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Newbie Lesson S1
Keep on Counting in Japanese!

Formal Kanji
Formal Kana
Formal Romanization
English
Vocabulary
Grammar Points

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4
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Listen to the full conversation.

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Kana

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Formal Romanization

Sensei
Minasan, kokuban o mite kudasai.
Kiyoshi, Tomoko Hai~.
Sensei
Kiyoshi-san, hachi tasu go wa?




Kiyoshi
j







 






 

Sensei
Hai, s



Tomoko
J
Sensei
U~n, chigaimasu. Kiyoshi-san.




Kiyoshi
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Sensei
S
wa?
 


Tomoko
U~nto..... ni





Sensei
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Kiyoshi
Hai! hai! hai!
Sensei
Hai Kiyoshi-san.



Kiyoshi
J
Sensei
Yoku dekimashita. Tomoko-san mo ganbatte kudasai ne.

English
Teacher
Kiyoshi &
Tomoko
Teacher
Kiyoshi
Teacher
Kiyoshi
Tomoko
Teacher
Kiyoshi
Teacher
Tomoko

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Everyone, please look at the blackboard.

Okay.
Kiyoshi, what is 8 plus 5?
13.
Yes, that's right.
Next is Tomoko. What is 7 plus 4?
15.
Um, that's incorrect. Kiyoshi.
11.
That's right. Good job. Okay, Tomoko, what is 9 plus 1?
Let me see... 20.

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Teacher
Kiyoshi
Teacher
Kiyoshi
Teacher

......um, not quite.

Ooh ooh ooh!
Yes, Kiyoshi.


It 

Well done. Tomoko, you too keep at it, okay.

Kanji

Vocabulary



  
  

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Romaji
kokuban
miru
Mite kudasai.
tasu
Chigaimasu

Yoku dekimashita
Ganbatte kudasai

English
blackboard
to see, to watch, to
look ; V2
Please look.
plus
Incorrect
um, well
Well done.
Do your best.

Vocabulary Sample Sentences

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It's hard to see the words on the

Shiryoku ga sagatte kokuban no ji ga mie blackboard because my eye sight has
nikui.
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I saw Mt. Fuji from the train.
Densha no naka kara fujisan o mimashita.

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Grammar Points
Today's lesson covers counting numbers eleven through twenty. Counting from eleven
through nineteen is achieved by simply following the Japanese word for ten, j ,
with a Japanese number one through nine. For example, to get the number eleven, j
ichi, simply follow the Japanese word for ten, j , with the Japanese word for one,
ichi. When counting tens, the number for the number of tens precedes ten. In the
case of twenty, the Japanese word for two, ni, precedes the Japanese word for ten,
j , resulting in ni j . Please note that the Japanese counting system uses

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counters, words or syllables placed after a number. Counters are determined by the
object being counted, and these will be examined further in later lessons.
kanji
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20














kana

#K
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#. 0 # H 
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#.K
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# G  #
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

romaji
j 
j
 
j



j








j
 
j

j
 

  





j

  
j  






ni j

Mo is a particle used to indicate that something that has previously been stated
also holds true for the item currently under discussion. It corresponds with the
English word "also" or "too", and replaces ga, wa or o when used.

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Tomoko-san mo ganbatte kudasai ne.
Tomoko, you too keep at it, okay.

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