QuickStudy - Japanese Grammar.pdfVIP

Use as a supplement with basic intermediate Japanese course textbooks Japanese BarCharts, Inc.? WORLD’S #1 ACADEMIC OUTLINE 1 PRONUNCIATION A. Sound and Syllables 1. Syllables consist of a vowel, [a], [i], [u], [e] or [o], and a set of either a consonant or a consonant + [y] and a vowel WRITING SYSTEM A. In authentic written texts, no spaces are used in between words 私はアメリカ人です。 Watashi wa amerikajin des. I am an American. B. Three writing systems, kanji, hiragana, and katakana, are used in Japanese written texts 1. Kanji a. Ideographs borrowed from Chinese characters, each conveying