Japanese Lessons – March 3 2009

Yesterday’s lesson is an interesting one.

We were showed several videos that are sooooo funny & cool. Truly a good way for us to learn Japanese. Here they are:

• Video 1 (Mary Had a Little Lamb) – This is a cute one! Very catchy and easy to memorize

• Video 2 (Learn Japanese Numbers 1-20) – Hip Hop! We were really laughing so hard while trying to sing with it!

Next, we were shown how to write in Kanji. Kanji is about chinese characters used in Japan for writing. Since I’m chinese, this is pretty easy for me. We were given handouts to help us practice in writing those words in the right order.

Here are the pronounciations:

• 1 (Ichi)
• 2 (Ni)
• 3 (San)
• 4 (Shi/Yon)
• 5 (Go)
• 6 (Roku)
• 7 (Shichi/Nana)
• 8 (Hachi)
• 9 (Ku/Kyu)
• 10 (Jyu)
• 11 (Jyu Ichi)
• 12 (Jyu Ni)
• 13 (Jyu San)
• 14 (Jyu Yon)
• 15 (Jyu Go)
• 16 (Jyu Roku)
• 17 (Jyu Nana)
• 18 (Jyu Hachi)
• 19 (Jyu Kyu)
• 20 (Ni Jyu)
• 100 (Hyaku)
• 200 (Nihyaku)
• 300 (Sanbyaku)
• 400 (Yonhyaku)
• 500 (Gohyaku)
• 600 (Roppyaku)
• 700 (Nanahyaku)
• 800 (Happyaku)
• 900 (Kyuhyaku)
• 1000 (Sen)

Lastly, we learned about Hiragana Vowels.

Information overload but this is really a fun class and I’m sure. All of us we’ll be able to at least remember several Japanese words. I’m really glad I enrolled here.