Japanese - First lesson

After we've learned the hiragana to sit for the test for japanese lessons in the Faculty of human sciences (near to ENSIAS) we started the first lessons concerning the brother hiragana which is in the bottom left of the image. We add two points (ten ten) near the letter to obtain a new sound for example with か (ka)  it becomes が (ga) and so on. There is one exeption for は wich has two brothers ば (ba) and the second one ぱ (pa) we put a circle (maru) instead of two points. The sister hiragana ar going to be for the next lesson.

We have also learned many expressions of daily use like :

Some other expressions we've seen are :

おかげ さま です (okage sama desu) : praise be to god
にほん じん (nihon jin) : a japanese person
にほん ご (nihon go) :  japanese language
がくせい (gakusei) : student
だいがく (daigaku) : university
きもの (kimono) : traditional clothes

Some letters that have signification :

は (ha) : teeth  || て (te) : hands || め (me) : eyes || ち (chi) : blood || え (e) : picture

To ask questions :

Example :

1) お なまえ は ？(o namae wa ?) : what is your name ?

お : is a polite attachment. We put it in the begining of the sentence
は : is a particule that designs "other person". like "you" for example

Other examples :

2) お うち は ？(o uchi wa ?) : where do you live ?
3) お しごと は ？(o shigoto wa ?) : what is your job ?
4) お くに は ？(o kuni wa ?) : what is your country ?
(note : the last particule は (ha) si pronounced 'wa' )

Answers :

1) あたしは Yoshi です。
2) (うち は) Salé です。
3) (しごと は) がくせい です。
4) (くに は) Morocco です。あたし も Morocco じん です。
                                             atashi mo Moroccojin desu. (me too i'm moroccan)

Some more other words :

おなじです (onaji desu) : the same
おめでとう ございます (omedetou gozaimasu) : congratulations
せんせい (sensei) : teacher
(note: we don't pronounce "ou" we just lengthen the o like this "oo", the second read "ee" instead of "ei" )

おげんきですか ？(o genki desu ka ?) : how are you ?
--> はい、げんき です。(hai, genki desu.) : yes, i'm fine.
-->いいえ、びようき です。(iie, biyouki desu.) : no, i'm sick.

Here are some more things you should learn like numbers, time days...

            

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じゃね (jane) ^^!