Grammar

Question 1

In a sentence, “watashi no sensei” where is the main noun?

Answer 1

the main noun is the last one (sensei)

Question 2

The の particle connects what 2 things?

Answer 2

の is a particle used to connect two (or more) nouns: (additional noun) の (main noun)

The main noun is something that we are describing, and the additional noun gives extra information about the main noun. The main noun is always last.

ちゅうごくじんのともだち / chuugokujin no tomodachi (Chinese friend)

Question 3

What particle do you use to describe people and things?

Answer 3

の connects nouns.

にほんのまんが / nihon no manga
(Japanese manga)📖

とうきょうのだいがくせい / toukyou no daigakusei
(university students in Tokyo)👩🏻‍🎓👨🏽‍🎓

Question 4

What particle do you use to say “in”?

Answer 4

no の

おおさかのおこのみやき / oosaka no okonomiyaki
(savoury pancake in Osaka) 🥚

ほっかいどうのラーメン / hokkaidou no ra-men
(ramen in Hokkaido) 🍜

しずおかのおちゃ / shizuoka no ocha
(tea (produced) in Shizuoka) 🍵

Question 5

We can use ___ to connect a place and a product from that place

Answer 5

の

Question 6

We can use ___ to talk about the company we work for

Answer 6

の

わたしはToyotaのかいしゃいんです。/ watashi wa toyota no kaishain desu.
(I’m a Toyota employee.)

Question 7

How does Hiragana and Katakana handle long sounds?

Answer 7

Hiragana: uses double vowels
Katakana: uses a dash –

Hiragana: おばあさん (obaasan) - Grandmother
Katakana: エーアイ (e-ai) - AI (Artificial Intelligence)
o-ei -> ooei

Question 8

Sometimes words written in Katakana get shortened from their original form (foreign origin). What’s the shortened version of orchestra?

Answer 8

オケ (oke) - orchestra

Question 9

How do you make long (doubled) consonants in Katakana? Is it the same as Hiragana? (2)

Answer 9

1. Same as Hiragana
2. Small “tsu”however use the Katakana tsu　ツ and Hiragana tsu　つ

タッチ
touch
taｃchi

Question 10

Similar to hiragana, which katakana can be combined with dakuten and handakuten?

Answer 10

katakana ハ (ha), ヒ (hi), フ (fu), ヘ (he) and ホ (ho) can be combined with the two short diagonal lines (dakuten) and a small circle (handakuten).

Question 11

Dakuten and handakuten changes the “h” sounds into what?

Answer 11

The short diagonal lines change the “h” sound into a “b” sound, while the small circle changes a “h” sound into the “p” sound.

Question 12

When do we use special katakana?

Answer 12

to express some sounds that don’t exist in Japanese (e.g foreign names)

Question 13

Can hiragana small letters (blended sounds) be combined with katakana?

Answer 13

Yes!

Question 14

What are the hiragana small letters? (blended sounds) (4)

Answer 14

っ,ゃ,ゅ and ょ

Question 15

What are the katakana small letters? (blended sounds) (5)

Answer 15

ァィゥェォ

Question 16

What letters can be small in katakana only?

Answer 16

ア, イ, ウ, エ, オ

(katakana vowels)

Question 17

How do you combine special katakana together?

Answer 17

you take the first letter of the normal katakana and add the ending of the small vowel

te + small i = ti
fu + small a = fa

Question 18

What’s a special rule for katakana ュ?

Answer 18

The small ュ can be used in combos not seen in hiragana (ゅ ex. きゅう)

such as テュ, デュ, and フュ

フューシャピンク (fuschsia pink)

Question 19

What can you use to represent a “v” sound in Japanese?

Answer 19

Normally, we substitute it with a “b” sound and use バ, ビ, ブ, ベ and ボ instead. But it is also possible to use ヴ to represent a “v” sound.

Ex)
violin
バイオリン
ヴァイオリン

Question 20

2 ways to say Victoria in Japanese?

Answer 20

ビクトリア
bikutoria

ヴィクトリア
vikutoria

Question 21

How do you type small letters？

Answer 21

Press “L” (not shift) and then the letter you want to type
Example:
if you want to type a small ィ , you type “L”, then “I”.

Question 22

To describe an object, we start the sentence with?

Answer 22

これ meaning “this” (kore)

Question 23

close to the speaker and far from the listener

Answer 23

これ
kore

Question 24

far from the speaker and close to the listener

Answer 24

それ
sore

Question 25

far from the speaker and listener

Answer 25

あれ / are

Question 26

A question sentence with なん “what” cannot be answered with…?

Answer 26

はい “yes”