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200825, Tuesday
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Homework: Start telling myself the time in Japanese. Solidify knowlege of kana.
Fully absord Genki chapter 1.
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百 ("ひゃく") = 100
いま now
なん/なに what
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じ o'clock
４じ よじ
７じ しちじ, though train conductors will say ににじ, since いちじ sounds similar to しちじ。
９じ くじ
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５ ふん
１０ぷん
30ぷん = はん
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Don't move mouth too much. Not i-chi-ji, ichiji.
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Japanese always goes from big idea to small idea, so telling time is am/pm, hour, minute, second.
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Japanese write kanji numerals when writing vertically, and Arabic numerals when writing horizontally. (An exception is receipts which are written with kanji numbers horizontally since they are difficult to forge.)
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すうじ means written number, where じ in this instance stands for written character, as in かんじ for written Han character.
ばんごう is for spoken numbers, and ... ばん is for a list of numbers, such as first (いちばん) second (にばん), etc.
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Hyphens always use the の character. Not only in phone numbers, but also in zip codes, etc.,
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ね？よ！
ですね is used when the asker is looking for confirmation, such as don't you agree?
A typical answer is: はい、そうです。
However, in instances where the person is wrong (lunch is at 1:00, ですね, when it's really at 2:00), one can respond with よ, whih functions as remember or pay attention.
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だいがく の でんわばんごう は なん ですか。
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人 じん
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200816, Friday
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Format for basic sentences = subject, (time), (place), object, verb.
Verb always comes at end.
(In creative writing, such as poetry, this can change.)
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は= topic marker particle.
を= object marker particle.
に = time particle.
で = place particle.
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No spaces between words in にほんご。Particles serve to differentiate betweem words. (Note, when speaking, never breathe and create a gap between the word and the particle. Always breathe after the particle.)
Only two punctuation marks in 日本語：。and 、.
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Avoid use of あなた。Use person's name instead.
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Only two tenses, past and present.
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Use か for questions, unless when texting, in which case the question can be shortened and a ? used.
The rule is that if you're comfortable using an emoji with the person, it's okay to use a question mark.
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verbます。
noun/adjectiveです。
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Homework:
Focus on ひたがな.
Learn numbers 1-100.
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ジェイミー
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