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Contents of Beginning Japanese, Part 1

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Contents for:   Beginning Japanese, Part 2


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS   vii
     
INTRODUCTION   xv
Procedures   xvi
Tapes   xix
Pronunciation   xxi
Special Symbols and Conventions   xlv
Romanization   xlvi
     
CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONS   1
     
INTRODUCTORY LESSON:  Greetings And Useful Phrases   2
Basic Sentences   2
Notes on the Basic Sentences   2
Drills   4
Exercises   5
     
LESSON 1:  Getting Around   6
Basic Dialogues   6
Notes on the Basic Dialogues   8
Grammatical Notes   8
    1. Verbals   8
    2. Question Particle ka   9
    3. Answers to Yes-or-No Questions   10
    4. ne┑e   11
Drills   11
Exercises   13
     
LESSON 2:  Getting Around   14
Basic Dialogues   14
Additional Vocabulary: Opposites   16
Notes on the Basic Dialogues   17
Grammatical Notes   17
    1. Adjectivals   17
    2. Nominals   19
    3. kore, sore, are, do┑re   21
    4. Particle yo   22
Drills   22
Exercises   25
     
LESSON 3:  Shopping   26
Numerals   26
Basic Dialogues   27
Notes on the Basic Dialogues   29
Grammatical Notes   29
    1. Numerals of Series I and Counter -en   29
    2. Demonstratives: kono, sono, ano, do┑no   31
    3. Copula   31
Drills   33
Supplementary Conversation   35
Exercises   35
     
LESSON 4:  Shopping (cont.)   37
Basic Dialogues   37
Notes on the Basic Dialogues   40
Grammatical Notes   41
    1. Particles: ğa, o, wa, mo, to   41
    2. a┍rima┑su  ~  go┍zaima┑su   45
    3. ku┍dasa┑i and Verbal Gerunds   46
    4. no 'one(s)'   47
    5. Fragments   47
Drills   49
Short Dialogue Practice   52
Supplementary Conversations   54
Exercises   56
     
LESSON 5:  Shopping (cont.)   57
Basic Dialogues   57
Additional Place Names   60
Notes on the Basic Dialogues   60
Grammatical Notes   61
    1. Numerals: Series II   61
    2. Counters: -hoň, -mai, -satu   62
    3. Extent   63
    4. Particle no   64
    5. koňna, soňna, aňna, do┑ňna   66
    6. moo  ~  mo┑tto   66
    7. dake   67
    8. --mo --mo   67
Drills   67
Supplementary Conversations   71
Exercises   72
     
LESSON 6:  Locating People And Things   73
Basic Dialogues   73
Additional Vocabulary   77
Notes on the Basic Dialogues   77
Grammatical Notes   78
    1. Copula: Tentative   78
    2. do┑ko desu ka  ~  do┑ko ni a├rima┤su ka   79
    3. i┍ma┑su  ~  o┍rima┑su  ~  i┍rassyaima┑su   80
    4. Particle ni of Location   81
    5. Multiple Particles   81
    6. Place-Word Series   82
    7. -ya   83
Drills   83
Short Supplementary Dialogues   91
Exercises   93
     
LESSON 7:  Around Town   94
Basic Dialogues   94
Notes on the Basic Dialogues   98
Grammatical Notes   99
    1. Adjectivals Ending in -tai 'want to - '   99
    2. Verbal Tentative   100
    3. Particles e 'to',   ni 'to',   ma┑de 'as far as',   de 'at',   de 'by means of',   o 'through'   101
    4. Verbal Gerund + ku┍dasaimase┑ň ka   102
    5.  . . . ma┍ssu┑ğu itte,  . . . ma┍gatte kudasa┑i   103
    6. i┍kima┑su  ~  ma┍irima┑su  ~  i┍rassyaima┑su   104
    7. kono saki   104
    8. -tyoome   104
Drills   105
Supplementary Conversations   110
Exercises   111
     
LESSON 8:  Time   113
Basic Dialogues   113
Notes on the Basic Dialogues   116
Grammatical Notes   117
    1. Time Counters: -huň, -zi, -zikaň, -ka/-niti, -syuukaň, -ğatu, -kağetu, -neň   117
    2. Telling Time   121
    3. Informal Speech   122
    4. Particles: kara 'from', ni (time when)   124
    5. -ğo┑ro  ~  -gu┑rai 'about'   125
    6. ki┍ma┑su  ~  ma┍irima┑su  ~  i┍rassyaima┑su   126
Drills   126
Question Supplement   130
Exercises   131
     
LESSON 9:  Time (cont.)   132
Basic Dialogues   132
Notes on the Basic Dialogues   135
Grammatical Notes   137
    1. Verbals: More About the Tentative   137
    2. Verbals: Honorific Equivalents Ending in √na┍rima┑ su   137
    3. Particles: ma┑de 'until', ma┑de ni 'by'   138
    4. √de┑su Following a Particle   139
Drills   139
Supplementary Conversations (with questions)   144
Exercises   146
     
LESSON 10:  Meeting People   148
Basic Dialogues   148
Additional Nationalities   152
Notes on the Basic Dialogues   153
Grammatical Notes   154
    1. √de┑su: Polite Equivalents   154
    2. Verbal Gerund + √i┍ma┑su   156
    3. √de┑su: Gerund   157
    4. Adjectival + √na┍rima┑su  ~  Nominal +  ~  + √na┍rima┑su   158
    5. Counting People and Their Ages   159
Drills   159
Supplementary Selections (with questions)   164
Exercises   165
     
LESSON 11:  Meeting People (cont.)   166
Basic Dialogues   166
Family Terms   169
Additional Language Names   170
Notes on the Basic Dialogues   170
Grammatical Notes   172
    1. Verbals: Informal Non-past, Stem, and Gerund   172
    2. Copula: Informal Non-past da   178
    3. Particle kara 'so'   178
    4. desyoo?   180
    5. Inverted Sentences   180
Drills   181
Short Supplementary Dialogues   187
Exercises   188
     
LESSON 12:  Telephoning   190
Basic Dialogues   190
Notes on the Basic Dialogues   193
Grammatical Notes   195
    1. Telephone Numbers and Counter -baň   195
    2. desyoo Following a Non-past Verbal   196
    3. Alternate Questions   197
    4. na   197
Drills   198
Supplementary Conversations   203
Exercises   205
     
LESSON 13:  Telephoning (cont.)   207
Basic Dialogues   207
Notes on the Basic Dialogues   211
Grammatical Notes   212
    1. ne? and the Explicit Style   212
    2. More About Informal Speech   213
    3. Gerunds As Informal Requests   215
    4. Verbals: Humble Equivalents in √-suru and √-itasu   215
    5. o┍oki┑i  ~  o┑oki na   216
Drills   216
Short Informal Dialogues   222
Supplementary Telephone Conversations   223
Exercises   225
     
LESSON 14:  Eating And Drinking   227
Basic Dialogues   227
Additional Eating and Drinking Vocabulary   231
Notes on the Basic Dialogues   233
Grammatical Notes   234
    1. Verbals: Informal Past   234
    2. Adjectivals: Informal and Formal Past   235
    3. Copula: Informal Past   236
    4. Uses of the Informal Past   236
    5. mo┑o + Affirmative; ma┑da + Negative   238
    6. Goal Patterns with √suru   239
    7. Counter -hai   240
Drills   240
Supplementary Conversation   246
Exercises   249
     
LESSON 15:  Eating And Drinking   251
Basic Dialogues   251
Notes on the Basic Dialogues   255
Grammatical Notes   257
    1. Informal Negatives, Non-past and Past   257
    2. Comparison of Two Items; Particles yori and hodo   260
    3. Comparison of Three or More Items; i┍ti┑baň   262
    4. Interrogative + de┑ mo   263
    5. Manner   264
    6. Particle to 'with'   264
    7. Counter -niňmae   265
Drills   265
Short Supplementary Dialogues (with questions)   272
Supplementary Conversation   273
Exercises   274
     
LESSON 16:  At Home   276
Basic Dialogues   276
Notes on the Basic Dialogues   280
Grammatical Notes   281
    1. Verbals: Transitive and Intransitive; Gerund + √a┑ru   281
    2. Verbal Gerund + kara   283
    3. Color Words   284
    4. Sentence Particle wa   285
    5. Counter -kai 'floor'   286
Drills   286
Supplementary Selections (with questions)   291
Supplementary Conversation   292
Exercises   293
     
LESSON 17:  At Home (cont.)   295
Basic Dialogues   295
Additional Vocabulary   299
Notes on the Basic Dialogues   300
Grammatical Notes   301
    1. Verbals of Giving and Receiving   301
    2. Verbal Gerund + √simau   304
    3. Verbal Gerund + √oku   305
    4. Particle ya   306
Drills   306
Supplementary Selections (with questions)   312
Short Supplementary Dialogues   313
Exercises   313
     
LESSON 18:  Visiting   315
Basic Dialogues   315
Notes on the Basic Dialogues   320
Grammatical Notes   322
    1. Quotatives [t]te  ~  to   322
    2. Indirect Questions Containing Interrogative Words   325
    3. More Imperatives   325
    4. ma┑da + Affirmative; mo┑o + Negative   326
    5. na┑ku in Sentence-Final Position   326
    6. mi┍e┑ru   327
Drills   328
Greetings, Farewells, and Assorted Small Talk   336
Exercises   342
     
LESSON 19:  Transportation   343
Basic Dialogues   343
Additional Vocabulary   347
Notes on the Basic Dialogues   347
Grammatical Notes   348
    1. Sentence Modifiers   348
    2. to┍ki┑   352
    3. Verbal Gerund + √mi┑ru   353
    4. Counters: -too, -ğoo-sya, -baň-seň   354
Drills   354
Question Supplement   362
Exercises   362
     
LESSON 20:  Transportation (cont.)   364
Basic Dialogues   364
Notes on the Basic Dialogues   369
Grammatical Notes   371
    1. Gerunds of Condition and Manner; Errands   371
    2. keredo 'even though'   372
    3. tumori 'intention'   373
    4. Further Notes on Comparisons   374
    5. Approximate Numbers   375
    6. Counters: -dai, -rittoru   375
Drills   377
Question Supplement   384
Supplementary Conversation   385
Exercises   386
     
 
 
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