
konnichi wa.
わたしは みちこ です。
watashi wa Michiko desu.
十二さい です。
juuni sai desu.
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Tanjoobi no fuusen
BIRTHDAY BALLOONS
Join each balloon to the correct child.
たんじょうび の ふうせん
25. 月
月一月 ichigatsu January
二月 nigatsu February
三月 sangatsu March
四月 shigatsu April
五月 gogatsu May
六月 rokugatsu June
七月 shichigatsu July
八月 hachigatsu August
九月 kugatsu September
十月 juugatsu October
十一月 juuichigatsu November
十二月 juunigatsu December
WRITINGPRACTICE
The months are easy to remember in
Japanese.
You simply use the number of the
month, then add gatsu!月/!
!
Take a look at the table.
Does this kanji look familiar?
It is the kanji for moon and it’s used in the
word for Monday. (Getsuyoobi!月よう日*!
!
It also has another meaning, month which
is pronounced gatsu!がつ/!
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27. Your birthday
Someone else’s birthday
たんじょうび は なん月 ですか。
Tanjoobi wa nangatsu desu ka.
Which month is your birthday?
たんじょうび は 二月 です。
Tanjoobi wa nigatsu desu.
My Birthday is in February.
たなかさん の たんじょうび は なん月 ですか。
Tanakasan no tanjoobi wa nangatsu desu ka.
Which month is Mr. Tanaka’s birthday?
たなかさん の たんじょうび は 六月 です。
Tanakasan no tanjoobi wa rokugatsu desu.
Mr. Tanaka’s birthday is in June.
Notice when you are
talking directly to someone
in Japanese, the word for
you or me is not used.
Try These
• たんじょうび は なん月 です か。
T anj oobi w a nangat s u des u ka.
_____________________________
• たんじょうび は 六月 です か。
Ta n j o o b i wa r o k u g a t s u d e s u k a .
___________________
• おかあさんの たんじょうびは なんがつ ですか。
O k a a s a n n o t a n j o o b i w a n a n g a t s u d e s u
k a .
T A N J O O B I O M E D E T O O !
た ん じ ょ う び お め で と う
H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y !
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28. When saying your phone
number in Japanese, the
numbers are said one after the
other and zero is used for 0.
You also say no after the area
code or where there is a gap.
No is pronounced like the no
in not.
Moshi moshi もしもし means
‘hello’ on the phone.
You then say your family name
followed by desu です.
Look at the dialogue below.
The word for phone is denwa でんわ and bangoo ばんごう means
number.
Nan ban なんばん means What number? The ban is short for bangoo.
Denwa bangoo wa roku go go roku no
hachi ni zero zero desu.
でんわばんごうは六五五六の八二00です。
My phone number is 6556 8200.
Denwa bangoo wan nan ban desu ka.
でんわばんごうは なんばんですか。
What is your phone number?
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29.
Put the conversation between Samu and Joodan into order and answer the
following questions. To do this, write a number 1-8 on the blank line.
Samu: Konban wa _______
Joodan: Watashi wa Joodan desu Doozo yoroshiku.
Onamae wa? _______
Joodan: Konban wa _______
Samu: Watashi wa genki desu Ja mata ne _______
Samu: Onamae wa nan desu ka _______
Joodan: Ja mata _______
Samu: Samu desu Doozo yoroshiku Ogenki desu ka _______
Joodan: Etto, maa maa desu Ogenki? _______
1) What time of the day did this conversation take place?
a) In the morning b) During the day c) In the evening
2) Tick the box to show whether Samu and Joodan are male or female
Namae Female Male
Samu
Joodan
3) How was Joodan feeling?
_______________________________________________________________________________
4) Of these two speakers, who uses more formal spoken Japanese? How can you
tell? Give examples.
_______________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
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30.
Look at this image, and answer the questions.
1) What did the man ask Jenny?
_______________________________________________________________________________
2) Why did she respond with “maa maa desu”?
_______________________________________________________________________________
3) If you were Jenii-san, how would you answer the question she was asked?
_______________________________________________________________________________
It’s a famous lucky charm;
It has an origin from Zen Buddhism;
This lucky charm closely looks like B________, who is
said to have sat for nine years/days peacefully
meditating;
Make a wish, then colour one eye of this charm.
When it comes true, colour in the second eye.
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31. すうどく1
一
二
三
四
五
六
七
八
九
すうどく2
五 六 三 八 九 四
一 二 六 八
三 七
三 七 九 五 二
五 七 三
六 七 五 一
九 四 七 三
二 七 八
八 六 二 三 四
三 一 九
二 五 六 七
四 八 七 九 五
九 八 一 五
六 三 五 二
七 五 六 四
七 四 二 八 六
三 八 一 二
八 一 四
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D
o
k
u
32. すうどく3
すうどく4
五 四 六
三 九 八 四 二
一 二 七 八
四 九 六 二
七 五 二 一
八 二 七 三
五 九 六 一
八 三 一 九 七
六 九 三
三 九 二 五
六 九 四 八 三
五 七
七 三 九 八
二 四 六
六 一 五 四
六 二 三
一 八 四 五 二
五 六 七 八
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U
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D
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k
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33. すうどく5
すうどく6
七 二 六 八
一 八 三 四
五 八 六 九
八 九 六 四
五 二 一 七
二 九 八 五
三 四 九 七
三 九 四 六
六 五 一 二
五 二 三 八
七 八 九 六
八 四 二 一
八 一 六 二
四 七 三 五
一 三 八 四
九 六 五 一
九 一 六 二
二 七 四 三
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