Thank you for coming to the lesson again today. Today we studied the hiragana characters "gya, gyu, gyo". That concludes our hiragana reading lessons! Great job!
You could also read signs written in Japanese hiragana. とまれ＝Stop! ゆっくり＝Slow あぶない/きけん＝Dangerous You could identify dangerous places.
のります=To ride おきます=to place うります=to sell ばしょ＝Place
のります＋ばしょ＝のりば Now you know where to catch buses and taxis.
おきます＋ばしょ＝おきば This will show you where to park your bicycles and umbrellas.
うります＋ばしょ＝うりば This will show you where the ticket and merchandise booths are located.
I completed Landon's workbook. You've studied hiragana very well. You can leave the URL as is and continue studying on your own.
New words. わたしは げつようびから きんようびまで はたらきます。 I work from Monday to Friday. しゅうまつ weekend. だれと いきますか。Who are you going with? ともだちと いきます。 I'm going with a friend.
1. Existence: Expressing "There is / There are" In Japanese, the verb for "to exist" or "to be" changes depending on whether the subject is animate (living things like people and animals) or inanimate (objects, plants, and places).
🌟 Living Things (People & Animals) -> います (IMASU) Positive: 〜が います (There is / There are...)
Negative: 〜は いません / だれも いません (Nobody is here)
Examples from the worksheet:
ジェーンさんが います。(Jeen-san ga imasu.) -> Jane is here.
だれも いません。(Dare mo imasen.) -> With no one around / Nobody is here.
📦 Non-living Things (Objects) -> あります (ARIMASU) Positive: 〜が あります (There is / There are...)
Negative: なにも ありません (Nani mo arimasen.) -> There is nothing.
Examples from the worksheet:
つくえが あります。(Tsukue ga arimasu.) -> There is a desk.
2. Listing Multiple Objects: と vs. や vs. も When you want to list items in a hallway (ろうか / rouka), the particle you choose changes the nuance completely.
🔴 と (to) -> "and" (Exhaustive list) Use this when you are mentioning every single thing that is there.
Example: つくえと しょうかきと バケツが あります。
Meaning: There is a desk, a fire extinguisher, and a bucket (and that's all).
🔴 や (ya) -> "and so on" (Non-exhaustive list) Use this when you are just giving a few examples, implying there are other things around too.
Example: つくえや はこが あります。
Meaning: There are desks and boxes (among other things / and so on).
🔴 も (mo) -> "also" / "too" Use this to add another item to the context.
Example: はこも あります。
Meaning: There is also a box.
💡 Vocabulary Note:
つくえ (tsukue) = desk
はこ (hako) = box
バケツ (baketsu) = bucket
しょうかき (shookaki) = fire extinguisher
3. Describing Locations: "Where" something is To say where an object or animal is located, use this foundational sentence pattern:
