Introduction to the Japanese Language

- 3 writing systems
- Japanese specificities
- the importance of the culture

Japanese pronunciation

- vowels
- semi-consonants /y/ and /w/
- consonants
- syllabic particularities

Nice to meet you

- personal pronouns
- DESU copula
- asking a question with KA
- suffix SAN
- Culture: information on Japan
- Culture: how to bow

My nationality, my address and my job

- counting from 0 to 10
- particle NO
- basic structure with the WA particle
- translating 'too' with MO
- interrogative pronoun NAN
- omission of the subject
- Culture: business card
- Culture: yes and no

My family

- counter NIN
- polite form with -MASU
- IRU, ARU and DESU
- DOU
- Culture: family roles

Introduction to Kanji