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CLASSROOM LANGUAGE
REI - STARTING THE LESSON
THINGS STUDENTS SAY
THINGS TEACHERS SAY
CLASSROOM OBJECTS
KIMOCHI - FEELINGS
YEAR 9
HAJIMEMASHITE - FIRST MEETINGS
AISATSU - GREETINGS
GREETINGS ANIME
NAMAE - NAMES
BANGOU - NUMBERS
NAN SAI? - HOW OLD ARE YOU?
WHERE WE LIVE
SPORTS AND PASTIMES
JIKO SHOUKAI - SELF INTRODUCTION
KAZOKU - FAMILY
LIKES AND DISLIKES
YURU KYARA - CHARACTER MASCOTS
PARTS OF THE BODY - FACES
THE BODY - KARADA
NANI IRO - WHAT COLOUR?
WHAT'S IT LIKE - DESCRIBING WORDS
TENKI - WEATHER
KAMOKU - SUBJECTS
SUBEJECT LIKES AND DISLIKES
GAKKOU - SCHOOL
HIRAGANA
YEAR 9 STUDENTS
YEAR 10
KUNI - COUNTRIES
KAZOKU - FAMILY
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FAMILY VOCABULARY
NAN NIN? - HOW MANY PEOPLE?
DARE GA IMASU KA -WHO IS THERE?
DESCRIBING APPEARANCE
SHUMI - HOBBIES
SHIGOTO - JOBS
TABEMONO - FOOD
>
ORDERING IN A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT
HOUSING
>
AROUND HOME - VOCABULARY
WHAT'S IT LIKE? - DOU DESU KA?
ARIMASU-THERE IS/THERE ARE
HITOTSU ARIMASU-THERE IS ONE
IN/ON/UNDER - PREPOSITIONS
SAYING WHAT THERE IS AND WHERE
ASKING AND SAYING WHERE SOMETHING IS
KORE/SORE/ARE - THIS/THAT
SEIKATSU - DAILY LIFE
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VERBS - INTRODUCTION
VERBS - DAILY ACTIVITIES
HOW OFTEN?
TOMORROW - FUTURE TIME WORDS
PAST ACTIVITIES
YESTERDAY - PAST TIME WORDS
JIKAN - TIME
YOUBI - DAYS OF THE WEEK
YEAR 10 GAKKOU
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KAMOKU - SUBJECTS
SCHOOL VOCABULARY
NANI IRO - WHAT COLOUR?
DOUBUTSU - ANIMALS
>
STORIES AND SONGS
>
Zou no hana - The Elephant's Nose
Kobutanukitsuneko
YEAR 10 KANJI
YEAR 11
Y11 LANGUAGE NOTES
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THINGS AROUND TOWN
NANI GA ARU? - WHAT IS THERE?
MAE / YOKO / USHIRO - Locations
ADJECTIVES - REVIEW
DESCRIBING APPEARANCES
CHIISAKUTE, FURUI - Small and old - Joining adjectives
EKI GA ATTE, BENRI DESU - Forming compound sentences
IROIRONA MACHI - Descriptions of various towns
TARI-TARI - Do things like...
KARA - from, so, after
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KARA = FROM
KARA = THEREFORE/SO
KARA = AFTER
DOU YATTE IKU? - Giving Directions
NANI GA DEKIRU? - WHAT CAN WE DO THERE?
ASOBI NI KITE - COME AND VISIT
MACHI ONLINE READING LINKS
COUNTERS
NANI IRO - WHAT COLOUR?
AKAI NO GA HOSHII - I WANT THE RED ONE
IKURA - HOW MUCH?
SORE WO KUDASAI - THAT ONE PLEASE
NANI GA II - WHAT WOULD BE GOOD?
NI SHIMASU - EXPRESSING A DECISION
TO OMOU - I THINK
SHUMI - HOBBIES
GIVING & RECEIVING - AGERU KURERU MORAU
OISHISOU - LOOKS DELICIOUS
TABETAI - WANT TO EAT
TSUMORI - INTEND
DESCRIBING PEOPLE
MOU, MADA - ALREADY, NOT YET
SUGIMASU - Too much
NAGARA - While doing
TE MO II - PERMISSION
NARIMASU -BECOME
KOTO GA DEKIRU - CAN DO
CONNECTIVES - Joining words
SEQUENCE MARKERS AVERBS OF TIME
WATASHI-TACHI NO MACHI - OUR TOWN
KAIMONO - SHOPPING 1
KURISUMASU - CHRISTMAS
OTHER LANGUAGE NOTES
PRESENTATIONS - Oral language features
NCEA LEVEL 1 KANJI
FUNNY JAPANESE COMMERCIALS
INTERACTION PRACTICE
YEAR 12
YEAR12 LANGUAGE NOTES
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-NO HOU GA - COMPARISONS/ MORE - THAN
ICHIBAN - COMPARISONS/THE MOST
HODO NAI - COMPARISONS/ NOT AS
ONAJI GURAI - COMPARISONS/ SAME AS
DOUSHI - VERBS
KOTO NI SURU - DECIDE TO DO
SURU MAE NI - BEFORE WE DO
-TA ATODE - AFTER WE'VE DONE
CHIISAI TOKI - WHEN I WAS LITTLE
VERB AIDA - WHILE VERBING
-TE MIRU - TRY SOMETHING AND SEE
KISETSU - SEASONS
USING と FOR IF/WHEN
NO - NOMINALISING ADJECTIVES
TENKI - WEATHER
AME GA FUTTE IMASU - IT'S RAINING
NO/KOTO - NOMINALISERS 2
RELATIVE CLAUSES
TE FORM + IKU/KURU
REPORTED SPEECH-SOU DESU
DOU YATTE - HOW TO
YARIKATA - HOW TO
KOTO GA ARIMASU KA - HAVE YOU EVER...
TABETE SHIMAIMASHITA - ENDED UP EATING
NANI KA/DARE KA - SOMETHING/ SOMEBODY
NANI MO/DARE MO - SOMETHING/ NOTHING
BEGIN DOING - SHIHAJIMERU
TAME NI - IN ORDER TO/FOR THE SAKE OF
SHIKA NAI - NOTHING BUT
NCEA LEVEL 2 KANJI
ONLINE READING LINKS
HOMESTAY UNIT VOCABULARY
YEAR 13
YEAR13 LANGUAGE NOTES
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NODE - EXPLAINING CONSEQUENCES
~SHI - EMPHASISING SUPPORTING INFORMATION
TARA - IF
~NARA - IF
~TARA II - SHOULD
~SHITA HOU GA II - OUGHT TO
~SHINAI HOU GA II - OUGHT NOT TO
~KOTO NI NARU - IT HAS BEEN DECIDED THAT~
~NAKEREBA NARANAI - I HAVE TO
~NAKEREBA IKENAI - YOU HAVE TO
~NAKUTE MO II - YOU DON'T HAVE TO
~RARERU - THE POTENTIAL FORM
~TE HOSHII - WANT SOMEONE TO DO
~TE MORAU - GET SOMEONE TO DO
~TE KURERU - SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING FOR US
~KA DOU KA - EXPRESSING UNCERTAINTY
~ TSUMORI WA NAI - HAVE NO INTENTION OF ~
~HAZU DA - EXPECTATION/SHOULD BE
~TRANSITIVE/INTRANSITIVE VERBS
SUPPORT/CHALLENGE IDEAS
NCEA LEVEL 3 KANJI
VERBS
ICHI(1)-DAN VERBS
GO(5)-DAN VERBS
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う-VERBS
く-VERBS
ぐ-VERBS
す-VERBS
つ-VERBS
ぬ-VERBS
ぶ-VERBS
む-VERBS
る-VERBS
IRREGULAR VERBS
VERB TENSES - HOW TO USE THEM
いえ/うち
いえ の ちかく
Vocabulary - Around Home
へや/わしつ
いえ の ちかく
- near the house
いろいろな うち
Various Homes
マンション
Big Apartment Building
アパート
Low-rise Block of Flats
い
え/うち
(いっこだて)
House / Home
(Detached house)
にほん の いえ
Japanese House
にわ
Garden
がっこう
School
こうえん
Park
スーパー
Supermarket
デパート
Department store
やま
Mountains / Hills
かわ
River
もり
Forest
のうじょう
Farm
いえ の なか
- inside the house
げんかん
Entrance porch
わしつ
Japanese-style room
リビング/いま
living room
だいどころ/
キッチン
Kitchen
ベッドルーム/
しんしつ
Bedroom
おふろば
Bathroom
わしき の トイレ
Japanese style toilet
おしいれ
Futon closet
ふとん
Futon
ベッド
Bed
ソファ
Sofa
いす
Chair
テレビ
TV
エアコン
Air conditioner
テーブル
Table
はこ
Box
たな
Shelves
にんぎょう
Doll
しゃしん
Photos
とけい
Clock
かぞく
Family
いぬ
Dog
ねこ
Neko
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CLASSROOM LANGUAGE
REI - STARTING THE LESSON
THINGS STUDENTS SAY
THINGS TEACHERS SAY
CLASSROOM OBJECTS
KIMOCHI - FEELINGS
YEAR 9
HAJIMEMASHITE - FIRST MEETINGS
AISATSU - GREETINGS
GREETINGS ANIME
NAMAE - NAMES
BANGOU - NUMBERS
NAN SAI? - HOW OLD ARE YOU?
WHERE WE LIVE
SPORTS AND PASTIMES
JIKO SHOUKAI - SELF INTRODUCTION
KAZOKU - FAMILY
LIKES AND DISLIKES
YURU KYARA - CHARACTER MASCOTS
PARTS OF THE BODY - FACES
THE BODY - KARADA
NANI IRO - WHAT COLOUR?
WHAT'S IT LIKE - DESCRIBING WORDS
TENKI - WEATHER
KAMOKU - SUBJECTS
SUBEJECT LIKES AND DISLIKES
GAKKOU - SCHOOL
HIRAGANA
YEAR 9 STUDENTS
YEAR 10
KUNI - COUNTRIES
KAZOKU - FAMILY
>
FAMILY VOCABULARY
NAN NIN? - HOW MANY PEOPLE?
DARE GA IMASU KA -WHO IS THERE?
DESCRIBING APPEARANCE
SHUMI - HOBBIES
SHIGOTO - JOBS
TABEMONO - FOOD
>
ORDERING IN A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT
HOUSING
>
AROUND HOME - VOCABULARY
WHAT'S IT LIKE? - DOU DESU KA?
ARIMASU-THERE IS/THERE ARE
HITOTSU ARIMASU-THERE IS ONE
IN/ON/UNDER - PREPOSITIONS
SAYING WHAT THERE IS AND WHERE
ASKING AND SAYING WHERE SOMETHING IS
KORE/SORE/ARE - THIS/THAT
SEIKATSU - DAILY LIFE
>
VERBS - INTRODUCTION
VERBS - DAILY ACTIVITIES
HOW OFTEN?
TOMORROW - FUTURE TIME WORDS
PAST ACTIVITIES
YESTERDAY - PAST TIME WORDS
JIKAN - TIME
YOUBI - DAYS OF THE WEEK
YEAR 10 GAKKOU
>
KAMOKU - SUBJECTS
SCHOOL VOCABULARY
NANI IRO - WHAT COLOUR?
DOUBUTSU - ANIMALS
>
STORIES AND SONGS
>
Zou no hana - The Elephant's Nose
Kobutanukitsuneko
YEAR 10 KANJI
YEAR 11
Y11 LANGUAGE NOTES
>
THINGS AROUND TOWN
NANI GA ARU? - WHAT IS THERE?
MAE / YOKO / USHIRO - Locations
ADJECTIVES - REVIEW
DESCRIBING APPEARANCES
CHIISAKUTE, FURUI - Small and old - Joining adjectives
EKI GA ATTE, BENRI DESU - Forming compound sentences
IROIRONA MACHI - Descriptions of various towns
TARI-TARI - Do things like...
KARA - from, so, after
>
KARA = FROM
KARA = THEREFORE/SO
KARA = AFTER
DOU YATTE IKU? - Giving Directions
NANI GA DEKIRU? - WHAT CAN WE DO THERE?
ASOBI NI KITE - COME AND VISIT
MACHI ONLINE READING LINKS
COUNTERS
NANI IRO - WHAT COLOUR?
AKAI NO GA HOSHII - I WANT THE RED ONE
IKURA - HOW MUCH?
SORE WO KUDASAI - THAT ONE PLEASE
NANI GA II - WHAT WOULD BE GOOD?
NI SHIMASU - EXPRESSING A DECISION
TO OMOU - I THINK
SHUMI - HOBBIES
GIVING & RECEIVING - AGERU KURERU MORAU
OISHISOU - LOOKS DELICIOUS
TABETAI - WANT TO EAT
TSUMORI - INTEND
DESCRIBING PEOPLE
MOU, MADA - ALREADY, NOT YET
SUGIMASU - Too much
NAGARA - While doing
TE MO II - PERMISSION
NARIMASU -BECOME
KOTO GA DEKIRU - CAN DO
CONNECTIVES - Joining words
SEQUENCE MARKERS AVERBS OF TIME
WATASHI-TACHI NO MACHI - OUR TOWN
KAIMONO - SHOPPING 1
KURISUMASU - CHRISTMAS
OTHER LANGUAGE NOTES
PRESENTATIONS - Oral language features
NCEA LEVEL 1 KANJI
FUNNY JAPANESE COMMERCIALS
INTERACTION PRACTICE
YEAR 12
YEAR12 LANGUAGE NOTES
>
-NO HOU GA - COMPARISONS/ MORE - THAN
ICHIBAN - COMPARISONS/THE MOST
HODO NAI - COMPARISONS/ NOT AS
ONAJI GURAI - COMPARISONS/ SAME AS
DOUSHI - VERBS
KOTO NI SURU - DECIDE TO DO
SURU MAE NI - BEFORE WE DO
-TA ATODE - AFTER WE'VE DONE
CHIISAI TOKI - WHEN I WAS LITTLE
VERB AIDA - WHILE VERBING
-TE MIRU - TRY SOMETHING AND SEE
KISETSU - SEASONS
USING と FOR IF/WHEN
NO - NOMINALISING ADJECTIVES
TENKI - WEATHER
AME GA FUTTE IMASU - IT'S RAINING
NO/KOTO - NOMINALISERS 2
RELATIVE CLAUSES
TE FORM + IKU/KURU
REPORTED SPEECH-SOU DESU
DOU YATTE - HOW TO
YARIKATA - HOW TO
KOTO GA ARIMASU KA - HAVE YOU EVER...
TABETE SHIMAIMASHITA - ENDED UP EATING
NANI KA/DARE KA - SOMETHING/ SOMEBODY
NANI MO/DARE MO - SOMETHING/ NOTHING
BEGIN DOING - SHIHAJIMERU
TAME NI - IN ORDER TO/FOR THE SAKE OF
SHIKA NAI - NOTHING BUT
NCEA LEVEL 2 KANJI
ONLINE READING LINKS
HOMESTAY UNIT VOCABULARY
YEAR 13
YEAR13 LANGUAGE NOTES
>
NODE - EXPLAINING CONSEQUENCES
~SHI - EMPHASISING SUPPORTING INFORMATION
TARA - IF
~NARA - IF
~TARA II - SHOULD
~SHITA HOU GA II - OUGHT TO
~SHINAI HOU GA II - OUGHT NOT TO
~KOTO NI NARU - IT HAS BEEN DECIDED THAT~
~NAKEREBA NARANAI - I HAVE TO
~NAKEREBA IKENAI - YOU HAVE TO
~NAKUTE MO II - YOU DON'T HAVE TO
~RARERU - THE POTENTIAL FORM
~TE HOSHII - WANT SOMEONE TO DO
~TE MORAU - GET SOMEONE TO DO
~TE KURERU - SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING FOR US
~KA DOU KA - EXPRESSING UNCERTAINTY
~ TSUMORI WA NAI - HAVE NO INTENTION OF ~
~HAZU DA - EXPECTATION/SHOULD BE
~TRANSITIVE/INTRANSITIVE VERBS
SUPPORT/CHALLENGE IDEAS
NCEA LEVEL 3 KANJI
VERBS
ICHI(1)-DAN VERBS
GO(5)-DAN VERBS
>
う-VERBS
く-VERBS
ぐ-VERBS
す-VERBS
つ-VERBS
ぬ-VERBS
ぶ-VERBS
む-VERBS
る-VERBS
IRREGULAR VERBS
VERB TENSES - HOW TO USE THEM