Japanese Familiarization & Short-term Training Hosted for free on livelingua.com TableofContents 並 区 Lesson Contents 白旦皇 FirstEncounters IntroductiontoJapanandtheJapaneselanguage 2. Findingoutwhereyouare 19 3. Identifyingobjects 35 4. Askingabouttheavailabilityofmerchandiseor 51 services 5. Introductions 65 II. GettingDirections 6. PlacenamesofinterestinTokyo 79 7. Somebasicplaceexpressions 89 8. Gettingtheansweryouwant(1) 105 9. Gettingtheansweryouwant(2) 119 10. Askingthedistance 137 ReviewLesson:MakingItWork(1) 155 1. III. Transpo吋ation 噌a， Buyingatrainticket 157 12. Takingtherighttrain 175 13. Gettingoffattherightstop 191 14. Findinbguouttherightexitandchangingtrains 205 andbuses 15. Takingataxi 219 IV. Shopping 16. Locatingmerchandise 235 17. Askingforserviceandindicatingpreference 251 18. Makingadecision 269 19. Payingandreceivingchange 285 20. Dailygreetings 299 ReviewLesson:MakingItWork(2) 319 V. EatingOut 21. Seat~ng andaskingforservice 321 22. Placinganorder 335 23. Placinganorderandpaying 351 VI. Telephoning 24. Openingatelephoneconversation 371 25. Makingandreceivingabusinesscall 383 26. Moretelephonecalls 399 VII. Emergenciesand 27. Emergencies 413 Problems 28. Gettingthingsfixed 427 VIII. UsefulExpressions 29. Goingoutforentertainment 441 30. Expressingappreciation，regretandother 457 sentiments ReviewLesson:MakingItWork(3) 469 Japanese-EnglishGlossary 473 English-JapaneseGlossary 496 TableofMonths，Days，WeeksandCounters 516 lii Hosted for free on livelingua.com PREFACE TheJapaneseFamiliarizationandShortTerm(FAST)Courseisoneofaseries ofsimilarforeignlanguagecoursesproducedattheForeignServiceInstitutethat areintendedtotrainU.S.Governmentpesonnelassignedtooverseasposts. The objectiveoftheFASTCoursesistohelpstudentsacquirethecommunicationskills necessarytodealwiththemostcommonsocialanddailylifesituationstheywill encounterduringtheiroverseasassignments. Languageformsadequatetosatisfy personalneeds，"how-to"information，andculturalhighlightsarepresentedina formatthatwillencouragestudentstotryoutandusewithconfidencethe languageskillstheyhavedeveloped. TheoriginalversionoftheJapaneseFASTCoursewasdraftedin1981by TetsuoKumatoriyaandMariTakahashiunderthedirectionofMadelineE.Ehrman. Thesematerialswereeditedin1985byJohnB.Ratliff，III，andHedyA.St.Denis. Basedonobservationofstudentperformanceandcommentsofbothstudentsand instructorsatFSI，thecoursehasbeenextensivelyrevisedoverthepastseveralyears. Mrs.TomokoTanakaCampen，SeniorInstructorintheFSIJapaneseSection，has beendeeplyinvolvedinthisworkalongwiththeteamofinstructorsthatsheheads: MiyukiFogel，MasaloGonzales-Montero，MasaloNanto，andSetsukoPfeiffer. く く ThomasE.Maddenassistedwiththedesignandlay-outofthecamera-readycopy andCorneliusC.Iくublerwasresponsiblefortheeditingofthefinalversionofthe course. TheJapaneseFASTCoursewasdesignedasasix-weekintroductorycoursefor employeesanddependentswithimminentassignmentstoJapanwhoareunableto taketheregular44-weekJapaneseBasicCourse.ItshouldbenotedthattheFAST Coursedoesnotattempttopresentasystematic，comprehensiveintroductionto Japanesegrammar;instead，bitsandpiecesofthegrammararepracticedand explainedastheyappearnaturallyinthedialogs. Inviewoftheemphasisonthe immediatelypracticalandtheamountoftimeavailable，alllinguisticexplanations havebeengreatlysimplified. Usersofthesematerialswhohavesuggestionsforimprovementofthisfirst publishededitionshouldsendthemtotheJapaneseLanguageSection，Department ofAsianandAfricanLanguages，SchoolofLanguageStudies，ForeignService Institute，DepartmentofState，Washington，D.C.20520. Washington，D.C. July1988 Hosted for free on livelingua.com Lesson1 IntroductiontoJapanandtheJapaneselanguage Lesson 1 INTRODUCTIONTOJAPAN AND THEJAPANESELANG・UAGE こ ん に ち は O Inthislesson，youwilllearnhowto • stateyourname，Japanesestyle • greetpeopleinJapanese • saythefollowinginJapanese: I'don'tunderstand' 'Iunderstand' • askaJapanesepersontorepeatsomething • countnumbersupto99 Youwillalsobecomefamiliarwithafewrepresentative scenesfromandfactsaboutJapan Hosted for free on livelingua.com lesson1 IntroductiontoJapanandtheJapaneselanguage Presentation 1. Theinstructorwillselectfromamongthefollowingtoshowtotheclass: a. films，slides，andvideotapes b. pictures，postcards，magazines，dolls，books，newspapers，money，etc. Askaboutanddiscusswithyourinstructorsandfellowstudentsanythingwhichyou findinterestinginthefilmsordisplays. 2. YouwillprobablyfindthatyoualreadyknowsomeJapanese.Whataresomeofthe Japanesewordsyouhaveheardbefore?Telltheclass. HaveyoubeentoJapan?Ifso，brieflydescribeyourexperiencetotheclass.What citiesdidyouvisitandwhomdidyoumeet?Tellthenamesofthecitiesandpersonstothe class.Practicethepronunciationofthewordsoutloudbyrepeatingaftertheinstructor. 3. a. ListentotheinstructorreadthefollowingJapanesewordsandguessthemeaning ofeachword.ThewordsareoriginallyfromEnglishbuttheyarefrequentlyusedin presentdayJapanese.(Youdon'thavetomemorizethewordsnow，theywillappearin laterunits.) listenandguessthemeaning YOURTASK: familiarizationwiththesoundsystem PURPOSE: basu 5. erebeetaa 9. esukareetaa 13. koora 2. biiru 6. chokoreeto 10. sandoitchi 14. sarada 3. menyuu 7. wain 11. shatsu 15. seetaa 4. biifu 8. koohii 12. hanbaagaa 16. sokkusu b. Makesureyourguesswasζorrect.Repeataftertheteachertopracticepronunciation. confirmationandrepetition，withmeaningunderstood YOURTASK: familiarizationwiththesoundsystem PURPOSE: c. Theinstructorwillshowyouaseriesofpicturesandask， Korewanandesuka? Whatisthis? Answerthequestionbysaying...desu，whichmeans'(It)is...' YOURTASK: look，listen，andanswer PURPOSE: practicepronunciation，introductionof...desu toidentifyanobject 2 Hosted for free on livelingua.com Lesson1 IntroductiontoJapanandtheJapaneselanguage 4. a. ListentotheinstructorreadAmericannamespronouncedintheJapaneseway. Guesswhatnameswereread. YOURTASK: listenandguessthemeaning PURPOSE: comprehensionofcommonAmericannames 1. Sumisu 4. Joonzu 7. Jonson 10. Buraun 2. Teeraa 5. Tonpuson 8. Toomasu 11. Makudonarudo 3. Hoomuzu 6. Andaason 9. Reegan 12. Jakuson b. Makesureyourguesswascorrect. Repeatthenamesaftertheinstructorto practicepronunciation. YOURTASK: confirmationandrepetition PURPOSE: practiceJapanesepronunciationofAmericannames c. Practicethepronunciationofyournameaswellasthenamesoftheotherstudents. d. TellyourinstructoryournameinJapanese，saying Watakushiwa...desu，whichmeans'I'm.一' YOURTASK: tellyourname PURPOSE: pronunciationofyourname introductionofWatakushiwa...desu. 5. a. Theinstructorwillcalltheroll.Sayhaimeaning'yes，'whenyournameisζailed.(In thissituation，thewordcanmean'here'or'present.') Instructor: ...san. YOURTASK: listenandanswer PURPOSE: comprehensionofAmericannames，...san，and affirmativeanswers b. Whatdoestheinstructorsayaftereachname? Whatdoyouthinkisthemeaning oftheword? Discuss. YOURTASK: listenandidentifyawordanditsmeaning PURPOSE: addressterm...san c. Theinstructorwilltellyouhisorherfullname. Listencarefullyandwriteitdown. Dids/hesay...sanattheendofthename? Whichdoyouthinkisthefirstnameand thelastname? S/hewillalsogivesomecommonJapanesenames. Repeatafterthe instructortopracticepronunCiation. Instructor: Watakushiwa...desu. YOURTASK: listenandwrite PURPOSE: wordorderofJapanesenames introductionofcommonJapanesenames 3 Hosted for free on livelingua.com Lesson1 IntroductiontoJapanandtheJapaneselanguage 6. a. LookatthemapofJapan(Nihon 日本)belowandidentifythenamesofthe islandsandthecitieswhereAmericanconsulatesandAmericancentersarelocated. Praticethepronunciationofeachplace，repeatingaftertheinstructor. 仁 American Island Consulate Center (USIA) 。 • IIIIII判11111\\I Hokkaid Sapporo Sapporo Honshu Tokyo Tokyo Osaka Osaka Kobe Nagoya Kyoto Shikoku Kyushu Fukuoka Fukuoka Okinawa Naha 1111 G~ χ9 Na 4 Hosted for free on livelingua.com Lesson1 IntroductiontoJapanandtheJapaneselanguage b. TheinstructorasksyouaquestionbyreferringtothemapofJapan. Answerthe question. Example: Instructor: Korewa(placename)desuka? Student: Hai，soodesu. Yes，itis OR lie，chigaimasu. No，itisno.t (Iit.，No，itisdifferent.) Whenyoudonotunderstandtheword(s)theinstructorsaid，askhimorherto repeatthequestionbysaying 、 Suminasen. I'msorry.ORExcuseme. Mooichi-doittekudasa.i Pleasesay(that)again. YOURTASK: answerthequestionandgetunclearquestionsrepeated PURPOSE: introducepositiveandnegativeanswersandrequestsfor repetition c. CommunicationGame Directions: OnestudentpointstoaplaceonthemapofJapanandaskswhetheritisa pa同icularplacebysaying:Korewa(placename)desuka?Asecondstudentanswers his/herquestionbysayingeither:Hai，soodesu，orlie，chigaimasu. Ifthesecond studentdoesnotgetawordinthequestion，s/heasksthefirststudenttorepeatthe questionbysayingSumimaser Mooichi-doittekudasa.i 可. 7. a. Thefollowingexpressionsareusedasgreetings.Listentotheinstructorandrepeat. Ohayoogozaimasu. Goodmorning. Konnichiwa. GoodafternoonORGoodday. Konbanwa. Goodevening. Sayoonara. Good-bye. YOURTASK: listenandrepeat PURPOSE: introductionofgreetingexpressions 5 Hosted for free on livelingua.com Lesson1 IntroductiontoJapanandtheJapaneselanguage b. Practicethefollowinggreetings: A: ...sanohayoogozaimasu. Goodmorning，Mr./Ms.. B: Ohayoogozaimasu. Goodmorning. 2. A: Konnichiwa. 耐 嗣 Goodafternoon. U B: Konnichiwa. Goodafternoon. 3. A: Konbanwa. Goodevennn u B: Konbanwa. GoodevennJn 3 4. A: Sayoonara. Good-bye. B: Sayoonara. Good-bye. ••• ，‘、E .a，‘，•• 6 Hosted for free on livelingua.com Lesson1 IntroductiontoJapanandtheJapaneselanguage 8. Classroomexpressions Duringthecourse，yourinstructorwilltrytocommunicatewithyouusingJapanese wheneverpossible.Youwillfindthefollowingclassroomexpressionshelpfulforsmoother communication. (TheseexpressionswillalsobeusefulforcommunicationwithJapanese peopleoutsideclass.) a. Instructor: Wakarimasuka? Doyouunderstand? Student: Hai，wakarimasu. Yes，Iunderstand. OR lie，wakarimasen. No，Idon'tunderstand. b. Student: Mooichi-doittekudasa.i Pleasesayitagain. 9. Readingnumbers ThefollowingistheJapanesenumericalsystemfromzeroto99. Practicethe pronunciationofthenumbersbyrepeatingaftertheinstructor. 。 zero 30 san-Juu ichi 31 sa作n.刊uiω小d州h、叫i 2 nI 32 san-JuunI 3 san 4 shi/yon 40 yon-Juu 5 go 50 nヨO-IUU 6 roku 60 roku-juu 7 shichilnana 70 nana-Juu 8 hachi 80 hachi-juu 9 ku/kyuu 90 kyuu-juu 10 JUu 11 juuichi 91 kyuu-juuichi 12 JUunI 92 kyuu-juuni 13 JUusan 93 kyuu-juusan 14 juushi/yon 94 kyuujuushi/yon 15 juugo 95 kyuu-juugo 円 16 juuroku 96 kyuu-juuroku 17 juushichi/nana 97 kyuu-juushichi 18 juuhachi 98 kyuu-juuhachi 19 juuku/kyuu 99 kyuu-juukyuu 20 nJUU ト 7 Hosted for free on livelingua.com