Session #2

This week, we learned some more basic rules to reading Japanese;

-There are no spaces between the words.
-In manga, some punctuation is used; !? and ,.
-Manga reads right to left, and top to bottom.

We did a Translation Race for the last 20 minutes of class, using what was learned in class and a cheat sheet to try and read the two frames of manga.

In Hiragana, the "s", "t", and "n" systems were learned.
In Katakana, the "s", "t", and "n" systems were learned.

In kanji, I talked about combining the numbers (see below) with the kanji (gatsu/-getsu) to make the months of the year.


For example, May is

Numbers:

Ichi

Ni

San

Shi/Yon

Go

Roku

Shichi/Nana

Hachi

Kyuu

Juu