By Jun Maeda
This publication has numerous routines for every lesson. And, to get familiar with eastern tradition, the scholar may perhaps benefit from the pictures which the writer has supplied as a visible reduction. complex grammatical factors are passed over, for the reason that special motives occasionally discourage humans from really talking. in simple terms the fundamental issues in pronunciation and grammar are given, and the japanese words and sentences are repeated awarded in every one lesson, in order that the scholar can simply study the words and perform utilizing them with out hesitancy or discouragement.
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Each player makes whichever of these gestures he chooses, and the winner is decided as follows: Paper wraps stone, so paper wins over stone. Stone is too hard for scissors to cut, so stone wins over scissors. Scissors cut paper, so scissors win over paper. As you play this game, you may sing the following well-known Japanese children's song (ask one of your Japanese friends to teach you the melody): Haru-ga Kita 春がきた 1. Ha-ru-ga ki-ta, ha-ru-ga ki-ta. Doko-ni-ki-ta? Ya-ma-ni ki-ta, sa-to-ni ki-ta, no-ni-mo ki-ta.
11 jū-ichi 十 12 jū-ni 十二 13 jū-san 十三 14 jū-shi, jū-yon 十四 15 jū-go 十五 16 jū-roku 十六 17 jū-shichi, jū-nana 十七 18 jū-hachi 十八 19 jū-ku, jū-kyū 十九 20 ni-jū 二十 21 ni-jū-icni 二十一 30 san-jū 三十 40 shi-jū, yon-jū 四十 50 go-jū 五十 60 roku-jū 六十 70 nana-jū, shichi-jū 七十 80 hachi-jū 八十 90 kyū-jū 九十 100 hyaku 百 101 hyaku-ichi 百一 150 hyaku -go-jū 百五十 200 ni-hyaku ニ 百 300 sambyaku ( n-h becomes mb) ニ百 400 yon-hyaku 四百 500 go-hyaku 五百 600 roppyaku (ku+h becomes pp) 六白 700 nana-hyaku 七百 800 happyaku ( chi+h becomes pp) 六百 900 kyū-hyaku 九百 1000 sen 千 5000 go-sen 五千 10000 ichi-man 一万 30000 samman (n-m becomes mm) ニ 万 100, 000 jū-man 十万 1, 000, 000 hyaku-man 百万 In counting people, the numbers are used as follows: hitori —人 one person futari ニ 人 two persons, two people san-nin 三人 three people yo-nin 四人 four people go-nin 五人 five people roku-nin 六人 six people shichi-nin, nana-nin 七人 seven people hachi-nin 八人 eight people ku-nin, kyū-nin 九人 nine people jū-nin 十人 ten people From 10 on, the suffix -nin is added to the number as given in the first table above, except that yo is always used instead of shi for 4 in counting people; hence ni-jū-yo-nin: 24 people.
How is the weather? Ii (yoi) o-tenki dess. いい （よい） お天気 です. The weather is good. Warui o-tenki dess. Ame dess. 悪い お天気です. 雨です. The weather is bad. It is raining. Kumori dess. 曇り です. It is cloudy. Yuki dess. 雪 です. It is snowing. EXERCISES Refer to the pictures on the right and choose the answer. O-tenki-wa dō dess-ka? 1. a) Yuki dess. It is snowing. b) Ii o-tenki dess. The weather is good. c) Ame dess. It is raining. 2. a) Kumori dess. It is cloudy. b) Warui o-tenki dess. The weather is bad.
