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Japanese11Unit1
Unit 1 vocab, grammar, translation, and kanji
Question | Answer |
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What are the two categories of Kana? | Hiragana and Katakana |
What is Katakana typically used for? | Foreign words and phrases |
How did Hiragana develop from Kanji? | "Onna de" or "ladies hand" |
What year is it estimated Kanji was first used in Japan? | 500CE |
The three basic rules for writing in Japanese... | top down, left to right, horizontal before vertical |
What are Kanji characters used for? | nouns, names, conceptual words |
Translate: May I go to the toilet? | トイレに 行っても いい ですか。 |
Translate: Please speak slowly. | ゆっくり はなして ください。 |
Translate: What does _____ mean? | ______ってなん ですか。 |
Translate: Sorry I'm late. | おそくなって すみません。 |
What is Keigo? | Polite speech. |
What two hiragana characters do you add as prefix to make them more honorable? | お and ご E.g., おちゃ E.g., ごぞんじ |
Conjugate into てform: 行きます | 行って |
Conjugate into てform: 来ます | 来て |
Conjugate into てform: 作ります | 作って |
Conjugate into negative plain form: 使います | 使わない |
Conjugate into negative plain form: 見ます | 見ない |
Translate (soft command): Speak Japanese. | 日本ご はなしなさい |
Translate (soft command): Be quite. | しずか に しなさい。 |
The year baseball was introduced in Japan. | 1872 |
The stadium where the annual High School Baseball Championship is held. | Koshien |
Translate: to cheer | おうえん する。 |