Japanese Courses
at St George International
Learn Japanese at Saint George International and broaden your horizons far far away to the East!
The days when only those who had a business tie with Japan or were keen Japanese martial art fans learnt the language are long gone. Â Japanese language and culture is now much more broadly known and appreciated. #
Studying Japanese at SGI means that you have exclusively Japanese native speaker teachers and a wide range of Japanese courses that can be taught in our school, in your home or at your office.
Start by choosing the location where you wish to study:
Japanese Tips
Good afternoon - こんにちは。 Konnichiwa. (kon-nee-chee-wah)
How are you? - お元気ですか ? O genki desu ka? (Oh-GEN-kee dess-ka?)
Fine, thank you - はい、元気です。 Hai, genki desu. (Ha-ee, gen-kee dess)
How about you? - あなたは？ Anata wa? (Ah-nah-tah wa)
What's your name? (lit. "Your name is...") - お名前は？ O namae wa? (Oh-nah-mah-eh wah?)
My name is ... . です。 ... desu. (... dess.)
Thank you - ありがとう。 Arigatō. (ah-ree-GAH-toh)
Do you speak English? - 英語が話せますか？ Eigo ga hanasemasu ka? (EHH-goh gah hah-nah-seh-mahs-KAH?)
Japanese lesson of the month
"Kanjy"
There are three types of writing systems (characters) in Japanese. The first one is called “Kanji” which is also known as Chinese characters. The Chinese characters were brought into Japan from China and adapted into Japanese language in ancient times as the Japanese did not have a written form.
“Kanji” is an ideogram, so each character has a meaning. The other two types of characters are “Hiragana” and “Katakana”. These two types of characters are phonogram.
These two writing systems are created by simplifying “Kanji” because “Kanji” alone was not enough to express the existing Japanese language in writing which was fundamentally different language from the Chinese language.
