| introduction |
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| part one building the foundations |
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01 hajimemashite, Robert Franks to moshimasu |
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how do you do? I'm called Robert Franks |
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basic Japanese sentence structure; |
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introductions, greetings and farewells; |
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words for countries, nationalities and family members; |
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'it is', 'it is not'; numbers 1 to 10; |
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introduction to reading Japanese |
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02 mainichi terebi o mimasu |
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verbs and particles in sentence structures; |
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time expressions, telling the time (1); numbers 11-99; |
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money, numbers above 100; |
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04 eigakan wa doko ni arimasu ka |
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location of places, items and people; |
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past tense (I did/didn't); |
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days of the week, telling the time (2); |
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05 ano hito wa yumei desu yo! |
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that person is famous you know! |
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adjectives (describing words); |
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giving an opinion, expressing your hopes; |
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06 ryoko wa do deshita ka |
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adjectives and descriptions (2); |
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weather phrases and reports; |
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07 uchuhikoshi ni naritai desu! |
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I want to be an astronaut! |
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likes, dislikes and desires; |
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introduction to kanji (1) |
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| part two extending and manipulating the language |
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08 doyobi ni juji goro okite... |
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on Saturdays I get up at about 10... |
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daily routine in longer sentences; |
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asking someone to do something; |
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give and refuse permission; |
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introduction to kanji (2) |
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09 ima nani o shiteimasu ka |
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what are you doing at the moment? |
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continuous form (are/were doing); |
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routines and habitual actions; |
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saying I want more about family; |
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introduction to kanji (3) |
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10 kono wain o nomu mae ni, biru demo nomimasho! |
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before we drink this wine, let's drink beer or something! |
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intentions, reasons and justifications; |
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11 gaikoku ni sundeita koto ga arimasu |
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talking about experiences; |
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introduction to kanji (5) |
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12 rainen Amerika ni kaero to omoimasu |
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I'm thinking of going to America next year |
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possibilities and probabilities; |
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things you've tried to do; |
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hours, weeks, months and years; |
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13 ano kaigishitsu ni hairanai de kudasai |
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please don't go into that meeting room |
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negative (don't, didn't) plain forms; |
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you must, you don't have to, you shouldn't, if and when (the conditional); |
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| biking it further |
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| key to the exercises |
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| JapaneseEnglish vocabulary |
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| EnglishJapanese vocabulary |
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| verb table |
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| Index of grammar and structures |
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