Particle: は (wa), denotes topic
Phrases:
- Xは日本語で言いますか (X wa Nihongo de iimasu ka), how do you say X in Japanese?
- ご苦労さま[でした] (gokurousama [deshita]), thank you for your trouble
Vocabulary:
- 全部 (zenbu), whole, altogether
- 昨日、今日、明日 (kinou, kyou, ashita), yesterday, today, tomorrow
- 違う, 同じ (chigau, onaji), to differ from, same
- 辞書, 新聞, 雑誌 (jisho, shinbun, zasshi), dictionary, newspaper, magazine
- 面白い, つまらない (omoshiroi, tsumaranai), interesting, dull
- 建物, 学校, 銀行 (tatemono, gakkou, ginkou), building, school, bank
- 考える (kangaeru), to consider
- 待つ (matsu), to wait
- 乗る (noru), to ride, board
- 会う (au), to meet
- 書く, 読む (kaku, yomu), to write, to read
- 死ぬ (shinu), to die
- 住む (sumu), to live, to inhabit
- 家 (uchi), house
- 帰る (kaeru), to return
- 今夜 (kon'ya), tonight
- 歩く (aruku), to walk
- 間 (aida), interval
Grammar:
| こ (ko-) | そ (so-) | あ (a-) | ど (do-) | |
| person | こちら (kochira) this person | そちら (sochira) that person | あちら (achira) that person over there | どなた (donata)/だれ (dare) who |
| object | これ (kore) this | それ (sore) that | あれ (are) that over there | どれ (dore)/どっち (dotchi) which (of more than two/of two) |
| place | ここ (koko) here | そこ (soko) there | あそこ (asoko) over there | どこ (doko) where |
| adjectives | この (kono) this (thing) | その (sono) that (thing) | あの (ano) that (thing) over there | どの (dono) which (thing) |
| こんな (konna) this kind of | そんな (sonna) that kind of | あんな (anna) that kind of | どんな (donna) which kind of | |
| direction | こちら (kochira) this way | そちら (sochira) that way | あちら (achira) over that way | どちら (dochira) which way |
| adverbs | こう (kou) this way | そう (sou) that way | ああ (aa) that way | どう (dou) what way |
| こんなに (konna ni) like this | そんなに (sonna ni) like that | あんなに (anna ni) like that | どんなに (donna ni) like what |
Kanji: First 200 by combined Freq/Stroke/常用 (jouyou/grade)
Audio: Intro through Lesson 2
