Some locals say yoga saw hello and welcome to this Japanese for beginners course, this is your teacher
and I'm so excited to stop his Japanese learning journey together with you.
I have studied Japanese for over six years.
I have studied, worked and lived in Japan.
So I have immersed myself into Japanese culture and Japanese language.
And now that I'm working as a Japanese teacher, I am so happy to share my knowledge with other people
and see their progress.
So I hope that we can learn many new things together.
So without further ado, let's get started.
So what I would like us to start off with is the Japanese rating system.
So what do we need to know about the Japanese rating system is that it consists out of three writing
scripts.
The first one is hiragana.
Hiragana, hiragana, the second one is katakana, katakana, katakana, and the third one is kanji,
kanji, kanji.
So you might ask, why do we need rewriting scripts?
Why isn't one enough?
Because each of these writing scripts play a significant role in this Japanese writing system.
So let's take a look.
What role does hiragana, katakana and kanji play?
So first of all, hiragana, it is used to write down purely Japanese words, grammatical endings and
honorifics.
So we use it for conjugating verbs and things like that and writing them purely Japanese words.
How can we distinguish hiragana from other writing scripts is that it looks very elegant.
The lines are very soft and I will show you how it looks like later on for katakana.
It is used to write down foreign words.
So, for example, people's names, names of places, food, names of cities and etc. all foreign words,
OK, and kanji kanji came from ancient China and it is used to write down a word or a concept.
OK, so let's take a look at how these three writing scripts would look in the sentence.
Let's read the sentence together, I listen some kick your ideas, Arizona somewhat kick you out, Alison,
so I kick your -- so I listen some means.
Alison Alison is Alison Anderson is a prefix that we use next to people's names to make it sound more
polite, like Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. and et cetera.
Why is a topic particle that I will talk about later on?
Keiki means cake Tobei Mass will eat.
So Alison will eat cake.
Now, which out of all these letters, out of all of these characters that you see on your screen,
which of them are hiragana?
Well, it would be vs these so-called characters would be written in hiragana.
So what you can see here that Sunhwa son was written in hiragana and it has very soft curvy lines that
we can distinguish from other characters.
Also particle or and grammatical endings for verbs.
So yes, for katakana it's more sharp, it's not as elegant.
So we use it to write down foreign words like names like Alisson, Ardizzone, Ardizzone or names of
food like cake.
Kiki, Kiki.
Very good.
And last one, kanji.
We use it to express a concept or a word.
So this is to eat came.
But if we write down only kanji, we will not know.
Is this present tense, past tense.
What is happening.
That's why we need grammatical endings to conjugate the verbs and we will write that in hiragana.
Very good.
So now, without further ado, let's get started and let's start learning our first writing script,
hiragana, hiragana.
Now, our main base of hiragana will be five vowels are.
E..
He.
Uh.
Oh.
A.
And or or so we have at E or.
R e or OK, five vowels.
Now we need to also know the way how to write them, OK, so we need to add on the stroke order.
So I will show you the stroke order right now.
So our first stroke would be a horizontal stroke.
Left-to-right one.
One now you get a second stroke would be to.
To get an offense, there could be this curve three.
So we have one to three.
One to three, perfect now for E e.
Our first stop will be a small hook, one one, and the second stroke will be this line.
So we have a hook and it's very good for our first joke would be this one one one, and that second
step would be this way to.
So you have one to get for our first hope would be this one.
One.
And then we would have.
To this long stroke one.
To do so, the first part of two is like a Z one, and then it becomes a curve, one to perfect and
for all or our first earth is horizontal stroke one.
Our second stroke is this one to occur, and this is great to so you have one, two, three.
Perfect.
So this is r r e r.
At.
Very good.
Let's move on to our second line, the Caitlyn and Caitlyn is like this got.
Cop.
He.
Cook.
Kurt.
Kent.
OK.
Cop cop cut kikuko.
Carkeek.
Very good.
Now let's learn how to write them down.
Let's learn the stroke order.
You ready?
Let's go.
Our first stop would be this one.
One.
Second stroke would be top to bottom to this would be our third stroke three, so we have one top to
bottom three that think this is our cup for here we have our first stroke here one.
Then we have a second stroke here to.
Then we have our first stroke three, and we should stop around here and then leave an empty space in
between and then go for why am I saying this to you?
Because this is a printed killer.
When we're writing it down in the handwritten way, it will look differently.
So it will have a little space in between.
So imagine one, two, three.
Someone stops you here, then you make a little break here and then you continue for one to three and
you continue here for.
Very, very good for you could imagine that it's a small bird flying to your left one.
One.
One is just one stroke, very good.
Kit, Kate, we have stroke number one one, stroke number two.
Two and strong number three, top to bottom, so we have top to bottom here, left to right here, top
to bottom here.
This is our perfect and for call we have one.
And then we have to continue one to this is also not a handwritten letter, so for handwritten letter,
you would need to continue until here, then leave a break and then continue here.
Very good.
So we have our Cocchi cook like you cook.
Very good.
And now it's time for our Esslin and in our Esslin, we have some.
That seat, seat, sit, sit, sit, sit.
So so far, she says, so far she says they saw very good job.
So now let's look at the stock order of the Esslin.
So the first stroke for sale would be one left to right, horizontal one.
Then we would go to and we would stop around here and then we would leave a little break and we would
start here, Larry.
Yes, I know that this little break is not visible here, but when we are handwriting it, it will look
differently.
So we have one to stop here.
Three, continue.
Perfect.
Let's move on to she she so she basically is like a small hook.
Imagine with your going fishing.
So just like one.
One.
One very easy, let's move on to so so so we have a horizontal line one.
One and the second stroke would be one with a curve going down.
So one and then watch the curve going down.
It was a stroke, number one, stroke No.
Two, four.
So now let's move on to sit.
Sit.
So first, we have a horizontal stroke left to right one.
One, then we have top to bottom to.
Two, and we have three.
Three, one, two, three perfect offices are set and four, so we have one, two, three, four.
So basically it's one stroke.
Look one.
One.
Perfect.
So this is our first line solstices that so fast is just so perfect.
Now let's take a look at our top line.
So we have that.
That.
She.
So.
The.
Ted.
The.
That she said that the.
Perfect.
Now let's look at the stroke order of power.
So first we have left to right one top to bottom to.
And we have three and four, one, two, three, four, perfect, this is our top 40.
We have horizontal line, left-to-right one.
One in our second line would be to.
To wit, like a little wave here.
So one, two.
This is our cheat sheet, perfect for.
So we have a small wave one.
One, this is our fourth tear.
We also have only one stroke, one.
One.
One easy unless one is thought so, we have stroke number one one and stroke number two to one.
To amazing they get so we have that she the thought that it's worth it.
Now let's move on to our end line and here we have not.
Not.
Neat, neat nook.
Net, net, net, no.
No nanny, no name, no.
I mean, they're not very good and now let's take a look at the stroke order of not so we have one two.
So left to right, top to bottom, then this one here, too.
And then a little ribbon here.
So we have one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, perfect.
This is not for me.
We have here one.
I know that you cannot see it here, but it should be like a small hook going back up.
So one and then two, one and two.
So this is neat.
Neat for our first hope would be here one.
And that second smoke would be like this one and.
So we have one and then two, so we have only two strokes, but a lot of curves, so be careful, one
and two.
This is not one that I first thought would be top to bottom one.
And second stroke would be like a zie and then curving up here.
So one and then two, carving up.
This is net.
And for now, we started here and it's only one stroke, one one like a bagel, one perfect.
So we have four and nine nine nine nine nine nine and they're not very good.
Here we have our H line, ha ha, he.
He thought.
The.
Hey.
Her ho.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha, heave ho, ho ho.
Let's start with her.
So we stay here with small hook one one and again here you cannot see it because it's a typed letter
and a second stroke is here, too.
And that first book is here three.
So we have one, two, three.
One, two, three.
Perfect.
This is hot for here.
We only have one stroke.
One.
One perfect for food.
This is our first joke one.
This is our second stroke to.
There are still three or four strokes here.
One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four.
Very good.
With six foot four.
We only have one stroke, so we have one.
One one, the right side is a bit longer, as you can see, this is a hit and for sure we have one,
two, three.
Four, one, two, three, four perfect services.
So this is our each line, ha ha ha ha hee haw.
Very good.
Now let's learn the hiragana and line.
So let's set up ma, ma, mi, mi.
Mau Mau, Mau, Mau, Mau, Mau, Mau, Mau Mau, Mama, Mama, Mama, and now let's look at the stroke
order.
So the first stroke for Mao and be horizontal stroke left to one.
Second stroke would be also horizontal stroke left to right to and the first stroke would go through
both of them three with the little not so one to.
Three, one, two, three, perfect.
Now let's take a look at meet the first group would look like this one.
There you get one more time one and the second stop would be like this to.
So we have one to meet for the first stroke is a horizontal stroke left to right one and the second
and the second stroke is a very long stroke two and going up to here.
And the first stroke is here.
So we have one, two, very, very good.
This is four met.
The first stroke is one.
And the second strike is to one to perfect this man and more so this is stop number one, stroke number
two and the last strokes, one, two, three, one, two, three.
Perfect.
This is our airline.
Mama.
Mama, mama.
Mama.
Now, let's take a look at these three sounds yea yea yea yea yea yea yea you you're very good.
So now let's learn stock order of yea yea.
So the first is this one.
One.
Second stroke is this one, two, and then three, one, two, three.
One to three, perfect.
Pay attention to this curve here.
So this is for you.
The first stroke is this one one.
And this is the second joke to so we have one to this year and for your the first is here left to right
one and this is the second strike to one to your.
So this is your.
Yeah, you're very good.
Let's take a look at the other line so we have Laura.
Now, the.
La la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
Pay attention here, but the R sound is not as harsh as an English, so it's not like, not like ah
but it's very soft in between L and R like right now it's quite soft.
OK, so let's start off with about what is the joke or the first joke would be this one one.
And the second stroke would be to say we have one to one to overseas right now.
So the stroke autophagy, we have one with a little hook and two going down, one with a hook to going
down.
This is Lee.
For rape, there is only one long stroke, so we stand here one.
This is one stroke, one very good.
So this is Ruth.
Oh, no.
Now, let's take a look at the best is top to bottom one.
One and the second stroke is very long as well to.
To start off, so it starts off as a Z, but then goes up and it's like a wave with a curve.
So one to this.
The.
And that also has only one stroke, so one.
One, this is it all no services are lying, how do you look at all that?
You at all?
Very good.
Now we have wah, wah, wah, wah and.
Wah, wah.
So let's so let's take a look at the stock order for a first Djogo stuff to buy one.
A second stock is only one stock and it's like a Z, but then it's like a wave coming inside.
So we have one.
Two, one, two.
This is what for war, the first stroke is horizontal stroke left to right one.
The second stroke is this one, too, and the first stroke is a hook three one.
To three.
One, two, three, this is what and for and there's only one stroke, one.
One perfect, so this is what war and what war on.
Perfect.
So this is wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah.
And now let's learn about the diacritical marks.
So there are two types of diacritical marks in Japanese language.
One type has two small lines like this, then 10, then 10.
And another type is this small little bubble, small little bubble.
So what role do these diacritical marks play in Japanese language?
Well, instead of creating new characters or hiragana and katakana to, you know, to express newshounds,
we instead add them to the letters and characters that we already have to create new sounds.
Yes, I will show you how it will look like very soon.
First of all, there are two specific names for these diacritical marks.
So the first one is that good then the good thing, but I like to call it just then.
Then then then it's easier to remember.
And this little circle, little bubble is called Hung, the captain and the captain.
But these two names are very scientific and very specific.
And for you, learning Japanese language, it's not important to know them.
So just remember then 10 little bubble and then you should remember what role and what sounds will they
create.
OK, let's take a look.
So do you remember what letter is this?
Yes, this is hiragana letter.
If we add the small diacritical mark, then 10, then then this car will turn into got.
Got OK, so it will create a new sound, so instead of car, it will sound like got the perfect.
Now, let's take a look at these letters, so if Karr turned into God, what will happen to QI?
Who care?
I will give you five seconds to think about it before we look at the answers.
Yes, so they will turn into.
GI.
Good.
Gay.
Get and go, go.
So we will have Gogi.
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
Very good.
And as you can see, we will write these marks next to the letter on the right side, OK?
Very good.
And as you can see, we will ride with diacritical marks next to these letters on their right side like
this.
OK, very good.
Now, let's take a look.
So before this was our first line, this was she said so.
But when we added this diacritical marks then then then then then then then then then.
Then these letters became zap zap g g Zsa Zsa Zsa Zsa and Zo.
Very good.
So we have Zadvydas that.
So we have that.
Jesus, there's a very good.
Now, the Tea Party talk will turn into that, that g g the the the the.
Dope, dope, so that they don't that they don't.
Very good.
Ah h line ha here her hair will turn into ba ba ba.
Ba ba ba ba ba.
But.
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba.
However, if we write a little bubble next to the H line, it will become part.
Pat.
B.
Pete.
Poo poo poo.
Pit bull or puppy bup, bup, bup, bup, bup, bup, bup.
Very good.
Now, let's learn about another thing in Japanese language.
This thing will be called contracted sounds.
So first, let's take a look at these letters, Yapp.
Yeah, you.
Yo, yo, yo.
So now let's take a look at these contracted sounds, so what do I mean by contract?
It sounds so obvious.
Yeah, you your will become very small.
So this year your father contracted sounds will be half of the size of normal or normal hiragana later.
So if you can see the size of your chances of Keever, very different.
Right.
OK.
And when we will add this to you or your to a normal hiragana character like QI so QI PLACEa will not
meet Kiya.
It will be.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
And that's why we will call it contracted sounds because we will contract them.
OK.
So here we have cat calf.
Now, let's take a look at how this would look like with Key and then afterwards with Gaete, so keep
placea would be.
Yeah, keep plus you would be cool.
To keep Liscio would be your job, Joe de Blasio would be.
Yeah, bless you would be goo goo goo plus would be your your.
So we have Kikuko.
Yeah you got very good.
Now, with she and with Jeanne, so we will have sharp, sharp.
Sure, sure, sure, sure.
Jar, jar, jar, jar, jar, jar, sasho, sure, judge job, very good.
Now, Whitney and Whitney, so we have to.
John.
To see Joe.
So, yeah, no, no, no, no, no.
Very good.
Now, with each line we will have yeah, yeah, Hugh, Hugh, yo, yo.
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba pat.
Pew, Pew, Pew, Pew, pew.
Very good.
Now, with me and with the mayor, Mayor Matt, you know.
Yeah, yeah, you do.
You know, so we have Matt Miller.
Yeah, yeah.
Very good.
Now that we have learned about contracted sounds, let's take a look at prolonged vowels.
So if we want to have prolonged, prolonged e prolonged or prolonged or prolonged or what do we need
to do?
Well, if we want to have prolonged, let's say we have the word or consent, so we have Kahir, if
we want to prolong this sound to court, we need to add one more R and then it will be or cost or cost.
And so I will sound like this.
So to make add will, you need to add an extra R.
To make it double, let's say we have the word or Nisan, so we have all ne we have ne, we need to
add an extra E to make it or some or needs to make it like this to make it E.
If we want to make a double or we need to add an extra or so, let's say we have the word souji so after
so we need to add extra to make it longer.
So Souji Souji, very good.
So it becomes like this now to make that.
Well er it's a bit tricky so we can either add an extra er like or near Sun or nassan.
So after now we add an extra er so it's never it's like this nassan or it can be like this eggar egg.
So we have word movie ega so after er we add E and we don't see a got, we set a big egg.
Very good.
And to make it double or we need to add either or evil or afterwards let's look at the word bossy,
bossy.
So after what we an extra and it becomes more she becomes like this bossy or we have the word to do
so afterwards we can add or to cut and it also becomes double.
So it depends on the situation.
Now we learn how to make prolonged vowels.
Let's look at how to make double consonants.
So let's take a look at this word.
Cut the cut that.
So this is small.
So this is not big.
If it would be big.
So we would say Katsuta, but this is small.
So it's half the size of a normal hiragana letter if it's the size.
If it's half the size of a normal hiragana letter, it works as a tool to make the count consonant coming
afterwards double so we don't pronounce it at all, we just make the consonant coming afterwards double.
So if we have T it become double T, cut the.
If we had my intent, it will be day, Matty will become double, if we have soup and pie, the pew
will become double Supai so fine.
So if you write a small answer, it will make a double consonant like double double P, double K or
double S.
And there's one more way, if we're talking about continents like like nd so we need to add an extra
name to not need the so if we have word Younan.
Nen is next, so we need to add an onion then, so it's double and.
Very good.
Now, let's practice, you will see a hiragana letter on the screen and I will give you five seconds
to think about what letter is this?
OK, if you feel like you need more time, feel free to pause the lesson.
OK, let's go to what letter is this?
Ah.
Uh.
Very good.
What letter is this?
Or.
Or what letter is this?
Ruth.
Ruth, what letter is this?
Robert.
Roll, what letter is this?
Matt.
Now, what letter is this?
They.
Annette.
What letter is this?
What?
Wow, what letter is this?
She.
But let's face it, she.
See, what letter is this?
So.
So what letter is this?
Matt.
What letter is this?
No.
No, what letter is this?
E!
It.
What letter is this?
She.
What letter is this?
Mark.
What letter is this?
Ma.
Mark.
What letter is this?
Ha!
What letter is this?
Hello.
Well.
What letter is this?
Scott.
What letter is this?
Kee.
Kate, what letter is this?
The.
What letter is this?
The.
Zach.
What letter is this?
Part.
What letter is this?
But.
Well, what letter is this?
Paul.
Well, what letter is this?
But.
What letter is this?
The.
What letter is this?
Zolt.
Zopp, what letter is this?
The.
De.
What letter is this?
Go.
How do we pronounce this?
Joe.
Just keep plus your your your.
How would we pronounce this?
You're sure because this is a contract sound like you're plus or so it's prolonged your your.
How would we pronounce this?
Matt.
Me placea would be meow, meow.
How would we pronounce this?
Now.
M..
Me plus your.
How would we pronounce this?
No more, because we have Miyo plus Ouk, so it's prolonged your.
Now, let's practice let's try to write down these letters in Japanese, I will give you five seconds,
but feel free to pause this lesson here to take as much time as you need to write it down.
OK, let's go.
Our.
Now, it would mean blue.
I I love.
O o to me, very good.
How about these words?
I met.
I'm Lorraine.
I see.
I see leg.
As far as morning.
Yeah, yeah, how about that, uh, that song, Achy Eki Train Station Auto.
Auto sound.
OK, now let's try these words.
Cow, cow to buy kit the North Kumah, Cooma Bear kishke, kishke.
New.
Cocoa, cocoa here.
OK, let's try this once.
Suck on the suck the fish, chicka chicka the sika see watermelon, send me, send me.
Cicadas, sorta sorta sky.
OK, let's try these words.
That dark back bamboo chick chick near Sookie Sookie Moon.
Tête.
Hand, authority, authority, bird.
These words.
Now, my name.
My name.
Newer, newer.
Garden.
In the.
In the neck up neck cat.
Naughty, naughty glew.
OK, let's try these words.
Hannah Hannah knows our flower.
He corky he corky airplane.
Soon, they're fun, they're both happy, happy snake Juan.
On book.
Let's try out these words.
My, my before or in front of Mitzi, Mitzi, St. Mercy, Mercy, Insect Bug met.
Matt.
I Mau Mau Mau Mau beat.
Let's try out these words.
Yak, yak.
Yucky, yucky snow, yadda, yadda, evening.
Now, let's try to write down these words.
Lying, then lying, then next year.
It is.
It is squirrelled.
Sara, Sara, monkey, see the Kishi history, but also pro soccer, can the.
And our last words, let's do this.
Rock, come, rock, come in, seaweed or.
Or particle war then and then years.
But for some others, you have worked so hard, so some of someone this is very so I took a look at
some of this is like a ritual phrase that people say after they work hard and finish work, they say
to each other every day.
So I'm paying my respects to you because you have worked so hard and you have learned hiragana.
So I took some of this and amended those I.
Congratulations.
You have finished your first lesson of this skorts, so I will see you in our second lesson, Mahtani.