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Student Information

• This student module is for STI College Caloocan students only.
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• Students must fill in their name, Japanese name, and section.

Course Overview

• The course enhances students' knowledge of basic foreign language.
• Upon completing the course, students should be able to:
  • Read, write, and understand basic Japanese.
  • Speak and converse fluently in Japanese.
  • Use Japanese in various social situations.

Course Requirements

• Students need a Foreign Language handout.
• Students need to practice Recitation and dialogue
• Students must perform Written works and tests
• Students need to engage with Japanese Trivia.

Grading System

• Prelim: 20%
• Midterm: 20%
• Pre-final: 20%
• Finals: 40%
• Total: 100%

Grading Percentage

• Seatwork/Quizzes: 20%
• Task Performance: 30%
• Major Examination: 50%
• Total: 100%

Core Values

• Punctuality:
  • Submit requirements on time.
  • Attend sessions on time, and if late, say "OSOKUNATTE SUMIMASEN SENSEI (Sorry I am late Ma'am)" before entering the classroom, and to record attendance.
  • Refrain from sending requirements on Messenger.
• Politeness:
  • Before class, greet with "OHAYOU GOZAIMASU. YOROSHIKU ONEGAISHIMASU."
  • After class, greet with "ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU. OTSUKARESAMA DESHITA."
  • For faculty room consultations, say "OHAYOU GOZAIMASU EMIRI-SENSEI IRASSHAIMASU KA. ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU (Good morning. May I speak to Ma'am Emily. Thank you.)."
  • To ask to go to the comfort room during discussion, say "SENSEI TOIRE NI ITTE MO II DESU KA (May I go to the CR? Ma'am)."
  • Present an excuse letter (with parent's or dean's signature) for absences.
  • Phones are not allowed.
• Obedience:
  • Students must be in uniform every session.
  • Follow the teacher's instructions.
• Sense of Responsibility:
  • Students are expected to be responsible.
  • Go to the institution as a student
  • Apply their knowledge.

Self-Introduction

• JIKOSHOUKAI is a formal self introduction
• "Hajimemashite" means "How do you do? This is the first time we meet."
• "to moushimasu".
• "**to yonde kudasai" - Please call me **.
• "**ni sunde imasu" - I live in **
• "**sai desu" - I am ** yr-old.
• "STI no gakusei desu." - I am a student at STI.
• "Shumi wa **desu." - My hobby is **
• "Douzo yoroshiku onegaishimasu"

Numerals

• One - ichi
• Two - ni
• Three - san
• Four - yon / shi
• Five - go
• Six - roku
• Seven - nana / shichi
• Eight - hachi
• Nine - kyuu / ku
• Ten - juu
• Eleven - juuichi
• Twelve - juuni
• Twenty - nijuu
• Thirty - sanjuu
• Ninety - kyuujuu
• Twenty-three - nijuu san
• Thirty-seven - sanjuu nana
• Eighty-nine - hachijuu kyuu

Telling Age

• Age is "# + sai".
• Sixteen years old is "juurokusai".
• Twenty-three years old is "nijuusansai".

Special Readings

• 1, 8, 10 and 20 have special readings
• Eleven - juuissai
• Twenty-one - nijuuissai
• Ten - jussai
• Thirty - sanjussai
• Eighteen - juuhassai
• Twenty - hatachi

Hobbies

• Terebi - watching television
• Ongaku - listening to music
• Dokusho - reading
• Supo-tsu - sports
• Ryouri - cooking
• Kompyu-ta - computer
• Eiga - watching movie
• Gita - playing guitar (Piano)
• Kaku koto - writing
• To- and

Classroom Expressions

• Hajimemashou - Let's start
• Owarimashou - Let's end
• Mou jikan desu - It's already time
• Mane o shite kudasai - Please repeat after me
• Nihongo de itte kudasai - Please say it in Japanese
• Wakarimasu ka - Do you understand?
  • Hai, wakarimasu - Yes, I do
  • Iie, wakarimasen - No, I don't
• Owarimashita ka - Are you finished?
  • Hai, owarimashita - Yes I am finished
  • Iie, mada desu - No, not yet
• Mou ichido onegaishimasu - Once more please
• Chekku shimashou - Let's check
• Koukan shite kudasai - Please exchange
• Kaeshite kudasai - Please return
• Dashite kudasai - Please pass
• namae - name
• shukudai - assignment
• tesuto - test / quiz
• minnasan - all of you
• Kaite kudasai - Please write
• Mite kudasai - Please look
• Kiite kudasai - Listen
• Yonde kudasai - Read
• Tatte kudasai - Stand
• Suwatte kudasai - Sit
• Ookii koe de hanashite kudasai - Please speak loudly
• Motto yukkuri itte kudasai - Please say it again slowly
• Hon o minaide kudasai - Don't look at your book

Japanese Writing Systems

• Japanese (Nihongo) is 4th most important language based on speakers.
• The source is kjtranslations.com/blog/most-important-languages-of-the-21st-century/

Tategaki and Yokogaki

• Tategaki: vertical writing, traditional style, from top to bottom and right to left.
• Yokogaki: horizontal writing, from left to right.

Writing Systems

• Kanji: Chinese characters or ideographs represent words of Chinese and native Japanese origin.
  • Kanji is used to write Japanese names, nouns, and the stem of verbs and adjectives.
• Hiragana: A set of curvilinear symbols used to write Japanese terms.
  • Hiragana used for words without Kanji and to write the reading of Kanji (Furigana).
• Katakana: Symbols primarily for foreign names and place names, words of foreign origin, other sounds.
  • Katakana is made up of straight lines.
  • Katakana is to write foreign words, technical terms, foreign names, and onomatopoeia.
• Written Japanese normally uses all three writing systems.

Romaji

• Japanese is sometimes written in Ro-maji (Roman letters).
• Romaji is generally used in teaching conversational Japanese to foreigners when time is limited.
  • It can be used to write acronyms and company names and for computer input.
  • It is useful for foreign students of Nihongo, especially when time is limited.

Hiragana and Katakana Charts

Charts of Hiragana and Katakana characters including the sounds for each are provided in the document.

Kanji Examples

• Examples of Kanji:
  • Yamaguchi-san 山口さん
  • Nihongo 日本語
  • Iriguchi 入口
  • Deguchi 出口

Examples of Hiragana

• Itsumo いつも - always
• Hai, はい -yes
• Kore, これ -this

Examples of Katakana

• Amerika アメリカ
• Konpyu-ta- コンピューター
• Jon ジョン
• Erebe-ta- エレベーター

Hiragana Rules

• a is represented by adding あ. Example: okasan (mother) おかあさんmama (so-so) まあまあ
• ii and i are represented by adding い. Example: oniisan (older brother) おにいさんojiisan/ojisan (grandfather) おじいさん
• u is represented by adding う. Example: yugata (early evening) ゆうがたchugoku (China) ちゅうごくtaifu (typhoon) たいふう -e is represented by adding え in the words of Japanese origin. Example: onesan (older sister) おねえさん
• ei is written in えい in the words of Chinese origin. Example: Eigo (English) えいごyumei (famous) ゆうめいsensei (teacher) せんせいgakusei (student) がくせい
• o is represented by adding う. Example: sayonara さようならbyoin (hospital) びょういんkyo (today) きょうDomo arigatogozaimasu. どうもありがとうございます
• In some words it is traditionally written in お. Example: oki おおきいto (ten) とおtori (street) とおり

Double Consonants

• Double consonants (kk, pp, ss, and tt) are represented by small っ. As small っ indicates a one-syllable pause, the mouth prepares for the pronunciation of the next syllable. Example: gakko (school) がっこうkippu (ticket) きっぷkitte (stamp) きってChotto matte kudasai. (Just moment, please.) ちょっとまってくださいGambatte kudasai. (Go for it. Good luck.) がんばってください

Particles

• ji and zu are usually written in じ and ず. In few cases, they are traditionally written in ぢandづ. Example: sanji (3:00) さんじjisho (dictionary) じしょchizu (map) ちずmizu (water) みず -wa using as a particle is written in は, not わ.: Kyo wa doyobi desu. (Today is Saturday.) きょうはどようびです。Watashi wa nihonjin desu. (I'm Japanese.) わたしはにほんじんです。Watashi wa nihonjin dewa arimasen. (I'm not Japanese.) わたしはにほんじんではありません。Example:sanji (3:00) さんじ,jisho (dictionary) じしょ,chizu (map) ちず ,mizu (water) みず
• using a particle is written in をas o, not お. Example: Example: Osake o nomimasu. (I drink sake.) おさけをのみます。Sore o misete kudasai. (Please show me that.) それをみせてください。Kore o kudasai. (Please give me this one.) これをください。
• e using as a particle is written in へas e, not 之. Example: Shibuya e ikimasu. (I'm going to Shibuya.) しぶやへいきます。Doko e ikimasuka. (Where are you going?) どこへいきますか。Kyoto e ikimasu. (I'm going to Kyoto.) きょうとへいきます

Verbs of Schedule

• okimasu (okiru) おきます おきる to get up/ wake up
• nemasu (neru) ねます ねる to sleep
• hatarakimasu (hataraku) はたらきます はたらく to work
• yasumimasu (yasumu) やすみます やすむ to take a rest, take a holiday
• benkyoushimasu (benkyou suru) べんきょうします べんきょうするto study
• owarimasu (owaru) おわります おわる to finish
• souji o shimasu (souji o suru) そうじをします そうじをするto clean
• sentaku o shimasu (sentaku o suru) せんたくをします せんたくをする to do laundry
• kaimono o shimasu (kaimono o suru) かいものをします かいものをする to go shopping
• shawa- o abimasu (shawa- o abiru) シャワーをあびます シャワーをあびる to take a shower
• ryouri o shimasu (ryouri o suru) りょうりをします りょうりをする to cook
• taihen desu ne. たいへんですね That's tough, isn't it?
• eeto... ええと。Well, let me see

Sentence Pattern

• Topic wa Period Verb.
• Topic wa Period Verb (Correct Conjugation)
• V masu ます do / will do
• V masen ません don't / won't
• V mashita ました did -V masen deshita ませんでした did not

Grammar Notes

• Topic は Time ni Verb.
• Topic wa Noun1 kara Noun2 made Verb

Grammar Notes

• V masuます a verb with masuますworks as predicate - Masu ます makes a sentence polite. -When a verb denotes a momentary action or movement, the time when it occurs is marked with the particle に. にis added when the noun before it uses a numeral. It can also be added to the days of the week, though it is not essential. When the noun does not use a numeral　にis not added.

Verbs of Movement

• ikimasu (iku) いきます(いく) to go
• kimasu (kuru) きます (くる) to come
• kaerimasu (kaeru)　かえります(かえる) to return home, go home Kotoba
• gakkou - school
• su-pa- - supermarket
• depa-to - department store
• mo-ru - mall
• eki えき train station
• byouin - hospital
• biyouin- parlor
• Ginkou ぎんこう - bank
• Inaka - country side/ town
• hakobutsukan - museum
• doubutsuen どうぶつえん zoo
• ot-tera お-てら- Buddhist temple
• jinja じんじゃ - Shinto shrine
• kyoukai きょうかい- Christian church
• taishikan Tai embassy
• shikakusho しやくしょ - city hall
• kissaten Coffee Shop
• konbini- convenience store
• hikouki- airplane
• fune- ship
• densha electric train
• chikatetsu - subway
• basu - bus
• Takushi- taxi
• Aruite- on foot
• hito - person/people
• Tomodachi - friends
• kare/kareshi -he, boyfriend/lover
• kanoji -she, girlfriend/lover
• Kazoku - family
• Hitoride - alone, by oneself
• futsuu- local train
• kyuukou- rapid train
• tokkyuu-express train

Sentence Patters

- Place e ikimasu / kimasu/ kaerimasu: いきます/きます/かえります.

• dokomo ikimasen/ ikimasen deshita: どこもいきません/いきませんでした.
  • Vehicle de Verb
  • Person/Animal to 　to Verb
  • Sentence yo: to emphasize information which the listener does not know or to show that you are giving your judgement or views assertively.

Grammar Notes

• Places are used with the particles
• For vehicles, the vehicles can use a certain verb or action
• For persons: when you do something with a person, you may use either an animal or person mark.

Kanji Lesson #1

• The document then included various information about Kanji.
• Characters
  • 一 (one)
  • 二 (two)
  • 三 (three)
  • 四 (four)
  • 五 (five) -六(six) -七(seven) _八.(eight) _九(nine) -十(ten) -万 (ten-thousand)
• 本 (Money)
• 金(Gold)
• Character meanings and explanations -道(road) -人(person) -父(father)
• 何 (what). -母(mother) -金(gold)