Beginner Lesson 1

JapanesePod101.com Learn Japanese with FREE Podcasts Absolute Beginner S1 Say Hello in Japanese No Matter the Time of Day 1 Kanji Kana Romanization English Vocabulary Grammar Points Cultural Insight 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 JapanesePod101.com .com Learn Japanese with FREE Podcasts Kanji [in the morning] A おはよう。 B おはようございます。 [during the day] A こんにちは。 B こんにちは。 [at night] A B こんばんは！ こんばんは。 Kana [in the morning] A おはよう。 B おはようございます。 [during the day] A こんにちは。 B こんにちは。 [at night] A B 2 こんばんは。 こんばんは。 Romanization [in the morning] A Ohayō.JapanesePod101. [during the day] A Kon'nichi wa. LC: ABS_S1L1_010311 © www.All Rights Reserved 2011-0 . B Ohayō gozaimasu. Konban wa.com Learn Japanese with FREE Podcasts B [at night] A B Kon'nichi wa.JapanesePod101. Konban wa. President Kikukawa. LC: ABS_S1L1_010311 © www.com . Masaru! Good morning. Nice to meet you. Hello. Konban wa Good evening Romaji Ohayō Vocabulary Sample Sentences まさる君、おはよう！ Masaru-kun. Hello.All Rights Reserved 2011-0 .JapanesePod101. 3 Vocabulary Kanji おはよう おはようございます こんにちは こんばんは Kana おはよう おはようございます こんにちは こんばんは English Good morning! (informal) Ohayō gozaimasu Good morning (formal) Kon'nichi wa. [during the day] A Hello! B Hello. ohayō! 菊川社長おはようござます。 Kikukawa-shachō ohayō gozaimasu. [at night] A B Good evening! Good evening. English [in the morning] A Morning! B Good morning. こんにちは。はじめまして。 Good morning. we will focus on the very basics of Japanese to give you a solid foundation to work with. Ohayō gozaimasu.All Rights Reserved 2011-0 .com ." "hi"/"hello. the greeting you use in Japanese will change depending on the time of day as well." and "good evening. Good evening! Grammar Points The Focus of This Lesson Is Greeting Someone in Japanese.JapanesePod101. In the morning: Japanese おはよう* おはようございます Romanization Ohayō* Ohayō gozaimasu "English" "Morning!"* "Good morning!" At any time (usually during the day): Japanese こんにちは Romanization Kon'nichi wa "English"  "Hi!" "Hello!" LC: ABS_S1L1_010311 © www.JapanesePod101." depending on the time of day. You'll learn Japanese through sentence patterns that are easy to grasp and to put together. we will lo at different greetings in Japanese. こんばんは! Konban wa.com Learn Japanese with FREE Podcasts Kon'nichiwa. In the first five lessons. such as "good morning. おはよ う ございます 。 "Good morning!" Welcome to Absolute Beginner Season 1! This series is geared toward those who have absolutely no background in Japanese and want to be able to speak Japanese without spending a lot of time studying grammar. Greeting Someone in Japanese (at Any Time of Day!) 4 Let's take a look at how to greet someone in Japanese. Just as there are multiple greetings in English. Hajimemashite. In this first lesson. Informal speech is casual speech you should use with close friends and family members and those who are the same age or younger than you. Hiragana and katakana are phonetic scripts (meaning each character represents one sound while kanji is a script that uses Chinese characters that have meanings. and family members you do not know well. Japanese Writing System The Japanese writing system is made up of three scripts: hiragana. katakana. this series mainly uses formal speech. Hiragana is the most basic of the scripts: it is the one Japanese children learn to read and LC: ABS_S1L1_010311 © www.   Cultural Insight Formal and Informal Speech One important thing to know about Japanese is that there are two distinct types of speech: formal speech and informal speech.com Learn Japanese with FREE Podcasts In the evening/at night: Japanese こんばんは Romanization Konbanwa "English" "Good evening!" * Note that ohayō is the casual version of the phrase ohayō gozaimasu and we should only . people older than you. use it with close family members or friends. and kanji. you shoul use the full phrase ohayō gozaimasu .com .JapanesePod101. which is safe to use with anyone. Because it can be rude to use informal speech in certain situations. With people you don't know very well.   5 You should use formal speech with strangers.All Rights Reserved 2011-0 .JapanesePod101. If you don't know hiragana or katakana yet and want to learn how to read and wr it.com/index. check out our Kantan Kana video series: http://www.com Learn Japanese with FREE Podcasts write first.com .All Rights Reserved 2011-0 .JapanesePod101.japanesepod101. the Japanese you see is written using hiragana. and technically we can write every Japanese word using hiragana.JapanesePod101. In the Lesson Notes for this Absolute Beginner series.php?cat=47&order=asc   6 LC: ABS_S1L1_010311 © www.