Teach Yourself Japanese A Practical Guide To Gaining A Good Working Knowledge Of Both The Written And Spoken Language (English And Japanese Edition) PDF
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TEACH YOURSELF JAPANESE a practical guide to gaining a good working knowledge of both the written and spoken language TEACH YOURSELF JAPANESE PREM MOTWANI & NORIKO NASUKAWA STERLING PAPERBACKS An imprint of Sterling Publishers (P) Ltd. 4-59, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase-II, New Delhi-110020 Tel: 26387070, 26386209; Fax: 91-11-26383788 E-mail: [email protected] www sterlingpublishers.com Teach Yourself Japanese © 1998, Prem Motwani & Noriko Nasukawa ISBN 978 81 207 8007 1 Reprint 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014 All rights are reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission of the publisher. hed by Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi-110020. typeset by Vikas Compographics, New Delhi-110020. Printed at Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi-110020. PREFACE It is a popular myth that Japanese Language is difficult for foreigners to learn. Itis essentially because Japanese orthography is a unique mixture of three scripts, Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji, making it a herculian task to master even for the Japanese themselves. However, Japanese grammar and pronunciation are not necessarily very difficult. In recent years there has been widespread demand for learning only the spoken language, minus the script. Hence there have been a large number of books that provide instant communication through situational conversation. This all-romanized book, however, follows an all grammar approach aiming at providing the reader a sound grounding in basic grammar in a short span of time (approximately 100 to 125 hours), while still laying maximum emphasis on conversational skills. Further, in order to facilitate self-study, lots of annotations, drilis, with a key to solutions, new vocabulary in each chapter and a complete audio- tape have been provided. A complete index has also been provided for easy reference both from English as well as Japanese. Moreover, an appendix containing classified vocabulary on a wide variety of subjects has been provided to enable further in-depth study. Sentences and phrases that are most commonly used by the Japanese in daily life have been selected, based on the long experience of the authors of teaching Japanese to foreigners. In sum, elementary and intermediate Japanese have been condensed into one and hence the scope ol this book is not limited to the casual learner or traveller to Japan. but it should prove to be a good stepping stone for those whc wish to build a sound base for handling the language in both written and spoken situations without any outside guidance. iii PRONUNCIATION See the syllabary chart. Japanese has no stress accent like in English. Each syllable is given equal stress but it has a high-low pitch system. There are 5 syllables in Japanese and a is pronounced as ah, ias ee, was 00, e as eh and o as oh. The consonants are k, s, sh, t, ch, ts, h, , m, r, g, j, 2, d, band p. Except n, there is no single consonant in Japanese. All consonants are either a combination of one consonant and one short vowel or double consonant and a short vowel. The u is frequently silent at the end of a word as in desu and masu. Macron mark (- ) on 0 and u implies the elongation or the prolonged sound. Compare Kyo and Kyo, Shu and Shi. x HOW TO USE THIS BOOK Read each chapter carefully taking note of finer grammatical details given in each lesson. Attempt ‘Try these’ before proceeding on to the next part or chapter. Use ‘Key to solutions’ dnly as the last resort. Vocabulary used in each chapter has been given at the end of the same. Memorizing the vocabulary is the most important aspect of language learning. Preferably revise the previous few chapters before attempting anew one. Counting, classifiers, adjectives, conjugation of verbs, transitive and intransitive verbs have been included in the Appendices (Part 1), but study them carefully when you encounter them for the first time. ABOUT THE AUDIO TAPES ‘Audio tapes contain only the basic lessons from Chapter 1 to 54 and greetings in Japanese. Always listen to the audio tape first when attempting anew chapter. Serial number of sentences in each lesson has been said in Japanese ice., ichi (for 1), ni (for 2), san (for 3) and so on. For counting, see Appendices Part I. In case there are 2 options in a sentence such as affirmative and negative forms (latter in brackets), only the first option has been included in the audio-tape. SYLLABRY CHART LIST OF HIRAGANA a w i S u [aie Bio ka | @ iki < ku | & ike = iko a4 me vo isu | t ise | iso ta Sent) o> | tana) eo [he & to na fe {na wm nu | f& ine | @ ino ha | @ Ad & fu | A ihe ho ma | # mi @ mu | ® me ® mo ya {a Gi) | ® yu | (e) | & yo ra @ fra S iru | f& fre S 10 wa a | @ a@ | @ tc | € 2 | wy vi ga AX joi * jou < Joe (Ff joo CF za x ii U jw ff jze 4F joo ZS da fi |i B ju 7D jee Flo vv ba (Zt |bi U jou .3% Joe XN |bo (F pa (£ |p U [pu 3% pe X [po (F ya X ap] % vp|ivo % | fava law * vpjovo Ft sha L fs L vpisro Lt} fia Cej ie Ulin Ut ona £ > foru B vp loro Bt nya (I x>|myu [Z yplayo [ZF mya OS elt OS vp ovo OP | Love OX Jom OF vp love OF va Ze x>|omu Ze vp vo Ze | Jove US %>[pw Ut vp|ove UF na!) jw !) vplno Y) £ vii LIST OF KATAKANA. a TF ii 4 ju Yile Lio ka AD |kii [ku 7 lke 4 !ko FD sa tH |shi SY [su ZR jse +k jso Y ta Y jc, F jtsu ‘Y |te F |to f na fF fri = {nv X |ne, A Ino. / ha 7\ Thi KE Jtu ZF |ne XN Jno RK ma ZY {mic 3 |mu LZ, |me xX |mo € va Va) (4)]yw a te (x) iyo = ra 7 fa, Yul ID fel Lolo o wa 7 1 (1) 7 lie (2) j\° Fz a Pa viii CONTENTS Desu L-Adjectives Na-Adjectives Verbs (1) Verbs (2) Te Form of Verbs Adverbial Form of Adjectives and Nouns Wanting something Capability Form Simultaneous Actions Easy To ~, Difficult To ~ Before : ~ ‘Mae ni’, After:~’Kara’ Plain Form I think that :~To Omoimasu’ It is said that :~’To limasu’ ~Is saying that~:’To Itte Imasu’ Called, Known as ~:Noun + ‘To Iu’ When, At the time of :~ ‘Toki’ Cause /. Reason : ‘Kara’, ‘Node’ Although: Noni’ Intend To: ‘Tsumori Desu’ May, Might: ‘Kamo Shiremasen’ Just about to; ‘~Tokoro Desu’ Have made it a point, Have Decided To Has been decided : ‘Koto ni Narimashita’ Sometimes : ‘Koto ga Arimasu’ Experience Non-consecutive Action A particular condition remaining unaltered : ‘~ Mama’ Advice Obligation Permission in negative xi
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