Thank you for joining the first trial lesson! I’m really impressed —you did a great job and learned so quickly. You can already introduce yourself in Japanese now.
Here are some notes about what we did today.
hajimemashite --- How do you do? watashi wa __ desu --- I am [name]. __ jin desu --- I'm [nationality]. ____ desu.[occupation] yoroshiku onegai shimasu --- Nice to meet you.
I'm looking forward to seeing you again next week. Hope you have a lovely week!
にほんごのべんきょうおつかれさまでした。 Thank you for your hard work studying Japanese.
Today's lesson:
New verbs
うんどうします。 to exercise りょこうします。 to travel せんたくします。 to do the laundry ちゅうもんします。 to order きます。 to come いきます。to go うたいます。to sing かいます。 to buy まちます。 to wait はしります。to run つくります。to make はいります。to enter のります。 to get on/to ride はきます。 to put on ぬぎます。 to take off かきます。 to write あるきます。 to walk はなします。 to talk/to speak
particle
それは わたし の かさです。 That's my umbrella. じてんしゃ で がっこうへ いきます。 I go to school by bicycle. ははは りょうり が じょうずです。 My mother is good at cooking. きょうしつには だれ も いません。 There is no one in the classroom. りょうり の ほんを かいました。 I bought a cookbook. １０じ に あいましょう。 Let's meet at 10am.
げつようび から きんようび まで from Monday to Friday ９じ から ５じ まで from 9am to 5pm
かんじ kanji 漢字 Please practice these kanji in your notebook.
Thank you for joining the lesson. You practiced reading news headlines, including kanji, while looking at images from a news website. Today's kanji were “外国人 (foreigner),” “車 (car),” and “事故 (accident).” You told me about the things you bought at the supermarket before the lesson. For foods that are unfamiliar to Japanese people, such as “snickerdoodles cookies,” it is more helpful to explain them using other words, such as “a round, large cookie.”
Thank you for joining the lesson as always. It was great to see you! At the beginning of today's lesson, we chatted about whether the traffic in LA is heavier than usual because of the World Cup. You said it's not too bad, and that you've been watching the World Cup on TV. The U.S. and Mexico are really strong teams. We also chatted about how they beat Korea today.
In the lesson, we continued practicing the "nai‑form.” You used the phrase “Please don't drink beer near the police box," and you used "near” very naturally. It was an excellent phrase, and I really liked it.
You were able to catch the Japanese I spoke, and by speaking more, you will continue to improve. Please keep talking a lot. おつかれさまでした！ and see you tomorrow.
