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Japanese I Wiki Page (Fall, 2013)

html: Security restricted macro is not allowed. An edit restriction is required that matches the macro authorization list. Staff Members: Takako Aikawa, Yoshimi Nagaya, Masami Ikeda-LammCharacteristic Features of the Japanese Language<OL><LI>Word order: The Japanese word order is quite different from the English one. English is so-called a "Subject-Verb-Object" language whereas Japanese is called a "Subject-Object-Verb" language. In Japanese, verbs always occur at the end of a sentence.</LI><LI>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.</LI></OL><OL><OL><LI>John read a book.</LI><LI>John-ga book-o read. (where the partcile 'ga' indicates that John is the subject and the particle 'o' indicates that 'book' is the object.)</LI></OL></OL>Topics to be covered: <UL><LI>Lesson 1: New Friends</LI><UL><LI>X is Y.</LI><LI>Question Sentences</LI><LI>Noun-no Noun</LI></UL><LI>Lesson 2: Shopping</LI><LI>Lesson 3: Making a Date</LI><LI>Lesson 4: The First Date</LI><LI>Lesson 5: A Trip to Okinawa</LI><LI>Lesson 6: A Day in Robert's Life</LI></UL>

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