Eriko Sato, PhD, teaches Japanese in the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

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• Introduction 1About This Audio Set 1Conventions Used in This Audio Set 2Foolish Assumptions 2How This Audio Set Is Organized 3Where to Go from Here 3Romanization 3Punctuation 6Pitch Accents 6Lesson 1:1: Welcome and Overview of CD1: The Basics 9Lesson 1:2: Personal Pronouns and Formalities 10Respectful titles 11Lesson 1:3: Saying “Hello” and “Goodbye”. 12Lesson 1:4: Saying and Replying to “How Are You?” 13Lesson 1:5: Introducing Yourself and Talking about Where You’re From 14Lesson 1:6: Indispensable Words 15People 16Places 16Emergency 17Important items 17Lesson 1:7: Useful Expressions and Phrases 18Lesson 1:8: Question Words 19Lesson 1:9: Useful Questions 20Lesson 1:10: An Overview of Numbers 21Lesson 1:11: Talking about Time 23Asking about time 24Time-related terms 24Lesson 1:12: The Calendar and Dates 25The days of the week 25The months 25The days of the month 26Month and date-related questions and answers 27Lesson 1:13: Directions 28Lesson 2:1: Introduction and Overview of CD2: The Nitty-Gritty: Language Structure 29Lesson 2:2: Nouns 30Things in your room 30Locations 30Transportation 31Animals 31Foods and beverages 31Lesson 2:3: Plain and Polite Family Terms. 32Older family members 32Younger family members 33Spouse 33Extended family members 33Lesson 2:4: Counters. 35Lesson 2:5: Demonstratives 37Lesson 2:6: Adjectives 38Preference and desire 39Colors 40Nationalities 40Lesson 2:7: Degrees of Adjectives. 41Lesson 2:8: To Be or Not to Be: A Very Important Verb 42Lesson 2:9: Verbs. 44Irregular verbs 45Ru-verbs 45U-verbs 45Desu 46Lesson 2:10: Verb Tenses. 47Plain 47Polite 48Desu 48Example sentences 48Lesson 2:11: Negatives 49Lesson 2:12: Particles 50Particles for subjects and direct objects 52Example sentences 52Lesson 2:13: Conjunctions. 53Example phrases and sentences using conjunctions 53Lesson 2:14: Forming Simple Sentences 54Lesson 2:15: Introducing More Complete Sentences. 55Lesson 3:1: Introduction and Overview of CD3: Real-World Situations 57Lesson 3:2: At the Office 58People around the office 58Office activities 58Example sentences 59Lesson 3:3: On the Job 60Occupations 60Work-related verbs 61Example sentences 61Lesson 3:4: Making Small Talk. 62Lesson 3:5: Making Appointments. 64Lesson 3:6: Arranging Travel 66Lesson 3:7: Asking for Directions 67Lesson 3:8: Asking for and Getting Help. 69Lesson 3:9: At the Restaurant 71Lesson 3:10: At the Hotel 72Lesson 3:11: At the Bank 73Lesson 3:12: At the Store 74Mini-Dictionary 75Japanese-English Mini-Dictionary 75English-Japanese Mini-Dictionary 82

Eriko Sato, PhD, teaches Japanese in the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

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• Introduction 1About This Audio Set 1Conventions Used in This Audio Set 2Foolish Assumptions 2How This Audio Set Is Organized 3Where to Go from Here 3Romanization 3Punctuation 6Pitch Accents 6Lesson 1:1: Welcome and Overview of CD1: The Basics 9Lesson 1:2: Personal Pronouns and Formalities 10Respectful titles 11Lesson 1:3: Saying “Hello” and “Goodbye”. 12Lesson 1:4: Saying and Replying to “How Are You?” 13Lesson 1:5: Introducing Yourself and Talking about Where You’re From 14Lesson 1:6: Indispensable Words 15People 16Places 16Emergency 17Important items 17Lesson 1:7: Useful Expressions and Phrases 18Lesson 1:8: Question Words 19Lesson 1:9: Useful Questions 20Lesson 1:10: An Overview of Numbers 21Lesson 1:11: Talking about Time 23Asking about time 24Time-related terms 24Lesson 1:12: The Calendar and Dates 25The days of the week 25The months 25The days of the month 26Month and date-related questions and answers 27Lesson 1:13: Directions 28Lesson 2:1: Introduction and Overview of CD2: The Nitty-Gritty: Language Structure 29Lesson 2:2: Nouns 30Things in your room 30Locations 30Transportation 31Animals 31Foods and beverages 31Lesson 2:3: Plain and Polite Family Terms. 32Older family members 32Younger family members 33Spouse 33Extended family members 33Lesson 2:4: Counters. 35Lesson 2:5: Demonstratives 37Lesson 2:6: Adjectives 38Preference and desire 39Colors 40Nationalities 40Lesson 2:7: Degrees of Adjectives. 41Lesson 2:8: To Be or Not to Be: A Very Important Verb 42Lesson 2:9: Verbs. 44Irregular verbs 45Ru-verbs 45U-verbs 45Desu 46Lesson 2:10: Verb Tenses. 47Plain 47Polite 48Desu 48Example sentences 48Lesson 2:11: Negatives 49Lesson 2:12: Particles 50Particles for subjects and direct objects 52Example sentences 52Lesson 2:13: Conjunctions. 53Example phrases and sentences using conjunctions 53Lesson 2:14: Forming Simple Sentences 54Lesson 2:15: Introducing More Complete Sentences. 55Lesson 3:1: Introduction and Overview of CD3: Real-World Situations 57Lesson 3:2: At the Office 58People around the office 58Office activities 58Example sentences 59Lesson 3:3: On the Job 60Occupations 60Work-related verbs 61Example sentences 61Lesson 3:4: Making Small Talk. 62Lesson 3:5: Making Appointments. 64Lesson 3:6: Arranging Travel 66Lesson 3:7: Asking for Directions 67Lesson 3:8: Asking for and Getting Help. 69Lesson 3:9: At the Restaurant 71Lesson 3:10: At the Hotel 72Lesson 3:11: At the Bank 73Lesson 3:12: At the Store 74Mini-Dictionary 75Japanese-English Mini-Dictionary 75English-Japanese Mini-Dictionary 82

Eriko Sato, PhD, teaches Japanese in the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

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• Introduction 1About This Audio Set 1Conventions Used in This Audio Set 2Foolish Assumptions 2How This Audio Set Is Organized 3Where to Go from Here 3Romanization 3Punctuation 6Pitch Accents 6Lesson 1:1: Welcome and Overview of CD1: The Basics 9Lesson 1:2: Personal Pronouns and Formalities 10Respectful titles 11Lesson 1:3: Saying “Hello” and “Goodbye”. 12Lesson 1:4: Saying and Replying to “How Are You?” 13Lesson 1:5: Introducing Yourself and Talking about Where You’re From 14Lesson 1:6: Indispensable Words 15People 16Places 16Emergency 17Important items 17Lesson 1:7: Useful Expressions and Phrases 18Lesson 1:8: Question Words 19Lesson 1:9: Useful Questions 20Lesson 1:10: An Overview of Numbers 21Lesson 1:11: Talking about Time 23Asking about time 24Time-related terms 24Lesson 1:12: The Calendar and Dates 25The days of the week 25The months 25The days of the month 26Month and date-related questions and answers 27Lesson 1:13: Directions 28Lesson 2:1: Introduction and Overview of CD2: The Nitty-Gritty: Language Structure 29Lesson 2:2: Nouns 30Things in your room 30Locations 30Transportation 31Animals 31Foods and beverages 31Lesson 2:3: Plain and Polite Family Terms. 32Older family members 32Younger family members 33Spouse 33Extended family members 33Lesson 2:4: Counters. 35Lesson 2:5: Demonstratives 37Lesson 2:6: Adjectives 38Preference and desire 39Colors 40Nationalities 40Lesson 2:7: Degrees of Adjectives. 41Lesson 2:8: To Be or Not to Be: A Very Important Verb 42Lesson 2:9: Verbs. 44Irregular verbs 45Ru-verbs 45U-verbs 45Desu 46Lesson 2:10: Verb Tenses. 47Plain 47Polite 48Desu 48Example sentences 48Lesson 2:11: Negatives 49Lesson 2:12: Particles 50Particles for subjects and direct objects 52Example sentences 52Lesson 2:13: Conjunctions. 53Example phrases and sentences using conjunctions 53Lesson 2:14: Forming Simple Sentences 54Lesson 2:15: Introducing More Complete Sentences. 55Lesson 3:1: Introduction and Overview of CD3: Real-World Situations 57Lesson 3:2: At the Office 58People around the office 58Office activities 58Example sentences 59Lesson 3:3: On the Job 60Occupations 60Work-related verbs 61Example sentences 61Lesson 3:4: Making Small Talk. 62Lesson 3:5: Making Appointments. 64Lesson 3:6: Arranging Travel 66Lesson 3:7: Asking for Directions 67Lesson 3:8: Asking for and Getting Help. 69Lesson 3:9: At the Restaurant 71Lesson 3:10: At the Hotel 72Lesson 3:11: At the Bank 73Lesson 3:12: At the Store 74Mini-Dictionary 75Japanese-English Mini-Dictionary 75English-Japanese Mini-Dictionary 82