I understand._______________________________________________
8. No, that’s wrong.
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9. please repeat
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10. May I go to the bathroom?
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11. please be quiet
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12. May I get a drink?
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13. Please listen
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三 You want to borrow several things from your Japanese friend. Ask each phrase in Japanese. Use hiragana and remember to use the honorific お prefix when appropriate.
14. Please loan me the soy sauce.
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15. Please loan me a pencil.
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16. Please loan me some chopsticks.
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17. Please loan me an egg.
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18. Good job!
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四 Write the kanji, then the hiragana or romaji pronunciation for the word.
19. I/me
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20. Japan
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21. mother
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22. father
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23. healthy, energetic
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24. Japanese person
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25. (to) rest
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五 Below is a short e-mail from a student, Satoshi. First, try to read the entire message. You may not understand every word, but do your best to comprehend the general idea. On the lines on the following page, write out as much of the message in hiragana as you can. For the underlined words, use kanji. Answer the questions at the end, in English.
KONNICHIwa。OGENKI DESUka. WATASHIwa TAKEDA SATOSHI DESU。 CHICHIto HAHAto TOUKYOUni SUNDEIMASU。 WATASHIwa NIHONJIN DESU。WATASHIno EIGOno SENSEIno NAMAEwa SUZUKI SENSEI DESU。SUZUKI SENSEIwa TOTEMO II SENSEI DESU。DEMO, SHUKUDAIo TAKUSAN DASHIMASU。IMAwa MOU GOZEN JUUNI JI DESU。OSOI DESU。OYASUMINASAI。
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26. What is Satoshi about to do?
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27. What does Mrs. Suzuki teach?
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| BEGINNING JAPANESE WORKBOOK | 1-6 Listening Practice |
| 名前： | 日付： 月 日 |
Choose the letter for the English that matches the spoken Japanese.
| 1. _____ | a. Please wait a moment. |
| 2. _____ | b. Please say it one more time. |
| 3. _____ | c. Please be quiet. |
| 4. _____ | d. Please say it in English. |
| e. Slowly please. |
| 5. _____ | a. May I drink water? |
| 6. _____ | b. You did well. |
| 7. _____ | c. How do you say it in Japanese? |
| 8. _____ | d. May I go to the restroom? |
| e. May I go to my locker? |
| 9. _____ | a. Please loan me a pen. |
| 10. _____ | b. Yes, that’s right. |
| 11. _____ | c. No, that’s not right. |
| 12. _____ | d. Sit down. |
| e. Stand up. |
| BEGINNING JAPANESE WORKBOOK | 2-1 Activities |
| 名前： | 日付： 月 日 |
一 Practice the kanji below, tracing the first stroke in the first box, the first and second in the second box, etc. Fill in the other boxes with the complete kanji.
二 Write the following in Japanese.
1. How do you do? _____________________
2. Japanese language _____________________
3. teacher _____________________
4. I, me _____________________
三 Assume that the family pictured here is your own family as you answer the questions below. Use as much hiragana and kanji as you can. Also try copying the names in katakana, noticing the differences in form and angularity as you do.
Note:~さいis the counter for age (___ years old).
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