Lesson 1

LESSON 1

Vocabulary

わたし	I
わたしたち	we
あなた	You
あのひと。あのかた	That person, He, She
みあなさん	Ladies and gentlemen, all of you
～さん	Mr., Ms.
～ちゃん
～くん
～じん
せんせい
きょうし
がくせい
かいしゃいん
しゃいん
けんきゅうしゃ
エンジニア
びょういん
でんき
だれ（どなた）
～さい
なんさい（あいくつ）
はい
いいえ
しつれいですが
おなまえは？
はじめまして。
どうぞよろしく｛おねがいします。｝。
こちらは～さんです。
～からきました。

Nouns

1. Noun

This part of a speech refers to words that are used to name persons, things, animals, places, ideas, or events. Nouns are the simplest among the 8 parts of speech, which is why they are the first ones taught to students in primary school.

Examples:

• Tom Hanks is very versatile.
• The italicized noun refers to a name of a person.

• Dogs can be extremely cute.
• In this example, the italicized word is considered a noun because it names an animal.

• It is my birthday.
• The word “birthday” is a noun which refers to an event.

There are different types of nouns namely:

• Proper– proper nouns always start with a capital letter and refers to specific names of persons, places, or things.
• Examples: Volkswagen Beetle, Shakey’s Pizza, Game of Thrones

• Common– common nouns are the opposite of proper nouns. These are just generic names of persons, things, or places.
• Examples: car, pizza parlor, TV series

• Concrete– this kind refers to nouns which you can perceive through your five senses.
• Examples: folder, sand, board

• Abstract- unlike concrete nouns, abstract nouns are those which you can’t perceive through your five senses.
• Examples: happiness, grudge, bravery

• Count– it refers to anything that is countable, and has a singular and plural form.
• Examples:  kitten, video, ball

• Mass– this is the opposite of count nouns. Mass nouns are also called non-countable nouns, and they need to have “counters” to quantify them.
• Examples of Counters: kilo, cup, meter
• Examples of Mass Nouns: rice, flour, garter

• Collective– refers to a group of persons, animals, or things.
• Example: faculty (group of teachers), class (group of students), pride (group of lions)

This great list of nouns can help you explore more nouns.

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Grammar

English Lessons

1.    Partsof Speech

Ø  Nouns

Ø  Verbs

Ø  Adjectives

Ø  Adverbs

Ø  Prepositions

Ø  Conjunctions

Ø  Determiners

2.    Tenses

·         Present Simple

·         Present Simple Continuous

·         Present Perfect Simple

·         Present Perfect Simple Continuous

·         Past Simple

·         Past Simple Continuous

·         Past Perfect Simple

·         Past Perfect Continuous

·         Future Simple

·         Future Simple Continuous

·         Future Perfect Simple

·         Future Perfect continuous

3.    Clauses.

·         Dependence Clause (Sub Clause)

·         Independence Clause (Main Clause)

·         Noun Clause

·         Adjective Clause

·         Adverb Clause

4.    Phrases

·         Noun Phrases

·         Verb Phrases

·         Adjective Phrases

·         Adverb Phrases

·         Prepositional Phrases

Lesson 2

Katakana - カタカナ

There are some special Katakana characters that exist only for foreign names (such as シェ (she) or ティ (ti)). These special characters are not in the chart below (which contains only the standard set of Katakana characters) but can be seen in our Names in Japanese lesson. There are also the characters ヰ (wi) and ヱ (we) which were deemed obsolete in 1946.

ア  a イ  i ウ  u エ  e オ  o カ  ka キ  ki ク  ku ケ  ke コ  ko ガ  ga ギ  gi グ  gu ゲ  ge ゴ  go サ  sa シ  shi ス  su セ  se ソ  so ザ  za ジ  ji ズ  zu ゼ  ze ゾ  zo タ  ta チ  chi ツ  tsu テ  te ト  to ダ  da ヂ  ji ヅ  zu デ  de ド  do ナ  na ニ  ni ヌ  nu ネ  ne ノ  no ハ  ha ヒ  hi フ  fu ヘ  he ホ  ho バ  ba ビ  bi ブ  bu ベ  be ボ  bo パ  pa ピ  pi プ  pu ペ  pe ポ  po マ  ma ミ  mi ム  mu メ  me モ  mo ヤ  ya ユ  yu ヨ  yo ラ  ra リ  ri ル  ru レ  re ロ  ro ワ  wa ヲ  wo ン  n/m

Combinations キャ  kya キュ  kyu キョ  kyo ギャ  gya ギュ  gyu ギョ  gyo シャ  sha シュ  shu ショ  sho ジャ  ja ジュ  ju ジョ  jo チャ  cha チュ  chu チョ  cho ニャ  nya ニュ  nyu ニョ  nyo ヒャ  hya ヒュ  hyu ヒョ  hyo ビャ  bya ビュ  byu ビョ  byo ピャ  pya ピュ  pyu ピョ  pyo ミャ  mya ミュ  myu ミョ  myo リャ  rya リュ  ryu リョ  ryo