FACT: GENKI L1 GRAMMAR

“Don’t ask for the meaning; ask for the use.” -- Ludwig Wittgenstein

J199, ALLEX 16

Housekeeping: Engrade, Syllabus and Week 1 Schedule• Does everyone have access to syllabus and schedule? • Have you read them? • Any questions?

Syllabus QUIZ•  1. Which of the following weighs the heaviest when

calculating J199 final grade? •  (1) Finals (2) Quizzes (3) HW (4) Hourly Grades

•  2. Who should you contact when you have questions about the schedule, materials, HW, grades, etc.? •  (1) Kanako Yao (2) Tobaru (3) Eriko Akamatsu (4) Tom Mason

•  3. How many lowest hourly grades will be deducted from the ALL students' grade sheets at the end of the program?

•  4. What is the maximum point you can receive for hourly grade?　

•  5. When does the official hourly grading start?

How the class going so far?• Reactions so far? •  11 Classroom Instructions, 20 Classroom Expressions

and Greetings. IN ONE DAY. WITHOUT ENGLISH. Quite an accomplishment already! J

• What did you do yesterday afternoon / evening to prepare for today’s 11:00 ACT class?

• USE SOUND FILES EFFECTIVELY. Refer to “How to Work with Learning Media” handout.

•  Tomorrow: 13 K01-11_ L1 Practice II (Time) [p.49].mp3

Pronunciation, Accent, Intonation• Mora (a syllable-like unit in Japanese, 1 mora = 1 “beat”) • Each mora represents one beat and occupies roughly the

same unit of time Ø 5 single vowel Ø 67 consonant+vowel Ø 36 consonant+y+vowel Ø /n/ (treat /n/ as a full mora) e.g. konnichiwa Ø Double consonant e.g. ittekimasu, itterassai

• Mora check practiceJ

Pronunciation, Accent, Intonation•  Challenging expressions so far, pronunciation-wise? •  /r/, /n/, devoicing (vowels i and u between voiceless consonants,

or at the end of the utterance preceded by a voiceless consonant)

•  /r/: arigatoo

•  /n/ : konnichiwa vs. konbanwa (It’s pronunciation varies depending on the sound that follows)

•  Devoicing: onegaisimasu, wakarimashita, shitsureeshimasu

Pronunciation, Accent, Intonation•  (Pitch-) Accent (High/Low): assigned to each word Each mora is pronounced basically either in high or low pitch •  Intonation

•  Doozo. どうぞ。 •  Ii desu ka?　いいですか？ •  When you practice...

•  SOUND comes first; romanization as a reminder of sounds you already heard many, many times

•  Is correct pronunciation / accent / intonation important? •  For more info on Japanese sound system, see Introduction, pp.

26-27 of the textbook.

Genki: Dialogue •  6/22 (W) •  L1 Dialogue I Mary: Sumimasen. Ima nanji desu ka? Takeshi: Jyuuni-ji han desu. Mary: Arigatoo gozaimasu. Takeshi: Iie. Be ready to act out an assigned dialogue without seeing anythingJ Use audio files!

More on Greetings• Ohayoo. vs. Ohayoo gozaimasu. •  (Doomo) Arigatoo. vs. (Doomo) Arigatoo gozaimasu. • Arigatoo gozaimasu. vs. Arigatoo gozaimashita. • Konnichiwa. Vs. “Hi!” “Good afternoon.” •  Konnichiwa is usually used when you meet a person you

know for the first time that day in the afternoon. It is never used within the family or friends.

Saying Good-bye• Sayo(o)nara さよ(う)なら • When is it used? • Other ways to say “good-bye”: • Casually, to friends: •  Jaa, mata. じゃあ、また。 • Upon leaving a professor’s / boss’ / co-worker’s office: • Shitsuree shimasu. 失礼します。 •  When you’re leaving but you’re going to come back: •  Itte kimasu. 行ってきます。

•  *End of class

Sumimasen. すみません。• One of the most ubiquitous phrases, with various

meanings/functions • Depends on • CONTEXT! • You bump into someone and so you want to apologize…. • You want to show appreciation when someone went and

bought you a drink　/　made a copy of something　/　let you borrow some money　/ etc. and so you say….

• You want to get the waiter’s attention in the restaurant and so you say….

•  For more info, refer to Expression Notes, p. 36.

Practice (p. 37)1.  You meet your host family for the first time. Greet them. 2.  It’s 1:00 in the afternoon. You see your neighbor Mr.

Yamada. 3.  You come to class in the morning. Greet your teacher. 4.  You come to class in the morning. Greet your friends. 5.  On a crowded train, you stepped on someone’s foot. 6.  It’s 8:00pm. You happen to meet your teacher at the

convenience store. 7.  You’re watching TV with your host family. It’s time to go

to bed. 8.  You are leaving home.

9. You have come back home. 10　You are going to start eating. 11　You have finished eating.

Genki Lesson 1: Numbers• Digits: •  ichi •  ni •  san •  shi (or yon) •  go •  roku •  shichi (or nana) •  hachi •  kyuu (or ku) •  juu

Telling time (hours): Number + ji•  Ichi-ji • Ni-ji • San-ji • Yo-ji • Go-ji • Roku-ji • Shichi-ji • Hachi-ji • Ku-ji •  Juu-ji •  Juu-ichi-ji •  Juu-ni-ji

Telling time (minutes): Number + fun/pun •  Ip-pun • Ni-fun • San-pun • Yon-pun/Yon-fun • Go-fun • Roppun • Nana-fun • Hap-pun/Hachi-fun • Kyuu-fun •  Jup-pun/jip-pun

1. (X wa) Y desu. (Xは)Yです。Y desu. • Gakusee desu. • Kimu-san desu. • Kimu desu. • Watashi desu.

Yです。 • 学生です。 • キムさんです。 • キムです。 • 私です。

(It’s / I’m / S/he’s / You’re / We’re / They’re) Y.

Points to note:• No need to express the subject! • What determines the referent of Y desu? •  The CONTEXT. • Singular or plural? (Gakusee desu.) • Masculine or feminine? •  The equivalent of “A” or “the”? •  Japanese is VERY different from English.

X wa Y desu. XはYです。

• Senkoo wa nihongo desu. • Sumisu-san wa gakusee

desu. • Watashi wa amerika-jin

desu. • Nyuu-yooku wa juu-ji-han

desu.

• 専攻は日本語です。 • スミスさんは学生です。 • 私はアメリカ人です。 • ニューヨークは十時半です。

X wa （ Xは)• wa (は) is what we call a • PARTICLE • One of many. • Particles usually come after nouns and they set up a

relationship between the preceding noun and the rest of the sentence.

• X here is the familiar topic and what follows is the information the speaker wants to convey.

• Watashi wa Kimu desu. •  Tesuto wa san-ji desu.

2 Question Sentences• Wakarimasita. 分かりました。 • Wakarimasita ka? 分かりましたか。 • Gakusee desu. 学生です。 • Gakusee desu ka? 学生ですか。 • Senkoo wa nihongo desu. 専攻は日本語です。 • Senkoo wa nihongo desu ka? 専攻は日本語ですか。 Above are yes/no questions. Cf. ne? (Additional Grammar A) Gakusee desu ka? Gakusee desu ne?

Soo desu (+ ka. / ka? / ne?)• Soo desu. そうです。 •  “(it) is so.” • Soo desu ka.　そうですか。 (FALLING intonation) •  “Oh.”; “Is that so.”; “I see.” (acknowledging you

understand what is being said) • Soo desu ka?　そうですか？ (RISING intonation) •  “Oh？”; “Is that so？”; (indicating mild surprise/doubt) • Soo desu ne?　そうですね？ (RISING intonation) •  “(it) is so, isn’t it?”; “(it) is so, right?” •  Later in Lesson 2: • Soo desu ne(e).　そうですね。 (FALLING intonation) •  “(it) is so, isn’t it.” (agreement) “Hmm.” (thinking)

Questions that ask for info• With question words: • Nan / nani • Nan-ji but nani-jin • Nan-ban, nan-sai, nan-nensee (cf. nani-go, language)

• Nan desu ka. • Senkoo wa nan desu ka. • Nan-ji desu ka. •  Tesuto wa nan-ji desu ka. • Nan-sai desu ka. • Rii-san wa nan-sai desu ka.

3 Noun1 no Noun2

• Nihongo no gakusee 日本語の学生 • Daigaku no sensee 大学の先生 •  Tanaka-san no denwa-bangoo 田中さんの電話番号 • San-ji no tesuto 三時のテスト • Nihon no daigaku 日本の大学 •  In the above, which noun is being described? • Which noun is doing the describing?

Noun1 no Noun2

• Nihongo no gakusee •  no is a • Particle • What does it do? • Connects two nouns with the first noun describing the

second noun in some way.

Additional Grammar•  Telephone number • How do you ask someone’s telephone number? • How do you say “3351 – 7620”. • What happens to 5? 2? •  “-” – no の •  “0” – zero, ree, maru