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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
JIKO SHOUKAI - SELF INTRODUCTION
NAMAE - NAMES
BANGOU - NUMBERS
NAN SAI? - HOW OLD ARE YOU?
KAZOKU - FAMILY
WHERE WE LIVE
SPORTS AND PASTIMES
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 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
SUGIRU - 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
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
まち に ある もの
Things Around Town
まち に いろいろな ところ が ある - There are various places in a town
本や
Book Shop
はなや
Flower Shop
パンや
Bakery
にくや
Butcher Shop
くつや
Shoe Shop
さかなや
Fish Shop
やおや
Vegetable Shop
デパート
Department Store
くすりや
Chemist / Pharmacy
ケーキや
Cake Shop
スーパー
Super Market
コンビニ
Convenience Store
ショッピングモール
Shopping Mall
レストラン
Restaurant
きっさてん・カフェ
Cafe
マクドナルド
McDonald's
えいがかん
Cinema
ゆうびんきょく
Post Office
ぎんこう
Bank
こうばん
Police Box
(Neighbourhood Police Kiosk)
ようふくや
Western-style Clothing Store
きものや
Japanese Clothing Store
グラウンド
Sports Field
学校
School
いろいろな うち
Various Homes
マンション
Big Apartment Building
アパート
Small Block of Flats
い
え
House
びょういん
Hospital
きょうかい
Church
おてら
Buddhist Temple
じんじゃ
Shinto Shrine
りょかん
Japanese Style Inn
ホテル
Hotel
としょかん
Library
プール
Swimming Pool
えき
Train Station
ちかてつ
Subway
バスてい
Bus Stop
くうこう
Airport
小学校
しょうがっこう
Primary School
中学校
ちゅうがっこう
Middle School (Junior High)
高校
こうこう
High School (Senior High)
大学
だいがく
University
こうさてん
Intersection
かど
Corner
はし
Bridge
みち
Road/Street
ロータリー
Roundabout
しんごう
Traffic Lights
ガソリン スタンド
Petrol Station
うみ
Sea / Beach
フェリー
Ferry
かわ
River
のうじょう
Farm
いなか
Rural Area / Countryside
やま
Mountains / Hills
もり
Forest
たんぼ
Rice Field
はたけ
Market Garden
(Vegetable Field)
こうえん
Park
どうぶつえん
Zoo
おしろ
Castle
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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
JIKO SHOUKAI - SELF INTRODUCTION
NAMAE - NAMES
BANGOU - NUMBERS
NAN SAI? - HOW OLD ARE YOU?
KAZOKU - FAMILY
WHERE WE LIVE
SPORTS AND PASTIMES
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 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
SUGIRU - 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
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