日
本語 Japan
Japan
www.japan-talk.com
Japan travel|living Guide
www.japan-guide.com
Japanese library - Toronto
jftor.org/library
Tips from
Japanese teachers
about Japanese
freelanguage.org
nihongo.monash.edu
Japanese culture
youtube.com
youtube.com
youtube.com
yutaaoki.com/blog
learning Japanese in Japan
www.youtube.com
aprendre le japonais
www.mesexercices.com
learning|teaching Japanese
www.thoughtco.com
Japan: a traveler's survival guide
www.sonic.net
discussing
Japanese
Japanese proficiency test
www.transparent.com
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. Instead of an alphabet, the Japanese have a syllabrary,
an informal (hiragana) and a formal one (katakana). . Hiragana is the informal
Japanese writing system of syllables
. katakana in Gov't correspondence+when writing katakana foreign words+names . Kanji are the Chinese ideograms that are "blended in" kanji with hiragana+katakana.
. A Japanese sentence can have ALL THREE: - hiragana - katakana - kanji. Japanese
writing
Kana
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www.japanesepod101.com
Japanese: a lesson a day
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www.yutaaoki.com
learn Japanese + make friends
minato-jf.jp excellent
learning Japanese with anime|manga
anime-manga.jp/index_english.html multilingual
videos for learning Japanese English subtitles excellent
hirogaru-nihongo.jp
Japanese for kids
web-japan.org
bilingual dictionary for kids
www.enchantedlearning.com
Takashi
www.youtube.com
ToKini Andy
www.youtube.com
Yuko Sensei
www.youtube.com
Learn Japanese
with JapanesePod101.com
youtube.com
verbs
vocabulary
Hamusuke's Japanese Learning
www.youtube.com
Ninjapanese
www.youtube.com
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japandreaming.com
Japanese study materials
www.manythings.org
Japanese-learning games
www.digitaldialects.com
Janpanese-learning activities
www.syvum.com/squizzes/japanese
tanoshii
pleasant, delightful
www.thoughtco.com
self-introduction
I'm pleased to meet you.
明けましておめでとうございます
akemashite-omedetō-gozaimasu
Happy
New Year
おはようございます
ohayōgozaimasu
good morning
御免なさい
gomennasai
すみません
sumimasen
sorry
Sumimasen ga, Tokyo eki wa
dochira desu ka.
Excuse
me, but
which way is Tokyo station?
申し訳ありません
Moshiwake
arimasen
I
have no
excuse. It's clearly my fault.
(even though
it may be out of your control)
I like you.
flirting
Anata wa nihongo o hanasemasu ka？
あ なたは日本語を話せますか
- 日 本語を分かりますか？
- Nihongo o wakarimasu you ka?
- Do you understand Japanese?
- 日 本語が話せますか？
- Nihongo ga hanashimasu ka?
- Can you speak Japanese?
- 日 本語を話してください。
- Nihongo o hanashite kudasai.
- Please speak Japanese?
now Domo arigato gozaimasu.
どうもありがとうございます。
Thank you.
did before Arigato gozaimashita.
ありがとうございました。
Thank you for what you've done.
頂きます（いただきます)。
before eating
itadakimasu
I "gratefully" receive.
御馳走様(でした)
(ごち そうさまでした)。
after
the meal
gochisosama (deshita)Trouble for Japanese ESL Students
Thank you for the meal.
Japanese ESL students find these sounds difficult
to pronounce as there are no Japanese equivalents:
- th
- v
- b
- l
Japanese is NOT a stress-based language
but a tonal pitch language.
A Japanese syllable can have either a "high"
or "low" pitch.
There are 3 possibilities for a 3-syllabic word:
1. HIGH-low-low;
2. low-HIGH-low;
3. low-HIGH-HIGH.
A difference in pitch can change the meaning
of the word.
HA shi ga
the chopsticks
ha SHI ga
the bridge
Interestingly, low pitch syllables tend to indicate
a break between words.
The word for paper and hair is kami: they are
both pronounced with the very same pitch.
That is also true of the word for storehouse
and saddle, kura.
intonation
rhythm
the syllabic stop
The syllabic stop in the word ka-t-ta prolongs
the sound of the first syllable.
a syllabic constant
Consonants appear only at the beginning of a
word.creating "open-ended" syllables.
The effect is that every syllable is pronounced
"evenly".
This allows the Japanese to pay attention to
"each" individual sound produced by "each"
syllable (rather than to the overall sound of
the word as with English).
dictionaries
1. for Chinese ideograms: kanji
2. for written Japanese words: the hatsuon-biki
most common Japanese sound:u
It's pronounced with the tongue high + towards
the front of the mouth.
The lips do NOT protrude.
the lips hardly ever move.
linguistic traits
The k, g, n and h are "gutteral sounds".
Japanese uses the palate and the back of the mouth
whereas English uses the teeth and the tip of the
tongue.
distinct syllable is short and said fast one after the
other.
be a syllabic pair which adds to the simplicity of
Japanese.
a word-building example
kokugo
the national language
zenkoku
of the whole country
kokuji
Japanese ideograms
communication style
The first topic of discussion when exchanging greetings
it the weather.
The Japanese try their best to make their conversations
sound pleasing.
rikujō kyōgi