Worksheets

March 23rd, 2010

Welcome to the fifth instalment of our hiragana lessons on zonjineko.com – the hiragana N line. The N line consists of na (な), ni (に), nu (ぬ), ne (ね) and no (の). There are a few important hiragana in this line that you’ll frequently see in any Japanese sentences.

Learn Katakana: The Starter Kit

January 13th, 2010

Rows upon rows of laundry detergent all written in katakana – imagine the horror when your partner asks you to grab brand X and you come home with brand Y because you can’t read katakana – oh the shame!

Hiragana: The T Line

January 8th, 2010

The T line consists of ta (た), chi (ち), tsu (つ), te (て), to (と) and the changes to the aiueo rule happen in two places. The first difference comes with chi (ち), which replaces the expected “ti” and is a mirror image of さ (sa) so don’t get confused there.

The other change is tsu (つ), which comes in place of what you may have assumed would be “tu”.

Learn Kanji: The Kanji Starter Kit

December 23rd, 2009

So you’ve mastered hiragana and katakana and now you’re ready to move on to kanji. Kanji is where things really start to get interesting. You’re about to begin the final piece of the puzzle as there is nothing more, in terms of written language, after kanji – except for more kanji. (^_^)

I have two Kanji Starter Kit Worksheet downloads available – one with the meanings and one without the meanings so you can test yourself by writing the correct meaning below each kanji on the printed worksheet.

JLPT 4: Top 50 Adjectives Worksheet

December 3rd, 2009

So it’s only days away from the 2009 JLPT test and if you don’t know a good number of these i-adjectives by now, you’ll either need a case of RedBull to pull a few all-nighters or just resign yourself to guessing your way through the multiple choice questions.

JLPT 4: Top 100 Verbs Worksheet

November 24th, 2009

Featured below are the Top 100 verbs that you need to know to avoid breaking in to a cold sweat when you first flip over your test paper. If you nail these you are well on your way to a Grammar pass. Then you only have to worry about listening, reading and vocabulary (^_^)

Hiragana: The S Line

October 23rd, 2009

The S line signals the first of what will be many rule-breaker moments that you’ll experience as you learn Japanese, or any language really.

It consists of sa (さ), shi (し), su (す), se (せ), so (そ). The changes to our aiueo rule happens with shi (し), which takes the place of what would be “si”, however the rest of the line remains as is.

Hiragana: The K Line

August 22nd, 2009

Welcome to the exciting (?) second installment of our hiragana lessons. Today I’ll be taking you through the second line of the hiragana table, which adds a “k” to the front of the vowel (a-i-u-e-o) pattern that we’ve already learnt.

Hiragana: The A Line

August 1st, 2009

Welcome to our very first hiragana lesson. I’ll be taking you through the first five hiragana characters, which are equivalent, in terms of letters, to the vowels in English eg a, e, i, o, u.