BEGIN STUDYING JAPANESE By Jeff Beuchert CIS 1020

BEGIN STUDYING JAPANESE By Jeff Beuchert CIS 1020 MWF 11: 00 – 11: 50

Getting started • Memorize 2 basic Japanese alphabets • Hiragana • Katakana • Memorize a few words

Hiragana

Katakana

Kanji

Common Japanes Phrases Here are some common Japanese Phrases English Japanese reading Japanese Good Morning Ohayousan おはようさん It’s a nice day Ii otenki いいお天気 Im going Ittekimasu 行ってきます Let’s eat Itadakimasu いただきます Delicious Oishii na~ おいしいな Thank you, I’m full Gochi sousan ごちそうさん Hello! Konnichiwa こんにちわ How are you? Genki desu ka? 元気ですか I’ll call you Denwa shimasu 電話します Welcome! Irasshai いらっしゃい How about this? Ikaga desu ka? いかがですか Come again Mata kite ne また来てね Hello, Hello? Moshi もしもしもし Lets play Asobi mashou 遊びましょう See you next time Mata kondo またこんど Good evening Konbanwa こんばんわ It’s cold Hiemasu ne~ ひえますね Good-bye! Sayounara さようなら Good night Oyasuminasai おやすみなさい Have a nice night Ii yoru wo いいようろを See you tomorrow Mata ashita また明日 Good night Oyasumi お休み

See if you can translate 大阪 おはよ テレビ って 言うた つもり やったん やけど そういう 事 よく あるの ちゃちゃん 意味 やで よみちゃん おう それ 使い 方 違う oosaka ohayo terebi tte iuta tsumori yattan yakedo souiu koto yoku aruno chachan imi yade yomichan ou sore tsukai kata machigau (a girls name) good morning television (sentence connector) said expect thought but say thing good, better have (a girls name) meaning is (a girl’s name) “huh” it use how to make a mistake

How well did you do? Frame 1 Ooosaka, good morning! Frame 2 T. V. Frame 3 T. V? Frame 4 I expected you to say good morning but. (I couldn’t think of what to say. ) Couldn’t you say something better. Frame 5 Chachann, T. V. ? Frame 6 It means good morning. Frame 7 Yomichan, T. V. Huh, T. V. Frame 8 Oosaka, you usually have an early T. V. That’s the wrong meaning.

Additional ways to practice • Comic books (Manga) • Japanese Movies and TV shows • Talk with friends The two best ways to study Japanese are • Take a Japanese Class • Move to japan

Why study Japanese • Gain an advantage in your career • Make new friends • Learn about the world

Kinds of Careers that involve Japanese • English teacher • Business Job • Accounting • Information Systems • Business Administration • Translator or Interpreter

Sources Information about Japanese from: Hasegawa, Yoko. Elementary Japanese. North Clarendon, VT: Tuttle, 2005. Print. Song from: Mini Moni. Ohayousan ~Mata Ashita No Uta~. Rec. 06 June 2002. Hello! Project, 2002. MP 3. Comic Strips from: Azuma, Kiyohiko. Azumanga Daioh. Volume 1. [S. l. ]: ADV Manga, 2005. Print. Job Information from: https: //jobs. gaijinpot. com/ Hiragan and Katakan Charts from: http: //www. escale-japon. com/ Kanji Chart From: http: //www. learn-japanese. info/kanjifirst. html