vocabulary Vocabulary Summary 2
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1  Additional Classroom Instructions  

 

よんで ください。 Please read it.
かいて ください。 Please write it.
しゅくだいをだしてください。 Please submit your homework.
ひらがな hiragana
かたかな katakana
かんじ kanji
ローマじ romanized Japanese

 

2  Punctuation Marks  

 

    On the English keyboard, type:
[Japanese comma pronounced as てん] English comma (,)
[Japanese period pronounced as まる] English period (.)
「 」 [Japanese quotation marks pronounced as かぎかっこ] English square brackets ([ ])
[double vowel symbol for katakana: e.g., アー /aa/] English hyphen (-)

 

3  Nouns  

 

たなか Tanaka [family name]
けいこ Keiko [women's first name]
たなかさん Mr. Tanaka or Ms. Tanaka
せんせい teacher; title attached to names [Prof.]
4  Others  

 

さん a title attached to names [Mr., Ms.]
です to be [polite copula; Xです: (Someone/Something) is X]
[question marker]
はい Yes; Also "Here you go."
ええ Yes
いいえ No