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This is the answer key to the test, with explanations where needed.

THE TEST:

はじめまして。わたしはきこです。わたしはじゅうごさいです。どうぞよろしく。

1. Who is speaking?

Kiko is speaking.

2. How old is the speaker?

15 years old.

3. Has this person ever met you before?

No - Hajimemashite is only used when meeting someone for the first time.

BONUS: Is the speaker male or female?

Female - Names ending in "ko" are typically female.

Translate the following:

a) doyoubi

Saturday

b) kayoubi

Tuesday

c) nichiyoubi

Sunday

d) suiyoubi

Wednesday

e) kinyoubi

Friday

f) mokuyoubi

Thursday

g) getsuyoubi

Monday

Your name is Yuki, and you are in the eighth grade. You are thirteen, and you live with your parents, your older brother and your younger sister. Your mother is a housewife and your father is a lawyer. Write an introduction for yourself. Hiragana is not required.

In roumaji:

hajimemashite! Watashi wa Yuki desu. Chuugaku ni nen sei desu. jyuu san sai desu. Watashi no kazoku wa haha to chichi to ani to imouto desu. haha wa shufu desu, to chichi wa bangoshi desu. douzo yoroshiku.

Vocabulary /5
Grammar /5
BONUS: Hiragana /1
BONUS: Kanji /1

Name the honourific that would be BEST to use on each of these people.

1. Your teacher.

-sensei

2. A male calssmate that you are friendly with.

-kun

3. Your mother.

This is a trick question. You don't technically use an honorific on your mother - it's built into the word for mother.

4. A coworker you don't know very well.

-san

5. Someone who is much, much higher up in your company than you.

-sama

6. A person two grades above you.

-sempai

7. A close female friend.

-chan

BONUS: What would you use on the Emperor of Japan?

-heika

Translate the Following Numbers into Roumaji and English:

十二

12

六十一

61

八十九

89

三

3

二十四

24

Translate:

onegai shimasu - please (do ___)

anou - ummm

iie, sore hodo demo - no, not that good (used to brush off a compliment so as not to appear cocky)

kudasai - please

Put the following into dictionary form:
hanashimasu - hanasu

ikimasu - iku

shimasu - suru

tabemasu - taberu

nomimasu - nomu

Put the following into informal past tense:

THIS WAS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM SECTION! PAY ATTENTION!

kaku - kaita

miru - mita

kuru - kita

PLEASE REVIEW LESSON TWELVE

Write the meaning of the following kanji.

私 - I/me

広 - spacious

元 - origin (c'mon people... top half means two... bottom half is a set of legs... everyone originates from two pairs of legs...)

海 - sea/ocean

END OF TEST

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