japanese lessons by kaihou and lani
Lesson 1: Intros
Lesson 1: Intros
Lesson 2: Kanji and Hiragana
starting with lesson 1...
Lesson 1: Introductions by Kaihou
| Example | Definitions |
Grammar |
First thing's first. Introductions. You can't talk to someone Nihongo (Japanese) without knowing how to say a simple greeting.
Here's an example intro with Kaihu and Bob:
Kaihou: Kon'nichi wa.
Hello.
Bob: Kon'nichi wa.
Hello.
Kaihou: Watashi wa Toriyama Kaihu desu. Hajimemashite.
I am Kaihu Toriyama. Nice to meet you.
Bob: Watashi wa Miraa Bobu desu. Hajimemashite. Doozo yoroshiku.
I am Bob Miller. Nice to meet you. (May I ask you to be kind to me.)
Kaihou: Miraa-san, anata wa Amerika-jin desu ka.
Mr. Miller, are you an American?
Bob: Hai, watashi wa Amerika-jin mata desu. Anata desu ka
Yes, I am American. How about you?
Kaihou: Nihon-jin desu.
Japanese.
Notice the questions don't have question marks.
Definitions:
kon'nichiwa (con ee chee wah): Hello or Good Afternoon
Ohayou (casual) Or Ohayou Gozaimasu (formal) : Good Morning
Konbanwa : Good Eveening
Oyasuminasai : Good Night
watashi (wah ta shee): I
wa (wah): says that the word before it is the topic
hajimemashite (ha szhee meh mah shee teh): Please be kind to me. (or when meeting someone for the first time, How are you?)
anata (ah na tah): you
Amerika-jin (a mare ee kah szhin): American
Nihon-jin (nee hon szhin): Japanese
hai (hi): yes
iie (or iiya) : no
dame : no
Grammar:
-san (sa): could mean mister, misses, or miss
desu (dess) -oo- is fast and almost silent: put at the end of sentances if u are describing
desu ka (dess kah): put at the end of questions.
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Lesson 2: The Basics by Lani
Forming Sentances
Forming Japanese sentances are different from English ones.
Regular Sentance:
Subject-Object-Verb or it can be.....
Subject-Object-Verb
It's ok if u dun have a verb. But needs a subject (or a topic maker) and an object.....i guess....
Example:
watashi wa nihongo-jin desu
^sub^ ^obj^ ^adj^
I
watashi: I
atashi: I (used by women)
sessha: I (used by samurai during the edo period)
wagahai: older version of I
uchi: used in the osaka dialect and women.
bokutachi: less formal form of We
You
anata: the most common you
kisama: the rude version of you
anta: used to people "lower" than you, like your little sister or brother.
Numbers:
1: ichi
2: ni
3: san
4: shi
5: go
6: rouku
7: shichi
8: hachi
9: kyuu
10: juu
11: juu ichi
12: juu ni
... i think you get it...
20: ni juu
21: ni ichi
and so and so on....
100: hyakku
Colors
Ao: blue
Ki: Yellow
Aka: Red
Shiro: White
Kuro: Black
Hai iro: gray
Purple: murasaki
green: midori
orange: orenji
Animals:
Cat: neko
Kitten: koneko
Dog: inu
Rabbit/Bunny: usagi
Pig: buta
Cow: ushi
Bird: tori
alligator: wani
newt: imori
bear: kuma
octopus: tako
dragon: ryuu
fish: sakana
carp: koi
goldfish: kin gyo
whale: kujira
Hamster: hamusuta
godzilla: godjira
butterfly: chou chou
Snake: sune-ku
Animal Sounds!
wan wan: bark
nya: meow
gero gero: ribbit
mo-mo: moo
kokekokko: cock-a-doodle-doo
Verbs:
(i learned these from www.thejapanesepage.com)
taberu : eat
miru : look
deru : to leave/go out
kiru : to put on clothes
Okiru : wake up
wasureru : to forget
ochiru : to drop
hajimeru : to start/begin
ageru : to give
au : to meet
iu : to say
omou : to think
kau : to buy
narau : to learn
nomu : to brink
yomu : to read
sumu : to live
yasumu : to rest
erabu : to choose
isogu : to hurry
hanasu : to speak/talk
kiku : hear/listen
iku : to go
hiku : to pull
naku : to cry
matsu : to wait
motsu : to have/hold.
aru : to exist
hairu : to enter
shiru : to know
wakaru : to understand
hashiru : to run
kuru : to come
suru : to do
Curse Words
So you wanna learn curse words, eh?? You bad person, you. T_T Well if you wanna learn some, email me. I can't put them up on the site cuz cursing isnt allowed.
Grammar!
that: kore
this: sore
and: to and soushite for connecting phrases (just think about yotsuba to
very: totemo
super-: chou! (watashi wa chou-kawai desu!! :D not really...)
now to say you want something, just say the thing that you want that add ga hoshii desu or ga hoshii.
and: mo
o: you put o after the direct object
for beacause, you say the reason first, and then node.
for about, your put ni tsuite after the noun that you want to talk about
if: moshi
ga: shows that the word before it is the subject
ni: shows action
de: used for location of where something happens
o: shows the direct object
furaido poteto o tabemasu ga suki (i like to eat french fries)
furaido poteto, or french fries, is the direct object so it goes before o and then the verb, blah blah blah...suki means like
Question Words
Itsu: when
doko: where
doushite/naze: why
dare: who
past tense
if the word ends with "-masu" then you change it to mashita. tabemasu (eat) would turn tabemashita
for past negatives, you change it to masen deshita. (-masen is the negative part)
tabemasen deshita (didn't eat)
I think...
You say what you think first and then put "to omoimasu". But if there is a desu, you have to replace it with da and then put it before to omoimasu.
To show a language of another country
just put -go after the country. furansugo=french
Japanese Tounge Twisters =P
"Ao Maki Gami, Ki Maki Gami, Aka Maki Gami" - "Blue paper roll, yellow paper roll, red paper roll"
Other:
Katakana
Hiragana (students learn this first)
Kanji
I'd love to teach you kanji but....there's over 50,000 characters @_@ yeah...so....i cant.
If you'd like to learn Kanji....go to KanjiStep (i got the alphabets there -_- i feel so guilty)
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