Curriculum

Basic Bootcamp

This 5-lesson mini series gives you a brief introduction to the Japanese language. You'll learn the very basics of grammar and vocabulary all in 5 compact lessons.

Lesson	Title	Topic	Function	Dialogue/Target Phrases	Vocabulary List
#1	Basic Bootcamp: Self-Introduction	Self introduction	Learning how to introduce yourself	A:こんにちは。私は田中です。はじめましてHello. My name is Tanaka. Nice to meet you. B:私は鈴木です。よろしくお願いします。My name is Suzuki. Nice to meet you.	こんにちはわたしはじめましてよろしくお願いしますどうぞ
#2	Basic Japanese sentence structure	Basic sentence structure Nationality	Learning how to say where you are from	A: こんにちは。私はナオミです。日本人です。 Hello, I'm Naomi. I'm Japanese. B: こんにちは。私はピーターです。アメリカ人です. Hello, I'm Peter. I'm American.	日本日本人アメリカアメリカ人イギリスイギリス人中国中国人
#3	Useful Phrases for Learning	Useful phrases	Learning Japanese using Japanese	すみません。もう一度お願いします。 Sumimasen. Mō ichi-do onegai shimasu. "Excuse me, could you say that one more time, please?" すみません。ゆっくりお願いします。 Sumimasen. Yukkuri onegai shimasu. "Excuse me, could you say it slowly, please?" -Question (how do you say----in Japanese) すみません。これは日本語で何ですか。 Sumimasen. Kore wa Nihon-go de nan desu ka? "Excuse me. How do you say this in Japanese?"	すみません英語日本語これお願いしますもう一度何ゆっくり
#4	Counting I	Counting	Counting from 1-100 in Japanese	1 (ichi), 2 (ni), 3 (san), 4 (yon), 5 (go), 6, (roku) 7 (nana), 8 (hachi), 9 (kyū), 10 (jū)
#5	Counting II	Counting	Counting from 100-10,000 in Japanese	Auctioneer: And here we have an antique comic book-this is a true collector's item that's one of a kind! We'll start the bidding at 100 yen. Hiro: Hyaku! (100!) Kazuki: Ni-hyaku! (200!) Hiro: Go-hyaku! (500!) Kazuki: Sen! (1,000!) Hiro: Sen san-byaku! (1,300!) Kazuki: Sen ro-ppyaku! (1,600!) Hiro: Ni-sen! (2,000!) Kazuki: San-zen! (3,000!) Hiro: Ha-ssen! (8,000!!!) Kazuki: .... Auctioneer: Sold! To this person right here for 8,000 yen! Hiro: Yatta! (Yay!)