Answer the following questions :
(we will make a habit of not giving these Japanese words in the plural when they are used in English sentences)
The two writing systems of the Japanese language are the ........... and the ........... .
The ........... are ideograms : each drawing represents an idea, a word. They are from ........... .
The ........... are phonetic syllables broken down into two identical alphabets with different letters : the ........... and the ........... .
The ........... is the Japanese name given to the Latin alphabet, the one we use to write English.
The Japanese language also uses the ........... which is the Japanese name given to Arabic numerals, which we use daily in French.
Be sure to learn these six terms and their definitions, they are very important and will be used extensively in future courses !
Exercice 1