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Dear みなさん、

こんばんわ！けいこです。
I hope everyone had a great weekend.

This wednesday (12/17) will be our last class for this year.
As I mentioned last week, we will have a mini- oral test.
It’ll be a 2~3 min interview.
I will ask you some questions using the expressions we have learned this semester,
and you will have to answer it in Japanese.
Please review the expressions below, and be prepared for the interview!
Then, see you on wednesday!

~Expressions~
1. meeting someone for the first time
- はじめまして (How do you do?)
- ________です。(I’m ______.)
- どうぞよろしく。(Pleased to meet you.)

2. Greetings
- おはようございます。(Good morning)
- こんにちは。(hello)
- こんばんわ。(good evening)
- おげんきですか？ (How are you?)
- ありがとう、げんきです。(Thank you, I’m fine)
- げんきじゃないです。(I’m not fine.)
- まぁまぁです。(I’m okay…)
- じゃ、また。さようなら。(See you, good bye.)

3. Thanking, apologizing, getting attention
- ありがとうございます。(Thank you.)
- どういたしまして。(You are welcome.)
- ごめんなさい。(I’m sorry.)
- すみません。(I’m sorry, excuse me)
- おねがいします。(Please)

4. Days of the week
- げつようび (monday)
- かようび (tuesday)
- すいようび (wednesday)
- もくようび (thursday)
- きんようび (friday)
- どようび (saturday)
- にちようび (sunday)
- おたんじょうび　おめでとうございます (happy birthday)

5. How old are you?
- なんさいですか？ (How old are you?)
- _____ さいです。(I’m _____ years old.)

6. What is your phone number?
- でんわばんごうは　なんですか？ (What is your phone number?)
- 123-456-7890です。( It’s 123-456-7890.)

7. What school/grade are you in?
- なにちゅうがく／こうこうですか？ (What school are you in?)
- ダルトンちゅうがく／こうこうです。(I’m in Dalton middle/ high school.)
- なんねんせいですか？ (What grade are you in?)
- こうこう／ちゅうがく___ねんせいです。(I’m in ___ grade.)

Doozo!document

みなさん、こんばんわ！
About tomorrow’s class, I have to leave at 4:30 because of my job.
I apologize for this change…
Hope to see you in class!

けいこ

みなさん、こんばんわ。(Minasan konbanwa)
おげんきですか？

Here are the handouts for な line and さ line.
I’m also posting the dialogue sheet that we did on Friday (10/29).

なgyoo
はgyoo
What is your phone number?- dialogue

See you tomorrow!

doozo!
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こんばんわ〜again!

I’m very sorry but I have to cancel tomorrow’s class….
ごめんなさい！！

Please review the Hiraganaあ〜たline, vocabularies, and the expression that we learned.

The next class will be on 10/22 (Wednesday).
We will continue on with the hiragana and learn some new expressions.
We will also watch a video about fashion in Japan and discuss about it.

I hope everyone will have a great weekend and hope to see you next week!
それでは、おやすみなさい〜(soredewa, oyasuminasai)!!

こんばんは(Konban wa)!
けいこ(Keiko) です(desu).
おげんきですか(ogenki desuka)?

Here are the handouts for あ line through たline.

Hiragana sheet あgyoo
Hiragana sheet-かgyoo
Hiragana sheet-さgyoo
Hiragana sheet-たgyoo

This is the hiragana review handout from 10/15 class.
Hiragana review-あ〜さline

doozo
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for those of you who missed it, doozo!
and thanks to mari-san for making them so neat!

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こんばんは。 
I can’t come to school this Wednesday(5/7) and next Wednesday(5/14) because of my job.
So please review all the materials I gave you and practice hiragana this week.
I think it’s time to memorize hiragana… I suggest you to memorize hiragana with words. Please use your workbook and the vocabulary lists on handouts.
If you have questions, please ask me on Friday(5/9).
I’ll check you on Fri if you remember what you’ve learned recently…

Study hard おねがいします.
おやすみなさい。