Thank you for coming to the lesson. I was surprised by how good your Japanese is. Since this was our first lesson, we did a simple self-introduction. We learned basic sentence patterns such as “～がすきです,” “～がすきですか,” and “～がすきじゃありません.” Next week, let’s do a level check.
Your pronounciation is very good :) Today we learned about self-introduction phrases 1 How do you do? (Hajimemashite) 2 Name (Watashi wa ～desu) 3 country+jin desu 4 Yoroshiku onegaishimasu Please try to remember thses. See you next week :))
Thank you for coming to the lesson. Following last week, we continued introducing case particles. We focused on the particles “he,” “kara,” “made,” and “yori,” which have many different uses.
・こきょう / kokyou / hometown ・わたしのこきょうは・・・です / watashi no kokyou wa ... desu / My hometown is ... ・わたしは しゃんはい しゅっしんです / watashi wa shanhai shusshin desu / I am from Shanghai
・ほうげん / hougen / dialect ・ひょうじゅんご / hyoujungo / standard language ・ぺきん / pekin / Beijing
・まだです / mada desu / not yet ・むすこ / musuko / son ・ぎゅうにゅう / gyuunyuu / milk ・こんびにで ぎゅうにゅうを かいます / konbini de gyuunyuu o kaimasu / I buy milk at a convenience store
・ようび / youbi / day of the week ・きょうは なんようびですか？ / kyou wa nan-youbi desu ka? / What day is it today?
・しゅうまつ / shuumatsu / weekend ・へいじつ / heijitsu / weekday ・やすみ / yasumi / holiday, day off ・やすみは、どようびと にちようびです / yasumi wa, doyoubi to nichiyoubi desu / My days off are Saturday and Sunday
・しゅうまつは なにを しますか？ / shuumatsu wa nani o shimasu ka? / What do you do on the weekend? ・しゅうまつは かいものに いきます / shuumatsu wa kaimono ni ikimasu / I go shopping on the weekend ・しゅうまつは いえに います / shuumatsu wa ie ni imasu / I stay at home on the weekend
・たんじょうび / tanjoubi / birthday ・たんじょうかい / tanjoukai / birthday party ・ほかに なにか ありますか？ / hoka ni nanika arimasu ka? / Is there anything else?
・しんねんかい / shinnenkai / New Year party ・ケーキ / keeki / cake
