Lesson 02

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Lesson 02

 

Contents of Lesson

Basic Japanese verbs, in polite form; Our first simple sentence structure, e.g. “I eat a hamburger.”; The object marker “o”; The first hiragana symbol.

 

iStart Japanese! – Lesson 02 Podcast

This podcast is 10min 36sec long.
The narrators are Tom (English) and Takako (Japanese).
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Transcript of the Podcast

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Kana introduced in this Lesson

Hiragana for “a”

 

Vocabulary introduced in this Lesson

  • (to) drink – nomimasu
  • (to) eat – tabemasu
  • hamburger – hanbāgā
  • ‘object marker’ – o
  • vinegared rice delicacy – sushi

 

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