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Established in 1915, we are one of the oldest Japanese language schools.
New classes are coming! (Online) ★ Starting from Jan. 7th!
Year of the Rabbit
Class schedule (online class)
Mon | Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri | Sat | |
AM | 7:45-8:45 | 7:45-8:45 | 7:45-8:45 | 7:45-8:45 | 7:45-8:45 | 9:30-10:30 |
9:30-10:30 | 9:30-10:30 | 9:30-10:30 | 9:30-10:30 | 9:30-10:30 | 10:30-11:30 | |
PM | 4:00-500 | 4:00-500 | 4:00-500 | 4:00-5:00 | 4:00-500 | 2:00-3:00 |
5:30-6:30 | 5:30-6:30 | 5:30-6:30 | 5:30-6:30 | 5:30-6:30 | 3:30-4:30 | |
7:00-8:00 | 7:00-8:00* | 7:00-8:00 | 7:00-8:00 | 7:00-8:00 | ||
8:30-9:30 | 8:30-9:30 |
★Class fee
❏ Regular class (Need 3 to 5 students): 60 min. $60 per month (4 classes)
❏ Private tutoring for one person: 60 min. $95 per month (4 classes)
❏ Private tutoring for two persons: 60 min. $150 per month (4 classes)
・We do lot of conversation and listening practice
・Class size is small: 3 to 5 people (learn faster)
・Inexpensive class-fee: *60 min. class of 3 to 5 students
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
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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
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Popular Japanese textbooks
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Greetings: あいさつ(aisatsu)
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Verbs 動詞 (dooshi) : Japanese verbs conjugate
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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,.
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Onomatopoeia (Japanese use a lot)
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★How to call days of the week?
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★How to call family members?：かぞくKazoku
Te-form
