1. Japan 111 First-year Japanese courses.washington.edu/jlang111 /Japan111_A06/Japan111_home. htm

2. About the course Ohta, Kaoru ( 太田 薫 ) Gowen 246 kaoru@u.washington.edu (206) 543-6936 Office Hours: M 10:30~11:20am, Th 1:30-2:20pm or by appointment

3. About this course Lectures Tuesday/Thursday Quiz Sections Mon./Wed./Fri.

4. Goals Japanese Syllabic Characters Hiragana （ひらがな） Katakana （カタカナ） 120 Kanji （漢字） Introduction of Basic Grammatical Structures of Japanese and Basic Vocabulary

5. Goals (First-year Japanese) Linguistic Functions say greetings in Japanese describe locations of objects describe one’s daily schedule talk about hobbies and activities do basic shopping order food at a restaurant invite someone to do things together describe family members describe clothing talk about past experience describe health conditions

6. Textbooks and Tapes Nakama I & Nakama I Workbook/Lab Manual Nakama I Course Packet (download from the course web-page) Audio CD purchase the CD at the Language Learning Center (Denny Hall 116), or http://depts.washington.edu/llc/olr/japanese/index. php http://depts.washington.edu/llc/olr/japanese/index. php

7. For more details Course web page: courses.washington.edu/jlang111/Japan11 1_A06/Japan111_home.html courses.washington.edu/jlang111/Japan11 1_A06/Japan111_home.html

8. Writing Japanese Three characters (and Arabic/Roman #s) Hiragana/Katakana … syllabaries 46 characters: 5 for vowels, 1 for (syllabic) consonant, and 40 for consonant and vowel combinations Kanji … sounds AND meaning (unlimited)

9. For instance おはようございます。 こんにちは。 はじめまして。どうぞよろしく。 太田先生、こんばんは。 ワシントン大学

10. Today… Vowels:aiueo Cons.+V:kakikukeko gagigugego sasisuseso zazizuzezo tatituteto dadidudedo naninuneno hahihuheho babibubebo papipupepo

11. Hiragana for vowels あ い う え お

12. Hiragana for [k] plus vowels か き く け こ

13. Hiragana for [g] plus vowels が ぎ ぐ げ ご

14. Hiragana for [s] plus vowels さ し す せ そ

15. Hiragana for [z] plus vowels ざ じ ず ぜ ぞ

16. Hiragana for [t] plus vowels た ち つ て と

17. Hiragana for [d] plus vowels だ ぢ づ で ど

18. Hiragana for [n] plus vowels な に ぬ ね の

19. Hiragana for [h] plus vowels は ひ ふ へ ほ

20. Hiragana for [b] plus vowels ば び ぶ べ ぼ

21. Hiragana for [p] plus vowels ぱ ぴ ぷ ぺ ぽ