Hollywood Japanese Language School

    Established in 1915, we are one of the oldest Japanese                                         language schools.

★June classes are coming! (Online)   ★ Starting June 3rd  　★Summer class for Teens and Kids ( 9 yrs. and over) 　　Starting June 17th! 

                                  Class schedule                       

   ・We do lot of conversation and listening practice

   ・Class size is small:  3 to 5 people (learn faster) 

   ・Private tutoring: adjust to your level, more talk and listening ⇒ learn faster

  ・Class fee: small class: $60 for four times  ・private class: $100 for four times  

 Amazingly inexpensive!

     Cf. US average: $30 to &$70 for small class/ $40 to $100 for private 

                        Please contact: HollywoodJLS5@gmail.com 

★School address: 3929 Middlebury St. Los Angeles, CA  _{(near 101 w Vermont Ave.)}

                                   Image of Japan (illustration © 2022 Meppelstatt )

Do you know three big difference between Japanese and English?

 １. Japanese use three different writings, Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji

  1.  Hiragana ひらがな  Hints: how to memorize Hiragana?

2. Katakana カタカナ3. Kanji 漢字    

Ⅱ. Japanese sentence structure is different from English

      Japanese: S (subject) + O (object) + V (verb)

      English: S (subject) + V (verb) + O (object)  

Ⅲ. Japanese pronunciation   

    ◆ consonants + 5 vowels (a, i, u, e, o)

◆ Intonation pattern

Compare to English accent which uses stress some syllables, Japanese pronunciation sounds flat.　For instance,

                  Japanese                                   Some English speakers

             OHAYOO GOZAIMASU                   OHAYOO GOZAIMASU        

           おはようございます。                      おはようございます。

 Honorifics

Popular Japanese textbooks

Useful free online sites: 

    n5 listening with script, n4 listening with script, n3 listening with script

    minna no nihongo listening 1-25, minna no nihongo kaiwa 1-25

    minna no nihongo grammar 1-25, 

    try n5, 

Greetings:  あいさつ(aisatsu)

Verbs 動詞 (dooshi) : Japanese verbs conjugate

Verb conjugation: Japanese verbs conjugate              (there are rules)

   Bellow, just show you a dictionary form

5W 1H： いつitsu, どこでdokode, だれがdarega, なにをnanio, 

　　　　なぜnaze, どのようにdonoyouni,

             どこでたべますかDoko de tabemasuka (Where do you eat?)

★Useful expressions (there are many)

    May I have ---?

   Shall we ---?

★Particle: は、が、で、に、を、へ、etc,.

Onomatopoeia (Japanese use a lot)

★How to call days of the week?

★How to call family members?：かぞくKazoku

Te-form