Japanese

こんにちは！

Konnichi wa!

It’s so great to be back in the classroom this term learning lots of new Japanese!

This year, Japan celebrates the Year of the Ox (sometimes also known as the cow). Students learnt that the word for cow in Japanese is うし (ushi). 

As part of their Setting Up for Success, all students have set themselves a goal for their learning in Japanese this year.

Preps 

Students in Prep have been learning lots of simple Japanese greetings and instructions, including:

• おはよう(ohayou)                              Good Morning
• こんにちは (konnichi wa)                Good Afternoon
• さようなら (sayounara)                   Goodbye
• たって (tatte)                                       Stand Up
• すわって (suwatte)                            Sit Down
• はい (hai)                                              Yes
• いいえ (iie)                                           No

Students in Prep have also been learning how to introduce themselves in Japanese:

Girls say わたし　は　＿＿＿＿　です。(watashi wa ____ desu).       My name is _____

Boys say ぼく　は　＿＿＿＿　です。(boku wa ____ desu).                My name is _____

At the end of this term, students in Prep have also been learning to count from 1-10 in Japanese:

1. 一           いち (ichI)
2. 二           に (ni)
3. 三           さん (san)
4. 四           よん (yon)
5. 五           ご (go)
6. 六           ろく (roku)
7. 七           なな (nana)
8. 八           はち (hachi)
9. 九           きゅう (kyuu)
10. 十           じゅう (juu)

Grade One

Grade One students have been revising over how to introduce themselves and say their age in Japanese:

Girls say わたし　は　＿＿＿＿　さい　です。(watashi wa ____ sai desu).                              

Boys say ぼく　は　＿＿＿＿　さいです。(boku wa ____ sai desu).            

Students in Grade One have also been revising over one-stroke hiragana, which is one of the writing systems in Japan:

く(ku)、し(shi)、そ(so)、つ(tsu)、て(te)、の(no)、ひ(hi)、へ(he)、る(ru)、ろ(ro) and ん(n)

They also been starting to learn some two-stroke hiragana:

い (i)、う(u)、え (e)、こ(ko)、す(su) and ち(chi)

Grade Two and Three

This term, students in Grade Two and Three have been revising over two-stroke hiragana:

い(i)、う(u)、え(e)、こ(ko)、す(su)、ち(chi)、と(to)、ぬ(nu)、ね(ne)、み(mi)、め(me)、ゆ(yu)、よ(yo)、ら(ra)、り(ri)、れ(re) and わ(wa).

They have also been starting to learn some three-stroke hiragana:

あ (a)、お (o)、か (ka)、け (ke)、さ (sa)、せ (se)、に (ni) and は (ha).

Until next term,

さようなら！ (sayounara!)

Brown Sensei