September 15, 2015 -- Tuesday
平成二十七年九月十五日　－－　火曜日

Warm-up:
3 X  hiragana de
ikimasu　　goes
kimasu         comes
kaimono shimasu     does shopping  (shops)
benkyou  shimasu    does studying  (studies)


kanji handout

Ｒｅｖｉｅｗ　　Ｋａｎｊｉ　　　４

私

I, me, private         わたし、シ       (“I am a branched tree plus katakana mu”)

7 strokes　　　　　Taught in grade 6

Radical: 禾 　　　　　　　　Parts: 厶禾

火

Fire     (Tuesday)      カ、ひ     (person in the FIRE with flames to left and right)

 strokes       Taught in grade 1
Radical: 火         Parts: 火

Readings

Japanese kun: ひ、 -び、 ほ-      Japanese on: カ

時

Ｔｉｍｅ　　ジ　　とき   (the sun 日 tells TIME when it goes over the temple　寺)

10 strokes　　　　　　　Taught in grade 2

Radical: 日 　　　　　　　Parts: 土寸日

Readings

Japanese kun: とき、 -どき
Japanese on: ジ
Japanese names: と、 とぎ

間

  (“The sun   appears in the SPACE between the sides of the gate　門 , at INTERVALs”)

Ｉｎｔｅｒｖａｌ，　　ｓｐａｃｅ　　　　　カン　　　　あいだ

12 strokes　　　Taught in grade 2
Radical: 門 　　　　　　Parts: 日門

Readings

Japanese kun: あい、 あいだ、 ま 　　　
Japanese on: カン、 ケン

週

Week                            シュウ　　　(“dirt/earth  土　 over entrance　口, with  ‘progress radical’ through the WEEK)

10, 11 strokes       Taught in grade 2

Radical: 辷                 Parts: 冂込口土

Sentence Structure Handout

Sentence Patterns:

Traveling Verb Pattern Sentences

Subject  HA/WA   Destination  NI   Means-of-Transport   DE   Traveling Verb

Existence Verb Pattern Sentences

Place NO Position NI Subject GA arimasu/imasu.

Active Verb Pattern Sentences

Subject HA/WA (or sometimes GA)  Place DE  Direct Object WO  Active-Verb    

Wa/ga pattern sentences

Subject  HA/WA    Thing  (like a direct object)  GA   Adjective    Desu

TPRS story
1.  Big Godzilla and small Hello Kitty were friends.
2. On Friday, Hello Kitty went to Godzilla's house.
3. Godzilla and Hello Kitty played tennis.
4. (They) listened to the radio.
5. After that, they went to a pizza restaurant.
6. They ate pizza at the restaurant.
7. Hello Kitty drank orange juice.
8. Godzilla drank Sprite.  スプライト
9.  After that, Hello Kitty and Godzilla went to the mall.  モール
10. Kitty did panda shopping.
11. Godzilla did balloon ふうせん shopping.
12. After that (they) went to Godzilla's house.
13.  They studied at Godzilla's house.
14.  Godzilla and Hello Kitty were good students.

宿題　しゅくだい
Write the above sentences in     ,  following the patterns in the grammar handout distributed today.  Remember Kimmel's First Law of Japanese Grammar:  3(The Verb Comes Last).