[L2JP] (~Hiragana~) Lesson 1: a-e-i-o-u

Konbanwa Mina-san!

It's time for Lesson #1!!

This lesson will cover the Hiragana for writing a-e-i-o-u, some more vocabulary words, some new phrases, and the usage of desu! Hajimemashou!

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Example Words:

Baby: あkachan
Ecchi: えcchi
Dog: いnu
Demon (Oni): おni
Cow: うshi

Desu and Ka:

Desu has multiple meanings that change with the context of a sentence. It can mean "I am", "it is", "we are", "he is", etc.. Desu is placed at the end of sentences and sometime accompanied by a 'ka'. Ka turns normal sentences into questions.

For example:

Romaji:
Inu desu.
Inu desu ka.

Translation:
It's a dog.
Is it a dog?

Notice that the ending punctuation is still a period (or usually a 。) and that there is no question mark. It's completely normal to see a sentence without a question mark and have it be a question. The key particle to look out for is the 'ka'.

New Phrases:

wakarimasu. - I understand.
wakarimasu ka. - Do you understand?
iie, wakarimasen. - No, I don't understand.
hai, wakarimasu. - Yes, I understand.

New Vocabulary:

Spoiler: Vocab

あnata - you
nani - what
haい - yes
いいえ - no
いnu - dog
おni - demon
あkachan - baby
うshi - cow
おkaあsan - mother
いえ - house
おtoうsan - father
あkaい - red
いmoうto - younger sister
うsagi - rabbit
えnpitsu - pencil
おneえsan - elder sister
おmoshiroい - interesting
いsu - chair
おkiru - to wake up
え - picture/painting
いい - good
あい - love
あお - blue
kaえru - frog

Practice:

As always I encourage you to practice reviewing the vocabulary whenever you have free time and now also to practice recognizing the hiragana characters. Below I have captured some images and will test your mettle! Try your best to answer all of the question before going to other sources ;D (they should all be answerable from this lesson and/or any previous lessons). Please post the (a) proper response to the images below since practice helps make perfect! (in spoilers)

Spoiler: Neko desu ka.

Spoiler: Kaえru desu ka

Spoiler: Nani mimi desu ka.

Spoiler: いmoうto desu ka.

Spoiler: Nani desu ka.

 

@Blazer Hope you don't mind if I add this

I know its not very important on the computer since you can just type the hiragana but if you plan on writing it out (which you should be doing), there are specific stroke orders to each hiragana. Here are the A-I-U-E-O

 

The more knowledge sharing the better
@obdriver6

 

No problem....

Also, I think I'm dumb cause I don't understand the exercise lol Would the answers be:
1)いいえ、いぬです。
2)はい、かえるです。
3)いいえ、わかりません。
4)はい、いもうとです。
5)おねえさんです。

I think I did the first 3 right but I'm not sure about the last 2 and if I did it all wrong, could you do an example with the first one or with another image? Also, I know all my answers are in hiragana but if thats not permitted I can change it, its just that I found it easier to write it like that than to switch between English and Japanese lol

 

Hehe. You all hiragana'er you!
#5 if supposed to be referring to the hand
#3 was an attempt at what type of ears are they (the animal - nani mimi/what ears? something like that)
I might have made it a little confusing I suppose

 

Ok, that makes sense lol So it would be
3)うさぎみみです。
5)てです。