[Guide] Japanese

[Kayne Aiya]

whee I'd like to be signed up for this too.lol.

I have a freind who's japanese ( exchange program) and sometimes he'll speakin japanese.... to bad I don't really get half of what he says.lol

Mmmm, For the Jaa, mata ne part jess. Isn't it supposed to be jya ne or can it go both ways?

Watashi wa jouzu-ni nihongo ga hanase masen, but I'm learning.lol  

[IRATE4ever]

Konnichiwa! Boku no namae wa tomasu desu. I would like to restudy japanese too. Sign me up please. i took the classes in 9th and 10 grade but that was a year ago and since then forgotten all but the fun and easy lines.  

[JVCA]

Kayne Aiya

whee I'd like to be signed up for this too.lol.

I have a freind who's japanese ( exchange program) and sometimes he'll speakin japanese.... to bad I don't really get half of what he says.lol

Mmmm, For the Jaa, mata ne part jess. Isn't it supposed to be jya ne or can it go both ways?

Watashi wa jouzu-ni nihongo ga hanase masen, but I'm learning.lol

biggrin Cool - we had Japanese exchange students come visit us earlier this year, so we spent a lesson just talking to them - it was really fun. n_n

As for the Jaa mata thing, do you mean is it supposed to be spelt Jaa or Jya ? In kana, it's written Ji with a little ya, but it's generally written and pronouned as Jaa.

Sou desu ne? Zannen deshita. Watashi wa nihongo o hanasu ga maa maa desu.

Just correcting your sentance a little -

Watashi wa jouzu-ni nihongo o hanashi masen. The particle 'o' is more appropriate, as you're talking about a verb. Ga is more of a descriptive particle.

@Thomas: biggrin Signed up.  

[ForbidenFaeryDesire]

I wanna be a student!  

[JVCA]

Added. n_n

Writing the new lesson soon... biggrin  

[JVCA]

Kana (letters) to learn for this lesson

あ a
い i
う u
え e
お o

か ka
き ki
く ku
け ke
こ ko

Greetings

Good morning (Sunrise to midday)
ohayou gosaimasu - [pronounciation o-ha-yo go-sa-i-mas]

Good day (midday to 5pm)
Konnichiwa - [literally translated - this day (is) (kon=this, nichi=day, wa= signpost particle]

Good evening (5pm until 10pm)
Konbanwa - [literally translated - this night (is)]

Good night
Oyasumi nasai - [literally "Take a break/rest"]

Counting

One Ichi
Two Ni
Three San
Four Shi/Yon*
Five Go
Six Roku
Seven Schichi/Nana*
Eight Hachi
Nine Kyuu/Ku*
Ten Jyuu

* "Shi" means death. Therefore, people use the word yon instead of four in some cases, and some hospitals don't have a fourth floor, counting the floors 1,2,3,5.

Nana is interchangeable with schichi, and is most often used when saying "schichi" couldbe confusing - like when giving phone numbers.

Ku is used instead of Kyuu for the same reason as Nana is used.

To count above ten, we essentially say 'Ten and ~" eg. 11 is jyuu ichi, and 15 is jyuu go. To count above twenty, we essentially say '~ tens and ~' eg. 23 is ni jyuu san, and 36 is san jyuu roku.

Your Homework

Learn the 8 Kana given - making flashcards helps a lot - and learn the counting numbers. Practise writing the Kana - if you have an old maths book, practise in the squares in that. You need to be able to both read the kana fluently, and be able to write them clearly.  

[Lysdexic Lolerskate]

nihongo no kurasu da ne? sugoi to omoimasu! daijoubu da ne? ganbatte! jya matta ne! heart  

[Meilos]

Adomo~. Watashi wa Meilos desu. Ju-go-sai desu mo Southern California wa imasu. Hajimemashite. ninja

Genki desu ka? o-o

...And that's pretty much the extent of my Japanese abilities. I'd like to sign up. ^^;  

[mei2batgirl]

I want to learn heart  

[Avenorell]

Konbanwa! Watashi no namae wa Sayomi desu. Genki desu ka?

That's as complicated a sentence as I can form ^^; Sign me up please?  

[AmeRose]

This looks cool. I'd like to be a student.  

[Aurellion]

Ohayo gozaimasu! Watashi no namae wa Jen. Hajimemashite, Jess sensei. xp Genki desu ka?

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I would love to sign up. ^^ Sorry if there are errors in my greeting. >_>  

[Funa Spectrum]

Ah! Hajimemashite. Atashi no nihongo wa hidoi ya. O-sensei o irimasu.

Hiragana o yomeru, demo katakana to kanji... sweatdrop and I can't form sentences at all so I give up.  

[Lysine]

This is almost entirely non-sequiter, but seeing the counting part reminded me of an Aikido class I was in a few years ago. We had to count every hand-stretch when we were warming up 10 times in Japanese. 3nodding  

[Eros Conoirus]

sign me up please