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Lessons in Niponggo

The document provides basic lessons in the Japanese language including: 1) Distinguishing between Nihonggo for everyday use and Niponggo for more formal contexts. 2) Introducing the Japanese writing systems of kanji, katakana, and hiragana. 3) Providing the Japanese syllabary chart. 4) Translating common English phrases into Japanese and vice versa. 5) Demonstrating a self-introduction in Japanese. 6) Listing the days of the week in Japanese.

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Lessons in Niponggo

The document provides basic lessons in the Japanese language including: 1) Distinguishing between Nihonggo for everyday use and Niponggo for more formal contexts. 2) Introducing the Japanese writing systems of kanji, katakana, and hiragana. 3) Providing the Japanese syllabary chart. 4) Translating common English phrases into Japanese and vice versa. 5) Demonstrating a self-introduction in Japanese. 6) Listing the days of the week in Japanese.

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LESSONS IN NIPONGGO/NIHONGGO

June 19, 2010

Nihonggo-everyday/daily use of language


Niponggo-formal use for constitution

Kanji- Chinese characters


Katakana is a the set of characters for loan or borrowed words

JAPANESE SYLLABARY

A I U E O
KA KI KU KE KO
SA SI SU SE SO
TA TI TU TE TO
NA NI NU NE NO
HA HI HU HE HO
MA MI MU ME MO
YA YI YU YE YO
RA RI RU RE RO
WA WI WU WE WO

ENGLISH-JAPANESE TRANSLATION

 WHAT IS YOUR NAME?


O namae wa nani desu ka

 FROM WHERE ARE YOU?


Dochira kara kimashita ka

 HOW ARE YOU?


O genki desu ka

 MAY I KNOW YOU“


Dochira sawa desu ka

 GOOD MORNING
Ohayo gozaimasu

 GOOD DAY
Konichiwa
 GOODEVENING
Kon (g)banwa

 EXCUSE ME
Sumimasen/Gomenasai

 I AM SORRY I AM LATE
Omatase Shimashita/Gikan(g) wo ananai

 PLEASE DO YOUR BEST


Gan(g)batte kudasai

 TAKE CARE
Kiwo tsoukette kudasai

 WAKARIMASU
I understand

 IKIMASHOO
Let’s go
 OKAMAI NAKU
Never mind

January 26, 2010

Self Introduction:

HAJIME MASHITE
WATASHIWA BLANCO RAINELDA DESU
FIRIPPIN(Philippine) KARA KIMA SHITA
SONJUGO SAI DESU
KEKON(g) SHITE IMASU
WATASHIWA SHOGGAKKO NO GAKKOUCHO DESU

DAYS OF THE WEEK

Sunday- nichi
Monday-getsu
Tuesday-ka
Wedneday-sui
Thursday-moku
Friday-kin
Saturday-do
OTOTOI-Day before yesterday
KINO- Yesterday
KYO- Today
ASHITA- Tomorrow
ASATTE-Day after tomorrow

_____wa nan(i) yobi desu ka

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