HIRAGANA,KATAKANA AND ROMAII ‘The kana to the left are hiragana ; katakana are in brackets, Basic Syllables: Vowel, Consonant plus vowel and n Naam] ivm] «sm | exw | osm kK] amon | ka @ | ws | ce | woe st wso | wre] ar@] erm | oem tf ae] ais @| mom] etm | we afmazo| ik | mac] eam | wo) nlm ao] wow] wa] eA | to GH m[ me €@) | mi &) | mW] mee) | mob y | & oh) wd @ we) rlas@| acom] nao] enn | oso w| bo ot af] Ae Modified Syllables: Consonant plus basic vowel sleaon [ae @ [acm] eto [we zlaem | item] at@[xt@ | wen dla eM | ise) | oI | ee [wew bl moo | ae | wR | ex | bole oR ple too | pee | mRO| eR | we Modified Syllables: Consonant plus ya, yu, yo ka 26 Gy) | bu So Ga) | bo &% Fa sha Le Gy) | su bw a) | sto Le Wad cha 54 (Fe) | chu So Ga) | cho Sx Fad na te Cr) | ow kw Ga) | mo ke Ga) ya Be (Ev) | byw Ow (Ea) | Wyo Bx (Ea mya Ae (34) | myw Be nyo Bx (3a) ma 9e Ox) | nu De Oa) | no De Ya) en ey) | ow %o Ca) | po Fe Fa) ja te x) |_ ju bw a) |e Ue ad ba Ge Ey) | bm Bw a) | bo Ue (ad pa Ge (Ex) | pw Ow (a) | yo Oe (Had Double Consonants ik rps, ee 2)CONTENTS 1. Introduction 4-7 2, Culture Notes 8-12 3, Basic Verbs 13-14 4, General Handy Expressions 15-16 Ess eg Racin hag ese hat yous chp tein ‘grange 5. Useful Expressions for the Homestay 17-19 fenchatane Tova a eso fer yr oer Hes 6. SOS Expressions 20-23 Feetg Feng 20S Ener 7. Greetings 24-27 8. My Family 28-32 9. My Hobbies 33-37 10, My School 38-44 AL, My Town 45-48 12, Table Japanese 49-53 13, Extension Materials cee ih yor oe fy a 14, Nihongo Scrapbook (Diary) 59-64 15, Finding Japan in Britain (Competition) 65-66 ‘This Language Pack hes been written to assist students participating in Hemestay UK, a \weskend Homestay pregranime for yourg learners of Japanese with UK based Japanese {miles The progrerme i Jointly un bythe Japan Feundation Nihongo Centre oe the “Topon Festival Education Tust (FET) and is generously sponsored by the Daiwa Anglo: “Toponese Foundation Tris @ core education project of Fopan 2001, Written by: Nook’ Kita, Yuka Yokozawe Sally Lewis “Topon Foundation Nitonge Centre, January 2001 Thstrations Maki Kits Editing: Kazako Sato, Heil Potter TFET Designed and Pinte by Dragon Medi, London, dragonmasten@dragenmedia arg1.Introduction Aims of Homestay UK Homestay UK gives you as a learner of Japanese the chance to use and practise your Japanese ina real context by staying with a Topanese family living in the UK.T¥'s a chance to discover Sapan without boarding a plan. A Pack for you! “This Pack hos been written especially to help you prepare for spending o weekend with a Japanese family on Homestay UK. Tt aims te help make the weekend more enjoyable by supplying you with some key language, vocabulary nd phrases in advance, If you can master some of these before going, it wll cease communication with your Japanese partner and hosts during the weekend, How to use this Pack Designed for you to dip in and out of, both before and during your Homestay weekend, this pack is rot meant to be a textbook and yotire not expected to plough through all the chapters systematicelly. ‘Think of it more as a self-study or reference tool ‘That puts you in control of how much you learn. Getting Started Tf it looks lke there's too much to digest here, dont panic! This guide has to cater for pupils with a wide range of experience so be realistic, learn what you can and don't worry about remembering everything {Hs a good idea to start with material you already know or are familiar with - ‘this could be verbs, "“Hndy Expression’ ora topic youve already covered with your teacher such as 'My Family’. Once you feel confident with that, move nto new material to sult your level. Remember, you dort have to tackle everything in order. = ypod sus 28n 04 woH- vo.onpossut ‘The earlier you are able to start preparing before your Homestay weekend, the better. If you can, set aside alittle time every day to practise and youll soon be able to use the phrases and vacabulary ‘more naturally. Why not team up with a friend who also learns ‘Tapanese and practise some of the dialogues together? Alternatively, ‘ry out some of your new phrases on your teacher of Japanese. skWorking out what's essential Unless youve spent several years learning Japanese, you're likely to find some of the content in this pack challenging Don't be discouraged by this. Youll find certain parts highlighted in pink ‘throughout the pack. These are the most important and useful bits for you to concentrate on and it's OK to limit yourself to these. Even if you're a beginner or have only recently started Japanese, if you con master the pink phrases, it will help you on your visit How the content is organised “The emphasis of most ofthe langage material in this pak is on survival Japanese in the context of a short Homestay. Youll netce tht most of the chapters follow a similar patter introducing basic expressions, or situational dialogues and concluding with vocabulary list for you to refer to ‘You will also see that some words are underlined in the dilegues or phrases, This means that you should practise substituting the Underlined part with different words to match your situation. ‘The vacabulary lists will help you. Eg, London ni sunde imasu' should obviously be changed to ‘Manchester ni sunde imasu’ if you live in Manchester. A © Chapter 2, Culture Notes ‘Make sure you read these notes before your weekend. They include some essential background information to help prepare you culturally for your stay. Tt will help you understand why some customs, behaviour and attitudes are different and help you avoid some of the mare ebvious faux as, © Chapter 3, Basic Verbs Chapter 3 contains the 32 verbs you are most likely to need for everyday life. They come with illustrations to help you refer to them quicky. © Chapters 4-7 focus on useful set phrases, greetings and SOS expressions. These should ‘ome in handy during your Homestay, so try to learn as many as you cen. © Chapters 8 - 11 = aroha =. KESYbYE URt “2h FRADE Let ‘ie stimaci NATE UBF PETE LAT ‘arate o shires it@ Expressing feelings / Reacting to things BROLUTH/ROLPDK (TH). ance oesu) tosh ou)! = BOLAWITH /BSLAMIK(TH). ‘emoshiol(desl!—_omchirckata (su)! SB BMLUCTH 7 BMLOK (CH. tae (Sos) oka (os) a DEBRL (CH) / DRO RPOK (TH), teuarana (su! BEALS SHLO(TH, hon lures (sn! eure (4)! @ Conversation fillers BLEDRACTH, yedan desl BLESEATL ED. ‘an dhs? m5z(eh). so (aes wOeTL ED. eo esto ? mEAESCCH « eo (a) MEALS COT). en (a kay? Oa 4.General Handy Expressions Wis / was good fun! is/was interesting! This / was funny! tis was boring! 1m really glad / happy. 4 tsa joke! Tm joking, g You're joking, arent you? a & You're kidding! a cant be true Surety that's not true, sith You're kidding, aren't you? Really! Really?@ Describing what you see C4) atcn (ty, Sy. wowicreatt ‘ug es! aanncey), es beautiful woos a mpon (eH). Ws cute! Its lovely! eae) a Shee (CH), Wsdiety! ‘na es @ Catching people's attention AT (SEED. Look! ‘mt nat = apt Kea0). a tie gsona = seouT KRSM). be careful Witte ant 7 @ ®© Cheering people up = E5LELEM/ESLEO, =A meat sn Whats wrong? 8 Eavesx CoM. dav dos? ‘Are you alright? = MAMoT (K&D), enti Good tuck! Come ont ® Agreeing / disagreeing = ROU KS RCT. tim fine Thats ine cou des Ws0K, a 2985. Yeah, Yeah oo. “hats ght, that’ ight. sect, That rg = beet. No! natant {as tiferet to what youve stanly No. I's no good.the Homestay @ Asking Permission BLyI-e BUTE LOTT. aha otter dea, EBSA WhoTH LOTT. ‘fr tomo des a, BLADE DoT LOTTO, tka # des BLONH-& WoT WETTD. a LOALE MOTH VVTTD, @® Making Requests a TARUA, BIVBE Vo T © grander ee =‘Occupations bee Lyys? mou Le DhER ex9U ELVA DABS DABS ESL rank conbA, Som Pe—FUAh Low FIT Thnk, HEEL ies mob NADINTAL® Ole USL ATL ena ash tango os niin ene enc gy kta rerio shuts eran tenia snk gh vay proto seu no unten ‘bongoshi doctor cengincer ‘accountant singer teacher bank clerk architect builder ‘Ana iw factory worker civil servant writer journalist housewife designer shop assistant electrician actor pilot bus driver secretary hairdresser lawyer aPlaces of work pole Mors SAcS wesole E5UE5 Leste Lastiocs UaseS le AoKs WATS DdUKS BrSvA, at ESBAK Laboy Pets nko ao shiyalusho sh ako sanaeho pa sigh ychion oko nay oko office / company’ school bank police station factory town hall primary school fire station supermarket university aera hospital shop kindergarten restaurant dog budgie rabbit horse tortoise sgoldtish hamster guinea pigBasic Expressions = DELO Lowit ton—ey, ‘ash no shui sa dou, m DELO Losi tyn—e Tecect a bELIE BAMSH ETH, watash wa ange ga suk dos, mbELIG BAMCE Bom TACT waa engi o Uno ga suk de BDELIL KBAD AM 22540 BDET. atash wa nhon 9 eiga ni hye ga armas Basic Situational Dialogues A Lait ATID. ‘shun wa nan desu 8 Popa eH sal osu AkS LT B Lesk shone sh san kal gra shims Let. AWD LET B Lede Lat. My hobby is football My hobby is playing football Tike ruse, like to listen to music {'m interested in Japanese Seager AW ‘What's your hobby? (My hobby is) football Do you often play Football)? [play around three times a week. When do you play? I play at the weekend,Exot Late, oho be strana, BMD COAT LRT. < tehatav 5 bath. an en ur hao shite nas ka. SBASED UCHR. ‘ge nen guacho nas i Eats BAMSH FETT, fon ongak ga suk des a, Dy ah FST, rol 9 ut en, ht pLow TETID, ZKdM wbiKA Tact. iuadonnagaichtan sides KEA® BANSE SVRCEM HORT hon no engaki Kita koto gs armas he, b0RF, a arias, LA, BORA. KAD SRE LoTHETH, ke, LotHat, Dea, LOREA, ‘Where do you play? [play inthe park nearby. How many years have you been playing football? ‘'ve been playing football for about 5 years. What kind of musie do you like? ike rock, Which singer do you like best? ike Madonna best, Have you ever heard any Japanese music? Yes (Ihave), No (Ihaven'o, Do you know any Japanese songs? Yes, Ido (know). No, I don't (know). ‘Lesko Lob REE Leth, hls wa uno nano shia a yb wa cial no in de tomes 0 ESe5oR ROTH ‘ey wa tte eh ay bet, BALYID LwdkD Eb DeELEM, sone no shat doko ¢ Hiss a, HO, DEE ekUE ER ETH LOLHORTTA, FEU DIEU. otro anoehikata des g, shoo Wea, ELAS WERTATL Laden mk RORWTID, sha nan nants des RE, DOD EA, Imac areas, What do you normally do at weekends? [play football with my frends in a park nearby on Saturdays {Tm usually at home on Sundays. Did you go anywhere last weekend? ‘Yes, I went to Manchester with my amily. enjoyed it very much, even though iwasa bit ring. No, I didnt go anywhere What do you want to bein the future? | want to bea photographer. don't know yet. seiggor A Paik