THINGS TO

KNOW
BEFORE
STUDYING
JAPANESE
LANGUAGE

Nihongo
日本語
 NIHON means
JAPANESE Japan
LANGUAGE

NIHONGO GO means
Language
Japan
has Kantouben used in
many
dialects
Tokyo and many other
places
Kansaiben- used in
Osaka

Kyuushuben- used in
Okinawa
 BOWING – TO
SHOW RESPECT,
APOLOGY,
THANKS AND
MAKING
REQUEST. HAS
DIFFERENT
DEGREED LIKE
15 DEGREES , 30
DEGREES AND
45 DEGREES.
 1. Kenjougo- “Casual” , used when talking to
friends and family members.
Ex. Good morning - Ohayou
Thank you - arigatou
LEVEL OF
POLITENESS 2. Sonkeigo- “polite” , used when talking to elders
OF JAPANESE and people not close to you
LANGUAGE Ex. Good morning- Ohayou Gozaimasu
Thank you-arigatou gozaimasu
3. Keigo- Honorific or humble expressions- used in
business settings
JAPAN HAS 3 WRITING SYSTEMS

1.Hiragana
2.Katakana
3.kanji
 1. HIRAGANA
-BASIC WRITING
SYSTEM , USED
FOR ORIGINAL
JAPANESE WORDS,
HAS CURVY
STROKES, HAS 46
BASIC
CHARACTERS
 DAKUTEN AND
HANDAKUTEN
ARE NOT USED ON THEIR OWN - THEY
ARE USED TO MODIFY THE HIRAGANA
SYMBOLS THEY APPEAR AFTER THE
HIRAGANA CHARACTER.

• The 'dakuten' symbol ( “-tenten)

• ex. か (ka) becomes the voiced
sound が (ga).
• handakuten' symbol ( ゜ -maru )
Ex. は (ha) becomes ぱ (pa).
2. KATAKANA
USED FOR
FOREIGN
WORDS/LOAN
WORDS, USED TO
WRITE NAMES OF
FOREIGNERS

チャリス　ファハルド
Charisse Fajardo

　　　　　 cha-ri-su fa-ha-ru-do

 3. KANJI-
CHINESE
CHARACTERS
TAKEN FROM
IDEOLOGY AND
PICTURES.
 Konichiwa hello/good
day

Ohayou/Ohayou Gozaimasu good morning

Konbanwa good evening

EVERYDAY
JAPANESE Arigatou/ arigatou gozaimasu -thank you
GREETINGS
Douitashimashite welcome

AISATSU
Oyasumi nasai good night

Sayounara good bye

ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU
mata raishuu

Thank you
see you again next week