Lesson3.1:
Learn to Write Japanese:
Basic Conversion - Learn to Write Greeting Conversion
Easch lesson always take place 2 Japanese
people whose name is Tamaki 
and Tomita  .
You will learn both casual Japanese saying and more polite
way of saying.
Each Lesson of "Learn to Write Japanese"
shows the conversational Japanese Hiragana Writing, and the
picture to describe the conversation. There are also some
exercises and questions for you to learn to write Japanese
hiragana.
If you have a printer, we would suggest you to
print this page out, so that you can practice
to write Japanese with your pencil!
Anyway, Let's learn to write Japanese for real
communications!
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Tamaki: O ha You Go
Za I Ma Su |
Tomita: Ou Oha, Oha
You! |
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In this conversion, Tamaki
says "O ha you go za i ma su".
This is the polite way of saying "Good Morning"
in Japanese.
On the other hand, Tomita says "Ou, O ha ya o
u". "Ohyayou" is less polite than "O
ha you go za i ma su" since the former is an abbreviation,
and such abbreviated form is usually casual as it needs
less effort.
So, what is "Ou "? "Ou" is like
"Oh" in English, so it is like an expression
of suprise
This type of conversion is usually done between a worker
and a boss in a work place.
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Exercise: Let's learn to Write Japanese Hiragana
"Oha You Go Za i Ma Su" - Good Morning
Print out this page, and learn
to write Japanese by following the chart below.
We have used the 46 Hiragana
chart to write each character except the character, "Go"
and "Za".
We will explain about this after this.
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Ha |
Yo |
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Today's Note: Japanese Hiragana that change
their Sound with the addition of small stroke ('')
As we said before, there are 2 character whose
sound is "Go" and "Za", and they are not
in 46 Hiragana chart. In Japanese, there are some of the Hiragana
characters change their sound with the addition of two small
stroke ("") which is called "Ten Ten"
at the top of right of the character.
K sounds become G sounds (G as in Get)
So, the first character "Ka" become
"Ga", and the last character Ko become Go in Japanese,
and if you write Ko with ten ten in Japanese hiragana, it
is going to be:
Today's Question:
What would the formal Hiragana charcter of Za?
Write its character into the following box
So far, you have learned the basic of Hiragana,
and how hiragana change their sound with 2 small stroke. Based
on what you have learned today, answer the following question.
What sould be the formal hiragana character
of Za?
Lesson
2: Learn to Write Japanese
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