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Ichi

Nihon wa yottsu no ookina shima to 6,800 chikai chiisana shima kara natte imasu.
Ookina shima wa kita kara, Hokkaidoo, Honshuu, Shikoku, soreni Kyuushuu desu.
Yottsu no naka de, ichiban ookii no wa Honshuu, soshite Hokkaidoo, Kyuushuu, Shikoku no jun desu.

6,800 no chiisana shima no naka de, hito ga sundeiru shima wa yaku 400. Sore igai no shima wa mujintoo desu.
Nihon no menseki wa yaku 377,000-km3. Kono uchi 70% ga sanchi desu.

Tokyo no ichi wa Hokui 35-do 41-pun.
Amerika no Rosanzerusu to daitai onaji ichi desu. Shikashi, fuyu wa Rosanzerusu yori Tokyo no hoo ga samui desu.

Hokkaidoo no Sapporo wa Pari ya Rondon yori minami ni arimasu. Shikashi, fuyu no kion wa Sapporo no hoo ga hikui desu.
Sapporo no 1-gatsu no heikin kion wa -4.6-do de, takusan yuki ga furimasu ga, Rondon no heikin kion wa 5-do desu.

Nihon de ichiban minami no ken wa Okinawa-ken desu.
Okinawa-ken wa takusan no shima kara natte imasu.
Okinawa-ken de ichiban ookii shima wa Okinawa-Hontoo.
Okinawa-Hontoo no ichi wa Hokui 26-do 13-pun. Shanhai to Taiwan no aida atari ni arimasu.

Vocabulary

aida

between, among, while, during, interval, period, space

Amerika

America

atari

around, about, neighborhood

ban (-ban)

number, No.

chiisana

small

chikai

nearly / near, close

daitai

roughly, nearly, almost

de

particle indicating a place, or situation, scene, field, event involving an action

de

te form of desu using as a connective "and", or indicating a cause

do (-do)

degree, centigrade

dochira

which

doo

how, what

furimasu

to fall, to rain (ame ga), to snow (yuki ga)

fuyu

winter

ga

particle indicating a subject or used in wa-ga structure

ga (-ga)

(fp) a connective meaning "but" or giving a preliminary

heikin

average

hikui

low

hito

person, people

hokui

north latitude, N.L.

hoo (-no hoo ga)

(fp) comparative pattern, more / less

ichi

location, position

ichiban

No. 1, most, first

igai

others, the rest / except

jun

order, turn

jun (ookii-jun)

in descending order of size

ken

prefecture

kion

(air) temperature

kita

North

kono uchi

in this, among these, out of them

menseki

square, area, size (of land)

minami

South

mujintoo

uninhabited island

naka (-no naka de)

among, out of, all of, in

narabemasu

to line up, put side by side, put in order, display

naraberu

root form of narabemasu

narimasu (doo narimasu ka?)

what will it be?, what will it go?

narimasu (-kara natte imasu)

to be consists of, be composed of

natte

te form of narimasu

no

particle indicating an object

onaji

same

ookii

large, big

ookina

large, big

Pari

Paris

Rondon

London

Rosanzerusu

Los Angeles

samui

cold

sanchi

mountainous land, hill district

Shanhai

Shanghai

shikashi

however, but

shima

island

sore igai

others, the rest, out of them

soreni

and also

soshite

and

sundeimasu

to live

sundeiru

root form of sundeimasu

Taiwan

Taiwan

takusan

many, a lot of

to

and

to (-to)

(fp) when, if

uchi

in, among, out of, between

wakaranai

nai form of wakarimasu

wakarimasen

I don't know, I don't understand

ya

A and B (and, something else)

yaku

approximately, about, nearly

yori (-yori)

(fp) comparative pattern, than

yottsu

four

yuki

snow

(fp) : Functional Pattern


Practices

A.Practice the following words.

Audio 1.shimaisland
Audio 2.chikainear / nearly, close to
Audio 3.junorder, turn
Audio 4.mujintoouninhabited island
Audio 5.mensekiarea, square measure
Audio 6.ichilocation, position
Audio 7.kion(atmospheric) temperature
Audio 8.heikinaverage
Audio 9.aidabetween / distance, space / while, during
Audio 10.atariaround, about

B.Practice the following patterns.

Audio 1.... kara natte imasu

Nihon wa 4-tsu no shima (to ... ) kara natte imasu.

consists of, be composed of

Audio 2.Kita kara A, B, C, D

Kita kara Hokkaidoo, Honshuu, Shikoku, Kyuushuu ...

Starting from the North,

Audio 3.ichiban ookii no wa A, soshite B, C, D no jun desu

Ichiban ookii shima wa Honshuu, soshite Hokkaidoo, Kyuushuu, Shikoku no jun desu.

the largest is A. Then comes B,C,and D in that order

Audio 4.sore igai wa

Hito ga sundeiru shima wa 400. Sore igai wa mujintoo desu.

others, the rest (islands) are ...

Audio 5.kono uchi

Kono uchi 70% ga sanchi desu

in, among, out of

Comprehension Quiz

A.Choose the correct answer.

1. Honshuu wa nan-ban no shima desu ka?
1-ban
2-ban
3-ban
2. Sapporo to Rondon to dochira ga samui desu ka?
Sapporo no hoo ga samui
Rondon no hoo ga samui
Wakaranai
3. 1 kara 4 no shima o ookii-jun ni naraberu to, doo narimasu ka?
2 - 4 - 1 - 3
3 - 4 - 1 - 4
2 - 1 - 4 - 3

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