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Assignment #2 Japanese 101
9 years ago
A*ccept Differnces, B*e kind, C*ount your blessings, D*ream, E*xpress thanks, F*orgive, G*ive freely, H*arm no one, I*magine more, J*ettison anger, K*eep confidences, L*ove truly,
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ こんばんは(今晩は)
Hello all my wonderful students! How have you all been? げんき❓
Ok today we are going to do some more listening.
http://www.nhk.or.jp/lesson/english.....rn/list/2.html
Now, this listening is introducing you to a whole bunch of new words! Also do your best to start picking out the Hiragana you recognize.
I want to go over the meaning of some of these words, so am just going to post the dialog right here for reference.
Words and phrases in the lesson
アン: さくらさん。はい、どうぞ。 Sakura. This is for you.
Anna SAKURA-SAN. HAI, DÔZO.
This is not a direct translation. Hai, can be used in many situations, like here, giving something for people, or when some calls you your name, you say Hai, or when you are listening to a conversation, it's best to say hai to let them know You are understanding what they are saying. Very useful little word.
Doze is too, a polite word for, here you are.
さくら: これは何ですか。 What is this?
Sakura KORE WA NAN DESU KA.
NAN/NANI is the word for what.
KA is put at the end of any sentence to make it a question. English and Japanese form question completely opposite of each other.
* below for explanation of other words
アンナ: それはタイのお土産です。 It's a souvenir from Thailand.
Anna: SORE WA TAI NO OMIYAGE DESU.
A direct translation looks like this : That Thailand belongs to souvenir is.
We have two very important new words, KORE and SORE. KORE are things next to you, SORE are things next to the listener, then there is another one, ARE (ahray) which designates something that is removed from you and the listener.
WA is a particle (kinda like "a "and "the ") that makes the subject of the sentence. It ALWAYS comes after what the subject is about.
TAI=Thailand. And NO is a posseive particle, it means belong to something.
Another example: Nyeowzer sensei no hon. Nyeowzers' book.
DESU is pretty much the word for "is"
さくら: ありがとうございます。 Thank you very much.
Sakura ARIGATÔ GOZAIMASU.
アンナ: どういたしまして。 You are welcome.
Anna DÔITASHIMASHITE.
Very good to know thank you and you're welcome.
You'll see Arigatougozaimasu shortened into Arigatou. It is less formal, and has less meaning or ummf.
Woo... That's a lot to take in! Don't worry this is just to let you know, while your ears are getting adjusted. We will review these much more later on.
BUT I just ran across a VERY detailed and wonderful site explains these. After you read through, scroll down to the bottom and go back to the begging in lessons to find more explanations. Honestly very detailed ( and reminding me of English grammar points I've forgotten ! Lol)
Here is that link
http://www.japaneseprofessor.com/le.....pic-marker-wa/
Keep working on your hiragana and learning the new words! I might pop in randomly and leave a shout with some of the vocabulary sometime this week ;)
がんばって!!
－－－－－－－－－－－－－－
Class roster If you want to be added or taken off this list, please note me
InsidiousLollipop 
RuneStone 
Lucca 
Rowscar 
Kingodin : 
Kugetsu 
Mikenike684 
Avalonanders 
HundEdelweiss 
Nemesis2369 
BlueSeiryuu 
Wolfymewmew 
SnugglySnaggle 
Calista 
Connor~ :
Zulgrath 
Grievousstrike
Flamethefolf 
Tersa
Hello all my wonderful students! How have you all been? げんき❓
Ok today we are going to do some more listening.
http://www.nhk.or.jp/lesson/english.....rn/list/2.html
Now, this listening is introducing you to a whole bunch of new words! Also do your best to start picking out the Hiragana you recognize.
I want to go over the meaning of some of these words, so am just going to post the dialog right here for reference.
Words and phrases in the lesson
アン: さくらさん。はい、どうぞ。 Sakura. This is for you.
Anna SAKURA-SAN. HAI, DÔZO.
This is not a direct translation. Hai, can be used in many situations, like here, giving something for people, or when some calls you your name, you say Hai, or when you are listening to a conversation, it's best to say hai to let them know You are understanding what they are saying. Very useful little word.
Doze is too, a polite word for, here you are.
さくら: これは何ですか。 What is this?
Sakura KORE WA NAN DESU KA.
NAN/NANI is the word for what.
KA is put at the end of any sentence to make it a question. English and Japanese form question completely opposite of each other.
* below for explanation of other words
アンナ: それはタイのお土産です。 It's a souvenir from Thailand.
Anna: SORE WA TAI NO OMIYAGE DESU.
A direct translation looks like this : That Thailand belongs to souvenir is.
We have two very important new words, KORE and SORE. KORE are things next to you, SORE are things next to the listener, then there is another one, ARE (ahray) which designates something that is removed from you and the listener.
WA is a particle (kinda like "a "and "the ") that makes the subject of the sentence. It ALWAYS comes after what the subject is about.
TAI=Thailand. And NO is a posseive particle, it means belong to something.
Another example: Nyeowzer sensei no hon. Nyeowzers' book.
DESU is pretty much the word for "is"
さくら: ありがとうございます。 Thank you very much.
Sakura ARIGATÔ GOZAIMASU.
アンナ: どういたしまして。 You are welcome.
Anna DÔITASHIMASHITE.
Very good to know thank you and you're welcome.
You'll see Arigatougozaimasu shortened into Arigatou. It is less formal, and has less meaning or ummf.
Woo... That's a lot to take in! Don't worry this is just to let you know, while your ears are getting adjusted. We will review these much more later on.
BUT I just ran across a VERY detailed and wonderful site explains these. After you read through, scroll down to the bottom and go back to the begging in lessons to find more explanations. Honestly very detailed ( and reminding me of English grammar points I've forgotten ! Lol)
Here is that link
http://www.japaneseprofessor.com/le.....pic-marker-wa/
Keep working on your hiragana and learning the new words! I might pop in randomly and leave a shout with some of the vocabulary sometime this week ;)
がんばって!!
－－－－－－－－－－－－－－
Class roster If you want to be added or taken off this list, please note me
InsidiousLollipop 
RuneStone 
Lucca 
Rowscar 
Kingodin : 
Kugetsu 
Mikenike684 
Avalonanders 
HundEdelweiss 
Nemesis2369 
BlueSeiryuu 
Wolfymewmew 
SnugglySnaggle 
Calista 
Connor~ :
Zulgrath 
Grievousstrike
Flamethefolf 
Tersa
I read a thingy that said that 'Natasha desu' would be how you say what your name is but then another thingy said it would be 'Watashi wa Natasha desu' o.O What's the difference?
Also it on the NHK website it looks like they don't really use spaces? And I've noticed how big the gaps are when pressing spacebar with Japanese :s So would it be like 'ナタシャです' or 'ナタシャ です’?
I don't know what the other one means.
And nope, normal Japanese only uses spaces after a sentence. They smash everything else together, so it can be confusing if you are only hiragana. It's not so difficult after you learn what the particles are, and have lots of kanji in there. For kids though and those just starting to learn Japanese,mthey will space it out, so I isn't so very confusing.
This is a lengthy explanation, but will help. http://www.japaneseprofessor.com/le.....nce/#particles
As for dropping things, Japanese is notorious for this. For example 本屋さんにいきま。 I'm going to the book store, if the person know you are planning to go to the book store, you can simply just say いく. Go. You can drop all the rest. Same goes with your name, you can drop the word "I" because it is understood. BUT this also makes it more causal and less formal, so I wouldn't use it much with older people, or people in authority positions. But family and friends, A OK.
Can you proofread this for meeeee?! Q~Q
はじめまして。
私わ家庭教師が探しているです。
あめりか人。
は日本語を勉強します。まだ上手じゃありません。
よろしくお願いします。
にゃ！ ^//w//^'
私わ家庭教師が探しているです。
あめりか人。
は日本語を勉強します。まだ上手じゃありません。
よろしくお願いします。
にゃ！ ^//w//^'
Can you proof read that for me?
I am looking for a family teacher. ( or a looking for our households teacher..)
(I am) American. --- Usually we use です at the end here)
(I am ) studying Japanese. There is a は at the beggining, is that a typo? (I am) not very good yet. Well done!
I'm looking forward to doing business with you. / please favor me/ Nice meeting you
Mamma had to break out the old dictionary, I'm rusty with my kanji! Hehehe
Iz need to study too!!
Ohh and that link with the kids shows, I watch them with my son a lot, they are great!!
Yeah typo... O//w//O
You do have some Japanese under that poofy belt of yours don't you!
I studied almost everyday for 2 years and i have a whole manila folder somewhere of a Romaji to English dictionary, hirigana and katakana charts. And some kanji. I used to know how to spell dragon in kanji perfectly. I knew all the survival phrases for travelling to japan. I had a crush on a boy who was going to university in Japan and I wanted to impress him, but he never really noticed me in a romantic way. So after that I became discouraged and a bit depressed and dropped all japanese and forgot all that i had worked so hard to commit to memory because I didn't use it. I didn't know anyone else who could speak japanese. So, this is beginner/refresher course and some things are coming back to me. It's really fun practicing japanese with you.
Like it's late here, so I'd say こんばんわ。
Right mama?
I am glad this is starting to bring it back. sorry that that guy discouraged you, but I totally get that feeling. Now we just have a happypoof family to help motivate :D and cute guys in anime do you think you'd ever want to come to Japan?
And now days there are a lot of opportunities to find language partners. There was a site I used, language8 or something, and it was nice because we could do language exchanges ( a Japanese person who wanted to practice English, and then you could practice Japanese) we'd also exchange emails to be checked. It was very useful, and I hope you can find something like that. I can help only so much...
I am so so so so so very happy you are enjoying this!! I really am too!
Yes! Unless you are saying it to me, cause right now it'd be こんにちは〜
Hehe.
so こんばんは〜
Mama is great teacher. Just needs someone to help reinforce what I learn while you is sleeping,busy,eating,working, etc. *flails and glomps*
I'm completely at a loss at how it comes to actually forming a sentence so this is a great start.
That site I provide at the bottom is amazing at explaining all if this too.