Japanese Lesson for Beginners

Session 327.Oct.2014

Kana Shimohigoshikshimo@essex.ac.uk

Review

- The sound of Japanese language

a syllable = a consonant + a vowel

- Romanization

1. aki (autumn) 3. igirisu (UK)

2.tokei (watch/clock) 4. daigaku (university)

Introduction

- Writing Hiragana Basics

- Proper stroke order

- 3 types of stroke

- Japanese “あ” column

- Tracing practice

- Vocabulary Drill

Writing Hiragana Basics

- The general rule is left to right and top to bottom

- Traditionally, Japanese is written in columns going from top to bottom, with columns ordered from right to left

- Proper stroke order is important

- Various styles

Various Styles

3 types of stroke

3 different ways to end a stroke:

tome (stop), hane (jump)

and harai (sweeping)

3 types of stroke: Tome

1. Tome (means “stop”)

Completely stop at the end of a stroke

3 types of stroke: Hane

2. Hane (means “jump”)

End the stroke with a slight flick

3 types of stroke: Harai

3. Harai (means “sweeping”)The broad sweep at the end of a stroke

Let’s write あいうえおwith the correct stroke order

①

②

③

あ “a”

い “i”

①②

う “u”

①

②

え “e”

①

②

お “o”

①

②③

Activity; Tracing practice あ column

Activity; Words You Can Write

• write the following words using the hiragana that you just learned

1. え (a painting)

2. いい (good)

3. あい (love)

4. あう (to meet)

5. うえ (up)

6. いう (to say)

7. いえ (house)

8. あお (blue)

9. おう (to chase)

10.おい (nephew)

11.えい (a ray fish)

12.いいえ (no)

13.おおい (many)

Activity; あいうえお puzzle

Hiragana Table

Hiragana Table

Voiced Consonants and ‘P’

GU

GE

ZADA

BO

BE

BU

BI

BAPA

PI

PU

PE

PO

JIDZIZUDZU

DE

DO GO

JI

ZU

ZE

ZO

GI

GA

Next week

- Learn how to read and write “か” column

- Conversation practice

「わたしは… です」 “I am…”