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Pronouns: The use of pronouns in Japanese (in particular, personal pronouns such as 'you', 'she', etc.) is very different from English. In Japanese, the tendency is to use actual names as opposed to pronouns. (see p. 47, for instance).
Topics to be covered:
Lesson 1: New Friends
- X is Y. (Xは、Yです。）
- Question Sentences (~か。）
- Noun-no Noun (e.g., MITのがくせい）
- Echo Quesiton
- ~さんは？(How about you, ~?); さあ／あの／ええと/
- そうですか。('I see')
- Numbers
- Time Expressions
- Telephone Numbers (p.47)
- Q-Word + -ji (o'clock), -jin (nationality), -sai (age), -nensee (grade)?
- Japanese names (p.45)
- Family Terms
- Majors
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