Beginner Lesson #3: Lesson Description + Signup Page
やっとできました！第3回目のレッスン！
Here are the lesson details for the third Skype Lesson.
You must have a microphone and headphones to participate. Please do not use speakers because it will echo back into the mic and create a very annoying echo. Having a fast connection also helps with the latency.
Important: The lessons will be recorded and posted on this site. If you do not want to be recorded, please do not participate in the lesson.
Lesson 3: A first look at adjectives and the の particle
Overview
In this lesson, we’ll learn the two different types of adjectives, their characteristics, and the differences in rules for conjugation. We’ll also learn one of the main functions of the 「の」 particle, which is to show possession. Finally, we’ll put these two things together to ask each other about people and places in our lives.
※This lesson will be recorded and posted on this site along with my notes.
Lesson Date and Time
※I have work Sunday so I’m changing the lesson date to Saturday morning for this lesson only.
Time: Sat 9:00 am, Tokyo Time (No DST) (convert time)
Date: May 6
Length: 30 min to 1 hour
Participants: Joao Paulo, John, Raize, Rossine
Prerequisites
1. You must have a microphone and headphones. Please do not speakers.
2. You must be familiar with the contents of the previous two lessons.
3. You must know hiragana.
4. Though useful, knowledge of katakana is not neccessary.
Lesson Preparation
You must be familiar with hiragana.
・Hiragana Link 1
・Hiragana Link 2
You should also become at least somewhat familiar with the following vocabulary and expressions before the lesson. I also recommend that you study the kanji by using an online kanji dictionary as I described in lesson 2.
This lesson’s vocabulary is chock full of adjectives so good luck!
Vocabulary
- どう - how
- どんな - what kind of
- ところ - place
- 私【わたし】 - I, me, myself
- 人【ひと】 - person
- 友達【ともだち】 - friend
- 日本語【にほんご】- Japanese language
- 家【いえ or うち】- house
- 部屋【へや】- room
- 元気（な）【げんき】- lively; spirited
- 上手（な）【じょうず】- skilled; good at
- 静か（な）【しずか】- quiet
- 有名（な）【ゆうめい】- famous
- 親切（な）【しんせつ】- kind
- 便利（な）【べんり】- convenient
- きれい（な）- pretty; clean
- いい - good
- かっこいい - cool; handsome
- かわいい - cute
- 大きい【おおきい】 - big
- 小さい【ちいさい】 - small
- 広い【ひろい】 - wide
- 狭い【せまい】 - narrow; cramped
- 楽しい【たのしい】 - fun
- 面白い【おもしろい】 - interesting; funny
Expressions
１．なるほど。 - I see.
Lesson Notes
Rules for making negative state-of-being for i-adjectives
1. Casual: Drop the last 「い」 and attach 「くない」
2. Polite: Drop the last 「い」 and attach 「くないです」
Resources
Adjectives Explained
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April 28th, 2006 at 3:53 pm
Comment here to sign up for a future lesson. Please provide your real email address please. Don’t worry, it won’t show up on the site. Currently, I have the following people signed up for the 4th lesson. The 5th lesson is still open.
Lesson #4 participants
Jenny, Luis, Andrew, Charles
April 28th, 2006 at 10:49 pm
Please sign me up for lesson 4 as well. it’d be nice to be a regular of some sort if that were possible. Until then, 4 too please!
If it helps, my name’s Ray :)
April 29th, 2006 at 4:07 am
I’m already on lesson 4 but I (also) would like to participate on a regular way. Usually i don’t have problems on being on time for your class(If it keeps on this time).
April 29th, 2006 at 9:09 am
Hi Ray, lesson 4 is full so I’ll sign you up for lesson 5. Charles, I would love to have regular participants but I’m afraid that will deprive others the change to participate. For now, I’ll sign you up for lesson 5 too as well.
April 30th, 2006 at 11:44 am
I would love to be a regular in your classes as well. Please sign me up for 5,6,7, etc.
May 2nd, 2006 at 2:43 pm
Pls. sign me up for lessons 3 and 4.
May 2nd, 2006 at 5:56 pm
Hi Alfred, as I mentioned, the 3rd and 4th lessons are already full. You can sign up for the fifth, if you are still interested by letting me know what your skype id is. Thanks.
May 2nd, 2006 at 10:42 pm
Hey Tae, sorry I have to cancel this week for lesson 3. Just found out I’m forced to go to a wedding.
May 6th, 2006 at 8:49 pm
Hi, Tae! The third lesson was great! May I participate in the fifth?
May 18th, 2006 at 6:49 pm
hi, i would like to be a regular in your skype lessons. please sign me up for lesson 5 if there’s still slot available. thanks.
May 29th, 2006 at 12:49 am
Thankyou so much for doing these lessons, they are very interesting and helpful. I’m glad the “earphones only” problem is dealt with, hope you also manage to connect with people with fast connections to stop the horrible static noises from happening. I hope the people you are teaching manage to show a bit more enthusiasm as well XD Great so far and can’t wait for more =D
Please put my name down for any lesson slots if available, thankyou!
June 5th, 2006 at 4:04 pm
I am keen to give your lessons a go! Please let me know more about your upcoming lessons!
July 21st, 2006 at 11:18 am
I would like to subscribe to your lessons. Is there an easy way to lean the hiragana?
April 11th, 2007 at 7:07 am
Hey, I would LOVE to participate in the next lesson, if that’s okay. Please e-mail me if you need my Skype name. I look forward to hearing from you!