Learning Block 0 SAT
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Note: questions with check-boxes may have more than one correct answer..
1) What does the term "on-yomi" mean literally?
a. spoken meaning
b. meaning reading
c. sound reading
d. explanation
2) What does the term "kun-yomi" mean literally?
a. spoken meaning
b. meaning reading
c. sound reading
d. male reading
3) A Japanese kanji usually has only one pronunciation.
a. True
b. False
4) Kun-yomi readings come from sounds originally based on Chinese.
a. True
b. False
5) On-yomi readings are usually just particles representing a certain
concept, and not a full word.
a. True
b. False
6) What is the basic meaning of 人?
a. two
b. God
c. legs
d. person
7) What is the kun-yomi of 人?
a. にん
b. ひと
c. にんじん
d. じん
8) Which of the following is the correct pronunciation of the following
sentence?
その人は日本人ですよ。
a.
その じん は にほん ひと です よ。
b.
その ひと は にほん ひと です よ。
c.
その ひと は にほん じん です よ。
d.
その ひと は にほん にん です よ。
9) Which of the following is an acceptable sentence?
a.
五 の ひと が います。
b.
ひと が 五 にん います。
c.
にん が 五 じん います。
d.
ひと が 五 じん います。
10) Fill in the appropriate yomi-gana for the underlined kanji.