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Japanese Lesson 2 - Contents

Lesson two of Real Japanese quickly jumps into the basic conversation of Japanese. To continue with this lesson you "must" have a fairly good grasp of the hiragana, and katakana, from lesson one. Don't get discouraged though! Keep at it, and Just enjoy learning Japanese!

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1. は and です (HA and DESU)
2. Noun の Noun (Jason + Ball = Jason's Ball)
3. Affirmative and Negative ( Yes, and No)
4. This, that, and that over there
5. Kanji Lesson
6. KanjiI used in this lesson （Kanji Test)

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1. は and です (HA and DESU)

日本語にほんご（Japanese)	英語えいご（English)
わたし　は　ジェイソン　です。	I am Jason
わたし　は　カナダ人　です。　　　　　　　（じん）	I am Canadian.
Grammar
" は" Pronounced "WA" is the "Topic" marker, anything before this is the topic. The examples above show that the topic is "I" or "me"	" です" always follows the sentence, and later will distinguish affirmative and negative statements. In the example above. It states that the topic and noun is true.
Practice	Add "は” and ”です” to create the proper sentence then give the English equivalent. Find a dictionary hehe. Note: Don't forget the large period at the end of the sentence。Yes, it does have a whole in the middle! Yes, Like the doughnut! No, I will not show you how to draw it
わたし、学生　　（がくせい）
あなた、あゆみ　　　（name)
わたし、your name

2. Noun の Noun

日本語にほんご（Japanese)	英語えいご（English)
わたしの本。　　　（ほん）	My book.
わたしの国。　　　（くに）	My country.
Grammar
"の" Describes that something belongs to something. Example: "MY" bag.　（Me + Bag）	So when you want to use the English "My." Remember to substitute the "は" with "の."
Practice	Add "の” to create the proper sentence then give the English equivalent. Note: Don't forget the large period at the end of the sentence。Yes, it does have a whole in the middle! Yes, Like the doughnut! No, I will not show you how to draw it. Didn't we go over this in part one?
わたし、犬（いぬ）
あなた、トラ
わたし、your choice. Use a dictionary to find a noun in Japanese.

3. Affirmative and Negative - (Yes and No)

日本語にほんご（Japanese)	英語えいご（English)
学生です。 (がくせい) 学生じゃありません	...am a student. ...am not a student.
アメリカです。アメリカじゃありません。	...is America. ...is not America.
Grammar
"です” is used to indicate the sentence is affirmative.	”じゃありません” is used to indicate the sentence is negative.
Note: the most polite way to say that something is negative is "ではありません” But we will drop this, as it is quite uncommon. There is also a more casual way to say it which we will learn in upcoming lessons
Let's ask a question?	Use "か" at the end of a sentence to make it a question.
あなたはジェイソンですか。はい、ジェイソンです。/ いいえ、ジェイソンじゃありません。	Are you Jason? Yes, I am. / No, I am not.
Let's Expand the question using Part 1, 2, and 3. "は、です、の、and か.”
あなたの名前はあゆみですか。（なまえ）	Answer the question your self . Remember anything before "は” is the topic.

4. This, That, and That over there.

日本語にほんご（Japanese)	英語えいご（English)
これそれあれ	This That That over there
('何 - なに - nani - What')">これは何ですか。それはほんです。あれは何ですか (なに）	What is this? That is a book. What is that over there?
Grammar
Use ”これ、それ、and あれ”　respectively for the English equivalent. " This, That, and That over there."	何　なに　is the equivalent of "What". Don't for get to use ka at the end to mark it as a question. In casual speech this can be dropped, and like in English use an uprising tone to distinguish the sentence as a question...nani? What? Huh? what the heck are you talking about? Huh?
Try asking yourself what different things around your room are while staying at the computer and using a dictionary to answer. Not down your answers and add the new word to your dictionary. Remember some words only have Katakana (no kanji, or hiragana) like テレビ.

5. Kanji

日	に　にち　にっひ　び　か	日　ひ　Day 日曜日　にちようび　Sunday
本	ほん　ぼん　ぽんもと	本　ほん　a book 日本　にほん　Japan
人	じん　にんひと	人　ひと　a person 日本人　にほんじん　a Japanese
大	だい　たいおお　おおきい	大きい　おおきい　Big
学	がく　がっ	大学　だいがく　University / College 文学　ぶんがく　Literature
先	せんさき	先に　さきに　Before
生	せい　しょう　じょううまれる　いきる	留学生　りゅうがくせい　a foreign student 先生　せんせい　a teacher
中	ちゅうなか	中　なか　Inside 中国　ちゅうごく　China