This document provides a summary of Lesson 8 of a beginner Japanese class. It reviews hiragana pronunciation and numbers 0-100. The main focus is on the "ha/ba/pa" column of hiragana, including stroke practice and vocabulary. Larger numbers from 100-10,000 are also covered. Useful shopping phrases are introduced and an activity asks students to plan a ¥3,000 shopping trip.

1. Japanese Lesson for Beginners
Session 8
1.Dec.2014
Kana Shimohigoshi
kshimo@essex.ac.uk

2. Review
- Hiragana for n + vowels
なにぬねの
- Japanese numeral 0-100

3. Japanese Numerals
Single Numbers 1-10
0 れい・ぜろzero/rei
1 いちichi
2 にni
3 さんsan
4 し・よんshi/yon
5 ごgo
6 ろくroku
7 しち・ななshichi/nana
8 はちhachi
9 きゅう・くkyuu/ku
Tens Numbers 10-100
10 じゅうjuu
20 にじゅうni-juu
30 さんじゅうsan-juu
40 よんじゅうyon-juu
50 ごじゅうgo-juu
60 ろくじゅうroku-juu
70 ななじゅうnana-juu
80 はちじゅうhachi-juu
90 きゅうじゅうkyuu-juu
100 ひゃくhyaku

4. Main focus
- Japanese は/ば/ぱcolumn
(Hiragana for h/b/p + vowels)
- Tracing practice
- Vocabulary Drill
- Handakuten (adding a small circle)
- Japanese Large Numerals 100-10,000
- Useful phrases at shopping

5. はひふへほ
ばびぶべぼ/ぱぴぷぺぽ
with the correct stroke order

6. ①
“ha”
②
③

7. ①
“hi”

8. “fu”
①
②
④
③

9. ①
“he”

10. “ho”
①
②
③
④

11. Dakuten
(a voiced sound mark)
The double points at the right top of hiragana
mean they have a voiced consonant
*Dakuten is wrote last on the character
*Do not write dakuten longer than the previous stroke

12. Handakuten
(a semi-voiced sound mark)
The circle at the right top of はひふへほmean
they have the sound of “p”
*Handakuten is wrote last on the character (clockwise??)
*Most Japanese people refer to this as simply “maru”

13. Activity 1; Tracing practice はcolumn
2014
12
1
Family name / First name

14. Activity 2; Words You Can Write
Write the following words using the hiragana
that you just learned
1. はい(yes)
2. ひと(people)
3. ぶた(pig)
4. へび(snake)
5. ほし(star)
6. ひつじ(sheep)
7. はし(chopsticks/bridge)
8. しっぽ(tail)
9. はっぱ(leaf)
10.きっぷ(ticket)
11.とうふ(tofu)
12.ぼうし(hat)
13.はなび(firework)
14.ひこうき(airplane)

15. Numbers past 99
Thousands 1000-10,000
1,000 せんsen
2,000 にせんni-sen
3,000 さんぜんsan-zen
4,000 よんせんyon-sen
5,000 ごせんgo-sen
6,000 ろくせんroku-sen
7,000 ななせんnana-sen
8,000 はっせんhassen
9,000 きゅうせんkyuu-sen
10,000 いちまんichi-man
Hundreds 100-1000
100 ひゃくhyaku
200 にひゃくni-hyaku
300 さんびゃくsan-byaku
400 よんひゃくyon-hayku
500 ごひゃくgo-hyaku
600 ろっぴゃくroppyaku
700 ななひゃくnana-hyaku
800 はっぴゃくhappyaku
900 きゅうひゃくkyuu-hyaku
1,000 せんsen

16. Numerical Units
Numerals 100 1,000 10,000 10^8 10^12
ひらがな
(かんじ)
ひゃく
(百)
せん
(千)
まん
(万)
おく
(億)
ちょう
(兆)
Romaji hyaku sen man oku chou
*Large numbers in Japanese are divided into units of four

17. Supermarkets in Japan

18. Useful Phrases at Shopping
すみません、
sumimasen,
(something) はどこですか？
(something) wa doko desuka?
これをください。
kore wo kudasai.
みているだけです。どうも。
miteirudakedesu. doumo.
おいくらですか？
oikuradesuka?
かーどはつかえますか？
ka-do wa tsukaemasuka?
- Excuse me,
- Where is (something)?
- I’ll take this.
- I’m just looking, thank you.
- How much is this?
- Can I use a card?

19. おいくらですか？
oikruadesuka?

20. Activity3; Going Shopping
You have ¥3,000!!
Fill in your shopping list.
Find out how many items can
you buy within the budget.

21. Hiragana Table

22. Voiced Consonants and ‘P’
GA
GU
GE
DA ZA
PA BA
PI
BI
PU
PE
PO
BU
BE
BO
JI
JI
GI
DZI
ZU
ZU
DZU
DE
ZE
DO ZO
GO

23. Hiragana Table with stroke orders

24. LAST week…
HAVE FUN!!
Various enjoyable activities!
Special prizes!