April 10, 2017 -- Monday

平成２９年４月１０日　　月曜日

Warm-up   2017.04.10    Monday  　

“Traveling” verbs:

いきます                goes

きます                     comes

かえります            returns-home

You often need to tell us what the destination is when you speak/write a “traveling” verb.  Where will you go?  Where will you come to?  Where will you return-home to?  In that case, use the relational particle  に 　(or　へ )  in order to indicate your destination.

Ｅｘａｍｐｌｅｓ：

あした　（Tomorrow）わたし　は　こうこう　に　きます。Tomorrow I will come to the high school.

ロシアじん　は　モスクワ　へ　かえります。The Russian will return home to Moscow.

せんせい　は　よく　日本（にほん）に　いきます。Sensei often goes to Japan.

あきた　しんかんせん (The Akita Shinkansen-bullet-train)　は　あきた　し(city)　に　かえります。 The Akita Shinkansen returns home to Akita City.


し　Suffix = City　　　　けん　Suffix=Prefecture(Something like a state in the U.S.

あきた　し　Is Akita City　　　　あきた　けん　Is Akita Prefecture

Look at the map of the Shinkansen routes that Sensei has handed to you.  Then write 5 sentences indicating where various Shinkansen go or return-home to (bad English grammar…sorry).


On board, sentence pattern for sentences with "traveling" verbs:

Subject　は　Destination  に（Or へ）”Traveling" verb.


Proverb:

芸は身を助ける　　　げい　は　み　を　たすける

Arts/skills save lives.    Art will save your life.



Article, with links, about how Japanese kids learn kanji:  

http://www.nippon.com/en/nipponblog/m00104/#.WOu9NU90uJc.gmail  

しゅくだい　　　宿題　　　Homework:

Read and re-read the handout listing all the first year kanji