Atama ga itai! My head hurts!Adjectives ending in -ior adjectives end in -na when they come before nounsii (good,fine)warui (bad, wrong)hayai (fast, early)osoi (slow, late)takai (high, expensive)yasui (cheap)oishii (delicious, tasty)atarashii (new, fresh)atsui (hot)samui (cold (weather))muzukashii (difficult)ōkii (bigitai (painfull)chiisai (small)(come...
February 28, 2011
February 26, 2011
Japanese Lesson #7
Mondai ga arimasu yo! (I have a problem!)onegai shimasu = kudasai; use when asking for somethingeg.Kōhii o onegai shimasu./Kōhii o kudasai. (Coffee, please)= please do that in response to someone offering to do something for youeg.Ashita denwa shimashō ka. (Shall I phone you tomorrow?)Hai, onegai shimasu. (Yes, please)Eigo de hanashimashō ka. (Shall...
February 25, 2011
Japanese Lesson #6
Go-ji han ni aimashō. (Let's meet at 5:30)Moshi moshi = Hello? (on telephone)eg.Tanaka san desu ka. (Is this Mr. Tanaka?)Tanaka san wa irrashaimasu ka. (Is Mr. Tanaka there?) (very polite form of "imasu")Tanaka san onegai shimasu. (Mr. Tanaka, please)Harisu desu. (This is Haris.)Sumisu Enjiniaringu no Harisu desu. (This is Harris, from Smith Engineering)Goodbyeeg.Yoroshiku...
February 24, 2011
Japanese Lesson #5
Nani o tabemasu ka. (what will you have to eat?)simple present tense verbspresent positive: -masu formnomimasu [nomimass] (drink); nominasen (don't drink)ikimasu (go); ikimasen (don't go)kimasu (come); kimasen (don't come)wakarimasu (understand); wakarimasen (don't understand)arimasu (there is, have); arimasen (there isn't, don't have)kikimasu (listen,...
February 23, 2011
Japanese Lesson #4
Ohayō gozaimasu (good morning)Konnichiwa (good day/hello)Konbanwa (good evening)Shitsurei shimasu (goodbye)Oyasumi nasai (good night)wa = as for..., regarding...eg. Maiku san wa Amerikajin desu. (Mike is an American)Yokohama Gakuin Kōkō wa ōkii desu. (Yokohama High School is big)kore = this/these things near mesore = that/those things near youare =...
February 22, 2011
Japanese Lesson #3
Nihon e yōkoso! (Welcome to Japan!)san = Mr./Ms./Mrs./Miss.(never use it with your own name)eg. Watanabe Neruson san desu ka. (Are you Mr. Nelson?)Nelson Hai, sō desu. Neruson desu. (Yes, that's right. I'm Nelson.)desu = to be; I am/you are/he is/she is/it is/we are/they are(verb always comes at the end of a Japanese sentence)eg.Gakusei desu...
February 21, 2011
Japanese Lesson #2
Pronunciation:The vowels"a" as in Kawasaki"e" as in Zen"i" as in kimono"o" as in Hiroshima"u" as in sumoSay the words evenly, without any particular stress.eg. (kimono) say kimono, not kiMOnoTwo vowels come together, take them one by one.eg. (geisha) say ge-i-sha, not gay-shaA vowel with a line over the top is equivalent to two vowels together, so...
Japanese Lesson #1
"Decide for yourself how much time you can devote to the study of Japanese each day.Set a realistic daily study goal that you can easily achieve, one that includes studying new material as well as reviewing the old. The more frequent your exposure to the language, the better your results will be. "Quoted from Berlitz Essential Japan...
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