Today was our first lesson of the year. We studied many things, like hiragana and numbers. You may be tired. Let’s practice together and remember them step by step each lesson.
Thank you for coming to the lesson. You talked about your New Year’s resolutions. We also practiced making responses that match the useful phrase “sono toori desu” (“That’s right / Exactly”).
Hello Garrett san, Thank you for taking a class with me. Happy New Year! We practices verb and make some sentences using it. Let's learn it more next time. See you next week. Have a great rest of the day. Ayako
Thank you very much for today. We have finished all of the hiragana. Great job, and well done for your hard work. From now on, let’s gradually practice reading so that you can read and use them naturally.
We talked about Coming of Age Day. In Japan, there is a tradition of celebrating the coming-of-age ceremony by wearing kimono.
For grammar, we studied “~no~,” which is used to talk about ownership (whose something is). I hope you’ll have many chances to use it.
Thank you very much for today’s lesson! We reviewed what you have studied so far, and you remembered it very well! Thank you for telling me about Samurai Champloo. I really enjoyed watching it. The music was wonderful too. Let’s do our best together in our lessons again from next week. I’m looking forward to our next lesson!
Below are the words that came up in today’s lesson.
・あけましておめでとうございます / akemashite omedetō gozaimasu / Happy New Year ・たんじょうび / tanjōbi / birthday ・たんじょうびおめでとうございます / tanjōbi omedetō gozaimasu / Happy Birthday ・ひさしぶりです / hisashiburi desu / Long time no see ・わかります / wakarimasu / I understand ・わかりました / wakarimashita / I understood / I understand now ・ノート / nōto / notebook ・メモをとります / memo wo torimasu / I take notes ・メモをとりました / memo wo torimashita / I took notes ・びっくりしました / bikkuri shimashita / I was surprised ・おんがく / ongaku / music ・あさ / asa / morning ・きらいです / kirai desu / I don’t like (it) ・だいきらいです / daikirai desu / I really don’t like it / I hate it When you change “kirai desu” to “daikirai desu,” it becomes closer to the meaning of “hate” in English. ・かえる / kaeru / frog ・へび / hebi / snake ・へびがきらいです / hebi ga kirai desu / I don’t like snakes ・これ / kore / this(near speaker) ・それ / sore / it (near listener) ・あれ / are / that (over there)
ありがとうございます arigatou gozaimasu = Thank you. / Thank you very much. Used for something happening now or a general thank you. ありがとうございました arigatou gozaimasita = Thank you very much. (for what you did) Used after something is finished.
