Yookosho - Part One - Activity Two

Vocabulary:

Sumimasen - I'm sorry/Excuse me. It is frequently used to attract someones attention.

ka: Question marker

-san: used at the end of someones name. It's the equivalent to the english: Mr, Miss, Ms, and Mrs. Never use it on yourself. It can be used on both male and female names. (Japanese for busy people I 3)

Meeting someone and introducing yourself: Inquiring about someones name.

Dialogue One:
Kawamara: Sumimasen. Chin-san desu ka.
Chin: Hai, soo desu.
Kawamara: Kawamara desu. Hajimemashite. Doozo yoroshiku.
Chin. Chin desu. Hajimemashite. Doozo yoroshiku.

Dialogue Two:
Buraun: Sumimasen. Tohsaku desu ka.
Rin: Iie.
Buraun: Shitsuree shimashita.
Rin: Iie.

Practice

Based on the two dialogues what do you think the new vocabulary Shitsuree shitmashita, iie, and Hai, soo desu mean?

Complete the following dialogues. 

1.

You: ______________. Kawamura-____ desu ___.

Kawamura:_____,  soo desu.

You: __________________________________________________.

Kawamura: Kawamura desu. Hajimemashite. Dozoo yoroshiku.

2.

You: Sumimasen. Buraun-san desu ka.

Buraun: ____, __________.
You: ___________________.____________________. ____________________.
Buraun: Buran _______. ________________. ________________.

3.
Rin: _______. Chin-san desu ka?
You: ____.
Rin: Shitsuree shimashita.
You: ____.

4.
You: Sumimasen. Haysashi-san _________.
Chin: Iie.
You: ________________.
Chin: _____.

Define the following terms:
Sumimasen
ka
shitsuree shimashita

Write the Hiragana for A I U E O 10 times.

Works Cited:
Tohsaku, Yasu-Hiko Yookoso! An Invitation to Contemporary Japanese. Boston: McGraw-Hill College, 1999. Print.

Japanese for Busy People I. New York: Kodansha International, 2006. Print.

Questions, Comments, or concerns? please leave a comment or send me message: Our.Japanese.resources@gmail.com

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Yookoso - Part One - Activity One

Since I can't copy the information from the book onto a blog, for plagiarism reasons, I'll just post my notes here. I'll also be using the the MLA works cited for the notes. Let's get started then.

Introducing others and yourself.

Chin: Hajimemashite. Chin desu.
Rin: Hajimemashite.  Rin desu.
Chin: Doozo yoroshiku.
Rin: Doozo yoroshiku.

Vocab:
Hajimemashite - This literally translates into "it's the first time we meet." and used as "How do you do?"
Doozo yoroshiku - Translates literally into "please regard me favorably."
Desu - to be (am, are, is, ect, depends on the context)

If you're studying alone you won't have many chances to practice pronunciation. I do highly suggest joining my quizlet group. It will have learning activities, spelling practice, quizzes, drop games, and flash cards (with voice chat to teach pronunciation) depending on the section we're currently on. Right now there is only one for vocabulary in part one. If you already have a quizlet you can search up Aubriee's Japanese Learning Course. It is innovation/approval needed to be able to access the flashcards.

Practice

Activity One:
Introduce yourself to these three people and fill in the blanks.

1.
Kawamaru: __________________. Kawamaru desu.
You: Hajimemashite. ______________ desu.
Kawamaru: Doozo ______________.
You: ________________.

2.
Buraun: Hajimemashite. ___________________.
You: ______________. ___________________.
Buraun: Doozo yoroshiku.
You: _________________.

3.
______: _________________. Chin _______.
You: ____________________. ___________.
______: _____________________.
You: ________________________.

In number 3 who is the person you're talking too?

Define the Vocabulary:

Hajimemashite

Doozo Yoroshiku

Desu

Write Hiragana a,i,u,e,o 10 times each.

ACTIVITY TWO WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW! Sorry for the delay. I was making sure the quizlet was ready to post. :) I'll be studying part two as everyone does part one. It might make a day or two delay of some activities and I'll post on those as well!

Works Cited:
Tohsaku, Yasu-Hiko Yookoso! An Invitation to Contemporary Japanese. Boston: McGraw-Hill College, 1999. Print.

Updates coming!

First and for most to anyone that follows this blog. I'm sorry for such the long break. I'm almost fully moved now and have completed Part one of Yookoso. The first textbook I'll be reviewing and using. I bought mine from hpb. If you'd like to get it and follow along you're welcome too. I'll be starting listing days of what to study. And piping in quizzes and homework. Yookosho also has a workbook that I'll be using as well. I'm using this blog not only as a way to repeat myself on what I've learned but a way to help my friends who also want to learn Japanese learn. I'll start tomorrow with daily or almost daily activities. 

Yookoso Workbook ISBN: 0070723397

Yookoso ISBN: 0070136971

Publication Year: 1999

I know what you're thinking. "A book from 1999?!" Well yes. The info shouldn't change that much. :P Plus I'd rather pay 5 dollars for a book (including shipping) than $180+ book thats current at this time.

Thank you for reading!

Hope to see you tomorrow!

NOTE: I WILL NOT BE FINISHING KANA101s LESSONS. PLEASE FINISH THEM ON YOUR OWN OR PUT A COMMENT BELOW IF THE WEBSITE WOULD NOT LET YOU SIGN UP AND YOU'D LIKE ME TO LINK THEM! 

JUNE 1 2014

UPDATE

I know that I haven't been posting the last few weeks, and I'm sorry for this. I do plan to continue this blog. I'm in the middle of moving. Somehow my Japanese text books got boxed up and I won't have access to them until after we unpack in two weeks. Until then I'll post later today continuing the Hiragana and Katakana. I'll also be using some more learning techniques for Hiragana and Katakana until we unbox as well. :)

Thank you for understanding. 

~ Meghan

Day 3: Kana ka-ko

 Today we will be starting with Kana101's Lesson 4 from their 14 day course to learn Kana.

In my Japanese binder the lessons are pages 15-18 for lesson 4.

Lesson Plan for May 7th 2014:

Kana 101's Hiragana and Katakana Lesson 4

Flash Cards for Hiragana and Katakana a-ko (10 rounds)

Writing Hiragana and Writing Katakana

ka-ko 25 times each

a-o katakana 20 times each

a-o 15 times each

Listening board or the Hiragana song (version 2 of the song) to learn how to pronounce.

Tips: The writing sheets linked to "Writing Hiragana" will have 30 places to write the kana without help. You can change how much you want to write them based on this.

Second: The Hiragana Song makes it a little harder to sound them out without signing it. I'd recommend the listening board or an App found on the Android Market called Japanese Gojuon.

My Japanese Practice: 

Lesson 4:

Flash Cards:

As this would be hard to show you that I did anything, I will be leaving this one out of all future posts. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know.

Writing Hiragana:

Listening Board:

As this would be hard to show you that I did listen, I will be leaving this one out of all future posts. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know.

Update to my Hiragana/Katakana Binder

When I first started planning my binder out I noticed something, it got super full fast. I changed a lot of it around. First off I seperated it into two binders. One being a Hello Kitty binder for the 14 days of Kana101. The second being what I will call the "quiz" of the lessons.

The Hello Kitty Binder is now looks like this:

Page 1:

 Genki Japans' current May Calendar

Sign up and get the current calendar emailed to you.

Page 2:

Hiragana Chart from Textfugu.

Page 3:

Hiragana Stoke Order Chart from はじめまして's Blog.

Page 4:

Katakana Chart from Textfugu.

Page 5:

Katana Stroke Order Chart from はじめまして's Blog.

 Page 6:

 Because you just cant have enough Hiragana and Katakana chart from MLC.

DIVIDER: Day 1 May 6th

Pages 7-12:

Kana 101's Hiragana and Katakana Lesson 1

Pages 8-11:

Kana 101's Hiragana and Katana Lesson 2

ANY HOMEWORK/WORK GOES AFTER THESE IN A PROTECTED PAGE.

THIS INCLUDES ALL WRITING EXORCISES AND ANYTHING IN THE LESSONS WE HAD TO WRITE DOWN.

DIVIDER: Day 2 May 7th

Pages 12-14:

Kana 101's Hiragana and Katakana Lesson 3

ANY HOMEWORK/WORK GOES AFTER THESE IN A PROTECTED PAGE.

THIS INCLUDES ALL WRITING EXORCISES AND ANYTHING IN THE LESSONS WE HAD TO WRITE DOWN.

DIVIDER: Day 3 May 8th

Pages 15-18:

Kana 101's Hiragana and Katakana Lesson 4

ANY HOMEWORK/WORK GOES AFTER THESE IN A PROTECTED PAGE.

THIS INCLUDES ALL WRITING EXORCISES AND ANYTHING IN THE LESSONS WE HAD TO WRITE DOWN.

DIVIDER: Day 4 May 9th

Pages 19-21:

Kana 101's Hiragana and Katakana Lesson 5

ANY HOMEWORK/WORK GOES AFTER THESE IN A PROTECTED PAGE.

THIS INCLUDES ALL WRITING EXORCISES AND ANYTHING IN THE LESSONS WE HAD TO WRITE DOWN.

DIVIDER: Day 5 May 10th

Pages 22-24:

Kana 101's Hiragana and Katakana Lesson 6

ANY HOMEWORK/WORK GOES AFTER THESE IN A PROTECTED PAGE.

THIS INCLUDES ALL WRITING EXORCISES AND ANYTHING IN THE LESSONS WE HAD TO WRITE DOWN.

DIVIDER: Day 7 May 12th

This will be a review day over what we've learned so far. It will including working on any Hiragana or Katakana that you feel you are not 100% on. It will include working with some Drag and drop games and maybe some others. Its not 100% planned out and will be posted on the 12th on what to do. As Day 8 will have a quiz. :) Be ready! And good luck!

ANY HOMEWORK/WORK GOES AFTER THESE IN A PROTECTED PAGE.

THIS INCLUDES ALL WRITING EXORCISES AND ANYTHING IN THE LESSONS WE HAD TO WRITE DOWN.

DIVIDER: Day 7 May 12th

Pages 25-28:

Kana 101's Hiragana and Katakana Lesson 7

ANY HOMEWORK/WORK GOES AFTER THESE IN A PROTECTED PAGE.

THIS INCLUDES ALL WRITING EXORCISES AND ANYTHING IN THE LESSONS WE HAD TO WRITE DOWN.

DIVIDER: Day 8 May 13th

Pages 29-31:

Kana 101's Hiragana and Katakana Lesson 8

ANY HOMEWORK/WORK GOES AFTER THESE IN A PROTECTED PAGE.

THIS INCLUDES ALL WRITING EXORCISES AND ANYTHING IN THE LESSONS WE HAD TO WRITE DOWN.

DIVIDER: Day 9 May 14th

Pages 32-35:

Kana 101's Hiragana and Katakana Lesson 9

ANY HOMEWORK/WORK GOES AFTER THESE IN A PROTECTED PAGE.

THIS INCLUDES ALL WRITING EXORCISES AND ANYTHING IN THE LESSONS WE HAD TO WRITE DOWN.

DIVIDER: Day 10 May 15th

Pages 36-39:

Kana 101's Hiragana and Katakana Lesson 10

ANY HOMEWORK/WORK GOES AFTER THESE IN A PROTECTED PAGE.

THIS INCLUDES ALL WRITING EXORCISES AND ANYTHING IN THE LESSONS WE HAD TO WRITE DOWN.

DIVIDER: Day 11 May 16th

Pages 40-43:

Kana 101's Hiragana and Katakana Lesson 11

ANY HOMEWORK/WORK GOES AFTER THESE IN A PROTECTED PAGE.

THIS INCLUDES ALL WRITING EXORCISES AND ANYTHING IN THE LESSONS WE HAD TO WRITE DOWN.

DIVIDER: Day 12 May 17th

Pages -:

Kana 101's Hiragana and Katakana Lesson 12

ANY HOMEWORK/WORK GOES AFTER THESE IN A PROTECTED PAGE.

THIS INCLUDES ALL WRITING EXORCISES AND ANYTHING IN THE LESSONS WE HAD TO WRITE DOWN.

DIVIDER: Day 13 May 18th

Pages -:

Kana 101's Hiragana and Katakana Lesson 13

ANY HOMEWORK/WORK GOES AFTER THESE IN A PROTECTED PAGE.

THIS INCLUDES ALL WRITING EXORCISES AND ANYTHING IN THE LESSONS WE HAD TO WRITE DOWN.

DIVIDER: Day 14 May 19th

Pages -:

Kana 101's Hiragana and Katakana Lesson 14

ANY HOMEWORK/WORK GOES AFTER THESE IN A PROTECTED PAGE.

THIS INCLUDES ALL WRITING EXORCISES AND ANYTHING IN THE LESSONS WE HAD TO WRITE DOWN.

Second Binder

DIVIDER: MLC Hiragana and Katakana Worksheets

Pages -:

MLC Hiragana and Katakana Worksheets

DIVIDER: My Quiz

The Answers I wrote for the MLC Hiragana/Katakana Worksheets

DIVIDER: MLC Hiragana and Katakana Worksheet Answers

Pages -:

MLC Hiragana and Katakana Answers

Who knows if this will stay this way. It made it a little easier for me. :) This way I can break the lessons up. The next binder I will be using will be for Yookoso. I am going to be using the textbook published in 1999. I bought mine from Half Priced Books for only 99 cents. It does cost an additional 3.99 for shipping within the us however. :) If you cant afford this stay toned anyways! As I will be dropping vocabulary, grammar, and other helpful info on the blog!

Day 2: Hiragana and Katakana a-o

Today we'll be starting with Kana101's Lesson 3 from their 14 day course to learn Kana.

In my Japanese binder they are pages 12-14.

Lesson Plan for May 7th 2014:

Kana 101's Hiragana and Katakana Lesson 3.

Flash Cards for Kana a-o (10 rounds)

Writing Hiragana and Writing Katakana

a-o (katakana) 25 times

a-o 20 times.

Listening board or the Hiragana song (version 2 of the song) to learn how to pronounce.

Tips: The writing sheets linked to "Writing Hiragana" will have 30 places to write the kana without help. You can change how much you want to write them based on this.

Second: The Hiragana Song makes it a little harder to sound them out without signing it. I'd recommend the listening board or an App found on the Android Market called Japanese Gojuon. Maybe even writing them out of order of the chard and pronouncing them that way. It should give you a nice little break and make it easier to learn.

My Japanese Practice: 

Lesson 3:

There isn't anything from the lesson to put here.

Flash Cards:

As this would be hard to show you that I did anything, I will be leaving this one out of all future posts. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know.

Writing Katakana:

Writing Hiragana:

Listening Board:

As this would be hard to show you that I did listen, I will be leaving this one out of all future posts. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know.