The Self_teacher of Japan language. Lesson 1.

The FIRST STEPS

Lesson 1

Translated from Russian by Tanya Nefyodova

WATAKUSHI (I), WATASHI (I), ANATA (you), HITO (person), SENSEI (teacher), GAKUSEI (student), NEKO (cat), HON (a book), EMPITSU (pencil), KURUMA (car), IE (house), AKAI (red), KUROI (black), TAIHEN (very), II (good).

Task

Learn the words by heart

Pay particular attention to the comments below

WATAKUSHI * "U" in between 'K' & 'SH' will be reduced (weak) whereas 'SHI' will be pronounced with a bit of hissing.
WATASHI * Colloquial of 'watakushi.'
HITO * 'I' will be reduced. Actual pronunciation is 'H'TO' (soft [h]).
SENSEI * Can be pronounced as SENSEI, but more often as SENSE: ('E:' stands for long [e]).
GAKUSEI * Actual pronunciation is GAK'SEI or GAK'SE:.
NEKO * A cat or cats, it depends on the context.
EMPITSU * in fact, EMPTS (weak vowels!).
KURUMA * Originally, its main meaning was TROLLEY, CART.
(Try not to round your lips when saying [u]!)
IE * There are a number of synonyms for 'HOUSE, HOME' with their own usages.
II * A very tricky word: it is always tending to turn into its more frequent synonym YOI.

Task 2

Complete the crosswords

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Down:

You
Black
A man
Cat

Across:

I
A book
Red

Down:

Red
A teacher
A pencil

Across:

A strudent
Very, awfully
Good
Car

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