気・天・電・車・道・駅・店・国・本・茶・花
This is the 7th volume of our Beginner Kanji series! In this lesson, we will learn 11 Kanji related to nouns.
If you haven’t watched Vol.01, 👉 Watch Vol.01
📙Learning Method in this Video
In this video, we focus on the meanings and practical usage of Kanji through these 3 steps.
- Understand the basic meaning and how to read the Kanji.
- Study common words using the Kanji. I will read them twice, so please repeat after me.
- Check how the words are used in sentences. I will also read the example sentences twice. Listen carefully and practice reading them aloud.
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🎓Ako’s Mini Lesson
The Particle “の (no)”
Connecting [Noun A] and [Noun B]
By using the particle “の”, you can place Noun A before Noun B to provide more information about Noun B. In the structure “A の B”, Noun A describes the ownership, affiliation, location, content, or characteristics of Noun B.
Let’s look at two example sentences from the video again.
- 父（ちち）は書道（しょどう）の先生（せんせい）です。
父は 先生です。
→ 父は 書道の先生です。
💡 Noun A [書道 Calligraphy] + の + Noun B [先生 Teacher] - 友（とも）だちはこの店（みせ）の店員（てんいん）です。
友だちは 店員です。
→ 友だちは この店の店員です。
💡 Noun A [この店 This shop] + の + Noun B [店員 Clerk]
IMPORTANT：
As you can see, “の” is very useful. However, please be careful: you cannot swap the order of Noun A and Noun B.
OK✅ 書道（しょどう）の先生（せんせい）
NOT❌ 先生（せんせい）の書道（しょどう）
OK✅ この店（みせ）の店員（てんいん）
NOT❌ 店員（てんいん）のこの店（みせ）
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🌸Message from Teacher Ako
Great work! All 11 Kanji we studied today are fundamental. Practice them repeatedly until you can read them smoothly! I’ve already uploaded some kanji quiz videos on my YouTube Channel. Give it a try!
― Ako
