Last Wednesday we went to our second Japanese class! So that means I
have new notes for you to study. We started out reviewing the things we
learned last class, which just meant asking each other the questions
about our name, country, and where we live. Click HERE
to go back to that first class we had. After that short review we moved
on to numbers! This time we talked about time and price. Once again, my notes from class can be found HERE.
Since
the last class Kris and I were able to find the textbook- and
apparently we bought the last one because no one else in class has found
one, even at the bookstore we got ours at.... oops. So the book has
almost no English in it. It's designed so that people from any country
can use it to learn Japanese- but you need to know hiragana and the
basics of Japanese grammar and vocabulary first. It seems that its made
so you are introduced to the language in class and you can figure out
any questions there, then go home with the book as your class notes then
practice what you've learned and see it written in Japanese, including
kanji. I'll be miking some notes about what you see in the textbook,
with pictures from the book, so check my notes list for that soon.
If
you're learning along with us then definitely get that katakana and
hiragana down so you can move on to vocabulary and making sentences.
Vocabulary is great to practice right now! Once again, Memrise is your
friend. On Memrise there are tons of flashcards for vocabulary but
you'll figure out that some are better than others. I usually try some
out and if I don't like it I move on to another one. Two I kind of stuck
with was the Core 1000 and 125 Most Useful Words. I haven't finished
either though, not even close. Core 1000 basically means that if you
learn these 1000 words you theoretically know just about all the words
you'll need for a huge majority of normal conversation. I should really
get back to studying those....
Anyways, go check out my
notes, practice your kana, and then start on some vocabulary. And look
forward to the next post about diving into learning Japanese- cuz right
now you're just getting prepped for the deep end. And once again, heres
my self intro based on what we've learned in class:
はじめ
まして。ケンドラ です。わたし の くに は アメリカ です。すまい は みなみおさわ です。かぞく は よにん
です。わたし は えいご の きょし です。いま は ごご にじ です。わたし の べんと は さんびゃくごじゅう
えん です。
K+K
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