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Lesson 1:
Essential Expressions
- Vocabulary 1
- Sentence Builder: Greetings
- Go Further: Japanese Writing
- Grammar: Greetings, 'desu' (to be), and the particle 'wa'
- Fill In: How are you?
- Vocabulary 2
- Go Further: Hiragana A-line
- Grammar: Asking How are you?
- Conversation: Konnichi wa!
- Conversation: Konban wa.
- Matching Bubbles: Introducing yourself
- Go Further: Omitting the Subject
- Matching Bubbles: Hiragana
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Hiragana A-line
Okay, let’s start learning some hiragana! All Japanese words, except for foreign loan words, can be written in hiragana. Modern Japanese uses 46 basic hiragana characters. Let’s look at the first five characters, the vowels.
| あぎょう agyoo the A-line |
| あ a |
ありがとうございます。 Arigatoo gozaimasu. Thank you. |
| い i |
はい。 Hai. Yes. |
| う u |
うち uchi home |
| え e |
おなまえは？ Onamae wa? What’s your name? |
| お o |
おなまえは？ Onamae wa? What’s your name? |