Japanese

こんにちは！

Konnichi wa!

さむいですね

Samui desu ne! (It’s cold, isn’t it!)

Preps

Students in Prep have been continuing to practice counting to 10 in Japanese and correctly matching up the corresponding kanji.

一いち (ichi)
二に (ni)
三さん (san)
四よん (yon)
五ご (go)
六ろく (roku)
七なな (nana)
八はち (hachi)
九きゅう (kyuu)
十じゅう (juu)

Prep students this term also learnt the 11 one-stroke hiragana characters. Hiragana is one of the main scripts used in reading and writing Japanese.

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

Grade One

Grade One students have been working hard this term to practice the two-stroke hiragana characters. They have been revising over them using a number of strategies, including picture stories, games and songs.

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)

Grade Two

Grade Two students have also been working hard this term to practice hiragana characters. They have been revising over three and four-stroke hiragana, and have also been using picture stories, games and songs to remember them.

あ (a)、お (o)、か (ka)、け (ke)、さ (sa)、せ (se)、に (ni) 、は (ha) 、ま(ma)、む(mu) 、も(mo) 、や(ya) 、を(wo) 、き(ki)、た(ta) 、な(na)、ふ(fu) and ほ(ho)

Grade Three and Four

At the end of this term, Grade Three and Four students have been learning how to tell the time in Japanese. They have been revising over kanji numbers in Japanese to assist them with asking and answering questions about o’clock times.

何時ですか

Nan ji desu ka (What is the time?)

1 o’clock 一時 (ichi ji)

2 o’clock 二時 (ni ji)

3 o’clock 三時 (san ji)

4 o’clock 四時 (yo ji)

5 o’clock 五時 (go ji)

6 o’clock 六時 (roku ji)

7 o’clock 七時 (shichi ji)

8 o’clock 八時 (hachi ji)

9 o’clock 九時 (ku ji)

10 o’clock 十時 (juu ji)

11 o’clock 十一時 (juu ichi ji)

12 o’clock 十二時 (juu ni ji)

Until next term,

さようなら！ (sayounara!)

Brown Sensei