Thank you for today’s lesson! I had a lot of fun talking with you. Your Japanese is getting better so fast, and I’m really surprised. I think you’ll be speaking very smoothly when you visit Japan next year!
Today's words
春 夏 秋 冬 四季 ( haru natu aki huyu siki) spring, summer, autumn (fall), winter, the four seasons 二日間(hutuka kan) two days 三日間 ( mikka kan) three days 四日間( yokka kan) four days 五日間(ituka kan) five days 一週間 ( issyuu kan) one week 1月 January (iti gatu) 2月 February(ni gatu) 3月 March(san gatu) 4月 April(si gatu) 5月 May(go gatu) 6月 June(roku gatu) 7月 July(siti gatu) 8月 August(hati gatu) 9月 September(ku gatu) 10月 October(zyuu gatu) 11月 November(zyuu iti gatu) 12月 December(zyuu ni gatu) 12月19日から1月4日まで(zyuuni gatu kara iti gatu yokka made) from December 19 to January 4
お正月(o syougatu) New Year’s (the New Year holiday/season) お正月休み(osyougatu yasumi) New Year’s holidays 春休み(haru yasumi) spring break 夏休み(natu yasumi) summer vacation / summer break 冬休み(huyu yasumi) winter vacation / winter break 駅は遠いです。(eki wa tooi desu) The station is far. 駅は近いです。(eki wa tikai desu) The station is close. アメリカと日本は遠いです。(amerika to nihon wa tooi desu) The U.S. and Japan are far apart. 幼稚園(youtien) kindergarten 来年から幼稚園に行きます。(rainen kara youtien ni ikimasu) She will start going to kindergarten next year. 来年の冬(rainen no huyu) next winter 危険です。(kiken desu) It’s dangerous. 科学者(kagakusya) scientist 免疫(meneki) immunity 細胞(saibou) cell 研究(kenkyuu) research 仕事(shigoto) work / job 免疫細胞の研究をしています。(meneki waibou no kenkyuu wo site imasu) I am doing research on immune cells. 柿 (kaki) persimmon このレストランのおすすめは何ですか？(kono resutoran no osusume wa nan desuka?) What do you recommend at this restaurant? おすすめ(osusume) recommendation / recommended dish 本当？(hontou?) Really? もちろん(motiron) Of course. ありえない(arienai) Impossible. / No way. びっくりしました。(bikkuri simasita) I was surprised.
Thank you for coming to the lesson. We learned the grammar pattern “~てもいいですか” for asking permission. We also practiced how to respond to permission requests, such as “Yes, that’s fine” and “No, you can’t.”
You did a great job in your second 45-minute lesson! Learning many hiragana and numbers can be challenging, but let’s keep practicing them together in our lessons. You’re doing really well! I love your smile. Let’s keep doing our best together.
★Today’ｓ lesson
Hiragana たちつてと なにぬねの Number １０〜９０ Text lesson 1
★Next lesson
12/18
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