Section 1 - Unit 4: Order food and drink

Question 1

What does using は after a word do to that word?

Answer 1

It makes it the topic of the sentence. The rest of the sentence is a comment about it.
カレーはおいしいです。[karee wa oishii desu] - Curry is tasty

Question 2

The hiragana は is only pronounced as ‘wa’ when it was what? What is it otherwise pronounced as?

Answer 2

When it is the topic marker. It is otherwise pronounced as ‘ha’.

Question 3

What is katakana mainly used for?

Answer 3

Katakana is mainly used for words borrowed from other languages.

Question 4

What does each character represent in katakana?

Answer 4

Each character represents a syllable (a sound chunk that contains one vowel).

Question 5

What does putting か [ka] at the send of a sentence do?

Answer 5

It turns a statement into a question. Note that a period is still used to finish the sentence.
おいしいですか。[oishii desu ka] - Is it tasty?

Question 6

これはxです / これはxですか

Answer 6

[ko re wa x des(u) (ka)]
This is x / Is this x?

Question 7

それはxです / それはxですか

Answer 7

[so re wa x des(u) (ka)]
That is x / Is that x?

Question 8

はい

Answer 8

[ha i]
Yes

Question 9

いいえ

Answer 9

[i- eh]
No

Question 10

xはyです

Answer 10

[x wa y des(u)]
x is y

Question 11

おいしい

Answer 11

[o i shi]
Tasty

Question 12

ラーメン

Answer 12

[ra mme n]
Ramen

Question 13

カレー

Answer 13

[ka ree]
Curry

Question 14

ピザ

Answer 14

[pi za]
Pizza

Question 15

ケーキ

Answer 15

[kee ki]
Cake