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Usage of ~ sensee and ~ san (p.47)
Introduction of Classroom Instructions and Additional Expressions (see Orientation Day on Stellar)
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Particles: In English, you can tell which noun corresponds to the subject/the object of a sentence based on the location of that noun. For instance, the subject of the sentence, "John read a book.", is John and the object is a book. Japanese utilizes so-called "particles" to indicate the grammatical function(s) of a noun. Take a look at Examples a-b below.
a. John read a book.
b. John-ga book-o read. (where
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the particle 'ga' indicates that John is the subject and the particle 'o' indicates that 'book' is the object.)
Styles (Politeness): Japanese has many styles of speech and depending on the context or depending on who you're talking to, you need to change the so-called 'registry' of your speech. Styles can be instantiated by adding certain expression(s) (e.g., Ohayoo vs. Ohayoo gozaimasu (Polite)) or by different forms of a predicate.
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- X is Y. (X wa、Y desu.）
- Question Sentences (~ka）
- Noun-no Noun (e.g., MIT no gakusee）
- Echo QuesitonQuestion
- ~san wa？(How about you, ~?); saa／ano／eeto/
- soo desu ka...('I see')
- Numbers
- Time Expressions
- Telephone Numbers (p.47)
- Nan (Q-Word) + -ji (o'clock), -jin (nationality), -sai (age), -nensee (grade)?
- Japanese names (p.45)
- Family Terms
- Majors
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