Japanese: F–10 Sequence / Foundation to Level 2 / Understanding / Systems of language
Content description
Understand the structure of basic sentences in Japanese and recognise some key elements of Japanese grammar
Elaborations
knowing common forms of greetings, for example, おはようございます、おはよう, and noticing the different levels of formality
identifying gender-specific pronouns わたし and ぼく
understanding the use of common suffixes such as さん or くん or titles such as せんせい to address and refer to other people, for example, Luke くん and White せんせい
understanding basic word order in simple sentences, for example, noun が すき です。りんご が すき です。, adjective + noun です。 おおきい いぬ です。
understanding how to specify items using the possessive particle の, for example, わたし の かぞく、 Sarah さん の ほん、おばあさん の いえ
referring to numbers of things using cardinal numbers 0–100: 一、二、三 …百
learning to describe the colour あお です。size おおきい です。 and shape まる です。of things
understanding different question words such as だれ、なに、どこ and the sentence-ending particle か
recognising and responding to a request using verb ください, for example, きいて ください。and すわって ください。
indicating affirmative and negative responses using はい and いいえ
using some culturally specific parallel phrases related to giving and receiving, for example, どうぞ and ありがとう
learning to use common onomatopoeia such as ぺこぺこ and わんわん
building vocabulary to describe and label familiar and immediate objects and environments
