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This one sets the tone beautifully for Genki I: it introduces greetings, self-introductions, nationality, school year, and majors, all within polite speech.

Here are a few quick notes and “cool things” that often get glossed over:

===== 1. こんにちは (Konnichiwa) — literally means “this day” and originally was short for 「今日はごきげんいかがですか」 (“How are you today?”). That’s why it uses the wa particle (written は) rather than the ha sound. =====
# ～です (desu) — this polite copula softens statements. In casual speech, people often drop it: - Polite: たけしです。 - Casual: たけしだ。 We’ll stick with です until around Chapter 8.
# りゅうがくせいですか。 — note the ですか for forming polite questions. You can also omit です in plain form later.
# いいえ、にほんじんです。 — the particle is omitted between the noun and です because です functions like a polite equals sign.
# なんねんせいですか。よねんせいです。 — literally “What-year student?” and “I’m a fourth-year.” → very common phrasing in university intros; high-schoolers or working adults might instead say their grade or job.
# はじめまして / よろしくおねがいします — this pair is ritualized politeness. It doesn’t translate cleanly to English: - はじめまして: “How do you do?” (literally, for the first time). - よろしくおねがいします: “Please treat me kindly” / “Nice to meet you.”
# せんこうは にほんごです。 — “My major is Japanese.” In natural conversation, many Japanese people shorten this to just 「にほんごです。」 after context is clear.

Everything looks perfect so far — no errors to fix at this stage.

Next step:
📘 Please upload Component (ii) — the vocabulary list for Lesson 1.

Once you do, I’ll start your first adaptive vocab quiz, focusing on the new words from this chapter (plus a handful of review words to keep older knowledge fresh).