L. 1 New Friends

1. L. 1 New Friends Grammar

2. Grammar Affirmative sentence X is Y.

3. Affirmative (I ) am Yuko Terao. (I) Am Japanese. (It) is five o’clock. (My major) is Japanese.

4. Affirmative Iam Yuko Terao. I am Japanese. Mr. Yamashita is a teacher. Mary is 19 years old. (My) major is Japanese.

5. Practice!

6. Practice!

7. Introduce yourself to class. • Hajimemashite. • Name desu. • _______-jin (Nationality) desu. • Ima ___-nensei (Year in school) desu. • ______-sai (age) desu. • Senmon wa _______ desu. • Doozo yoroshiku.

8. A wa B desu. (TB p. 24)

9. Asking Yes/NO Questions

10. Affirmative Statement

11. Question Marker -KA Is Toyota-san a college student?

12. Affirmative Answer Yes, Toyota-san is a college student. Yes, (she is) a college student. Yes, that’s right.

13. Negative Answer No, (she is) not a college student. No, (she is) a high school student. No, you are mistaken.

14. Practice!

15. Practice!

16. Survey your classmates to find out how many are in the same year as you and how many share your major. Use Kanji 正 for counting. E.g. A: ______-san wa ichi-nensei desu ka. B: Ee, soo desu. Iie, soo jaarimasen./Iie, soo janai desu. Ni-nensei desu. A: Senmon wa Nihongo desu ka. B: Ee, soo desu. Iie, soo jaarimasen./Iie, soo janai desu. Koogaku desu.

17. Answer the following questions. • E.g. Gakusei desuka. Ee, soo desu. • Gakkoo wa East LA daigaku desu ka. • Ichi-nensei desu ka. • Senmon wa nihongo desu ka. • Amerika-jin desu ka. • Sensei wa Nihon-jin desu ka. • Sensei wa daigakuin-sei desu ka.

18. Select a person you wish to be. Without telling your partner your new identity, have him/her try to guess who you are by asking questions.

19. A wa B desu ka.

20. N1 no N2

21. Noun 1 NO Noun 2 Bigger concept NO smaller concept Noun 1 modifies Noun 2 N2 belongs to N1  Can convey a variety of relationships between the two nouns

22. Watashi no tomodachi Toyota-san no senkoo Mary-san no sensei My friend Ms. Toyota’s major Mary’s teacher Possessions Owner’s name + NO + object

23. ELAC NO Terao-sensei ELAC NO gakusei Prof. Terao from ELAC Student(s) at ELAC Group Membership Where you belong + NO + person’s name

24. Tookyoo no daigaku Tookyoo no Honda-san Nihon no chizu Nihon no hon Nihon no kuruma Furansu no eiga College(s) in Tokyo Honda-san who lives in Tokyo, Honda-san from Tokyo A map of Japan A book about Japan Japanese cars French movies Location Location + NO + Object / people

25. “N 1 NO N2” in a sentence

26. “N 1 NO N2” in a sentence

27. Hata (flag)

28. Nationality “~jin NO gakusei”

29. Denwabangoo • Mearii 951-0326 • Takeshi 362-4519 • Suu 691-4236 • Robaato 852-1032 • Yamashita 283-9547

30. Mearii-san no hosutofamirii(TB p .26)

31. Practice!

32. Think of a friend. Tell a classmate your friend’s name, school and major using N1 NO N2. • Watashi no tomodachi wa _____-san desu. • _____-san no daigaku wa ______-daigaku desu. • _____-san no senmon wa _________desu.

33. 1. You meet a student from another school. Introduce yourself by identifying your school and using N1 NO N2. Hajimemashite. (Watashi wa) __________daigaku no _________ desu. 2. Introduce yourself by identifying your work place and using N1 NO N2.

34. You are the moderator of a panel discussion on environmental protection. Introduce the following experts using N1 NO N2.

35. Using WH question words

36. Question Word Nan (なん)

44. これは　なんですか。 Things Japanese

45. これは　なんですか。

46. これは　なんですか。

47. これは　なんですか。

48. これは　なんですか。

49. これは　なんですか。

50. これは　なんですか。