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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
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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
Quick links to all the verb types:
ICHI(1)-DAN VERB TABLES
GO(5)-DAN VERB TABLES
IRREGULAR VERB TABLES
Click directly on the Go(5)-dan verb type you want to look up:
う
く
ぐ
す
つ
ぬ
ぶ
む
る
VERB DIRECTORY
ICHI (1) DAN VERBS
Common
Ichi (1) Dan Verbs
are:
おきる
okiru - get up
(おきます
okimasu)
きこえる
kikoeru - be audible
(きこえます
kikoemasu)
たべる
taberu - eat
(たべます
tabemasu)
できる
dekiru - be able to
(できます
dekimasu)
ねる
neru - sleep
(ねます
nemasu)
みえる
mieru - be visible
(みえます
miemasu)
みる
miru - see
(みます
mimasu)
GO (5) DAN VERBS
Common
Go (5) Dan Verbs
are:
あそぶ
asobu - play
(あそびます -
asobimasu)
およぐ
oyogu - swim
(およぎます
oyogimasu)
かえる
kaeru - return home
(かえります
kaerimasu)
かう
kau - buy
(かいます
kaimasu)
きく
kiku - listen / hear
(ききます
kikimasu)
のむ
nomu - drink
(のみます
nomimasu)
はなす
hanasu - speak
(はなします
hanashimasu)
まつ
matsu - wait
(まちます
machimasu)
IRREGULAR VERBS
The two most commonly used
irregular verbs
are:
くる
kuru - come
(きます -
kimasu)
する
suru - do
(します - shimasu)
Also
いく
iku - go
(いきます
- ikimasu)
has an irregular て-form, いって
ある
aru - there is/are
(あります -
arimasu
)
is irregular in the negative plain forms - past and non-past.
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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