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 Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 5:53 pm
I just picked up on this thread and its looking great. I'm looking forward to learning here blaugh .
I've got the first three rows of Hiragana down pretty good and some vocab.
I'm so psyched... whee
edit: domo arigatou gozaimasu soshite sayounara.
(I don't know if I'm saying this right but I want to say 'Thank you very much and goodbuy')
I think I read in a book this summer that 'soshite' is used to mean 'and' when it connects clauses. 'To' is used to mean 'and' when in a list or something.
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Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:27 am
TsMasHAcE I just picked up on this thread and its looking great. I'm looking forward to learning here blaugh . I've got the first three rows of Hiragana down pretty good and some vocab. I'm so psyched... whee edit: domo arigatou gozaimasu soshite sayounara. (I don't know if I'm saying this right but I want to say 'Thank you very much and goodbuy') I think I read in a book this summer that 'soshite' is used to mean 'and' when it connects clauses. 'To' is used to mean 'and' when in a list or something. yes thats right...but in this case...in that sentence you dont need soshite. its just doumo arigatou gozaimasu. sayounara
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Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:29 am
dark night of the souls TsMasHAcE I just picked up on this thread and its looking great. I'm looking forward to learning here blaugh . I've got the first three rows of Hiragana down pretty good and some vocab. I'm so psyched... whee edit: domo arigatou gozaimasu soshite sayounara. (I don't know if I'm saying this right but I want to say 'Thank you very much and goodbuy') I think I read in a book this summer that 'soshite' is used to mean 'and' when it connects clauses. 'To' is used to mean 'and' when in a list or something. yes thats right...but in this case...in that sentence you dont need soshite. its just doumo arigatou gozaimasu. sayounara oooookeedoak....thanks
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Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:31 pm
TsMasHAcE dark night of the souls TsMasHAcE I just picked up on this thread and its looking great. I'm looking forward to learning here blaugh . I've got the first three rows of Hiragana down pretty good and some vocab. I'm so psyched... whee edit: domo arigatou gozaimasu soshite sayounara. (I don't know if I'm saying this right but I want to say 'Thank you very much and goodbuy') I think I read in a book this summer that 'soshite' is used to mean 'and' when it connects clauses. 'To' is used to mean 'and' when in a list or something. yes thats right...but in this case...in that sentence you dont need soshite. its just doumo arigatou gozaimasu. sayounara oooookeedoak....thanks anytime blaugh
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Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:09 pm
Wow, those fires are terrible. Those usually take a really long time to burn out. I hope they get put out soon. I'm sorry I haven't been on lately but I'm here now to check up on things and look too see what has been posted on this board. It's nice of you to post lessons in the free time that you have mrgreen
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Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:22 am
yea....sorry about not posting lessons....not much free time but enough to post updates....but i will later i gotta go to training. i have exams from tomorrow onwards so i might not be able to get time to post one...but i will try my best.
tty'all later.
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Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:58 am
hey everybodies...
im sorry about not posting lessons for you. so ima do a quick one tonight before i gp study for my japanese listening exam tomorrow morning.
Lesson 3 - putting things together to make sentences
i am using information and passages for this lesson out of 'Lesson 1 - Introduction' from Japanese for busy people...for beginners *just thought id reference that so if you have this book it would come in handy with the lessons cause im gonna be using this for 90% of all lessons for the next couple of months*
はやし：たなかさん、こちらは スミスさんです。
スミス： はじめまして。スミスです。どうぞ よろしく。
たなか：はじめまして。とうきょうでんきの たなかです。 どうぞ よろしく。
はやし：スミスさんは ABCのべんごしです。
Hayashi: tanaka-san, kochira wa Sumisu-san desu.
Sumisu: hajimemashite. sumisu desu. douzo yoroshiku.
Tanaka: Hajimemashite. Tokyo denki no tanaka desu. douzo yoroshiku.
Hayashi: Sumisu-san wa ABC no bengoshi desu.
Hayashi: Mr. Tanaka, this is Mr. Smith.
Smith: How do you do. My name is Smith. Im very glad to meet you.
Tanaka: How do you do. Im tanaka from tokyo electric. im very glad to meet you.
Hayashi: Mr. Smith is ABC's lawyer.
Vocabulary
はやし - Hayashi - a surname
たなか - a surname
～さん - Mr, miss, mrs, ms etc (always comes after someones name who you are talking to....this brings respect and honour to that person)
こちら - kochira - this
は - wa - topic marker, particle
スミス - sumisu - smith
です - desu - is
はじめまして - hajimemashite - how do you do
わたし - watashi - i, me, my
どうぞ よろしく - douzo yoroshiku - pleased to meet you. lit. please favour me
とうきょうでんき - tokyo denki - tokyo eletric *company name*
の - possessive particle ie. watashino - mine
ABC - EBISHI - ABC *company name*
べんごし - bengoshi - lawyer
see how you go with this and i will post grammar points, lessons notes and little things for you to practice later on tomorrow.
~Jess~
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Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:19 am
i also forgot to mention that im planning a group oral japanese lesson focusing on pronounciation. im going to be doing this with a few individuals, but if you are interested in participating in a group one, please let me know, with details of where in the world you live, the time difference and day etc to me asap so i can organise it. it will be very rewarding for those of you who are serious about learning japanese.
~Jess~
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Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 11:55 pm
i wont ba able to post the rest of the lessons til later tonight when i get back...got to get going to my course. sorry bout that guys. will post em tonight if im not too tired.
~Jess~
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Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 6:08 am
continuation with lesson 3
Particles
は (wa)
Wa - follows noun 1 indicating that it is the topic under discussion. ie.
わたしは だいがくせいです。
watashiwa daigakusei desu.
I am a university student.
noun 2 is then identified and the phrase is concluded with です「desu」. The topic is often the same as the subject but its not necessary. the object of the sentence can also be the topic. The...wa...desu structure is not affected by person or number.
ex. A-san wa bengoshi desu - "Mr. A is a lawyer."
A-san to B-san wa bengoshi desu - "Mr. A and Mrs. B are lawyers."
Ka - question marker
making sentences in japanese is KANTAN desune!! *its easy* simply put KA か at the end of a sentence and it becomes a question. ex. おなまえは なんですか。onamae wa nan desuka. what is your name?
no changes in words is required even when the question contains interrogative words such as "who, what, when, where and why."
Notes
1. Tanaka-san
San is the title of respect added to a name. San maybe used with both male and female names, and with either surnames or given names. San cannot be used after ones own name. It can also be suffixed to the name of an occupation. eg. Bengoshi-san, Oishya-san etc.
2. Kochira wa sumisu-san desu
Kochira "this one" implies "this person here" and is a polite way of saying "this person."
3. Hajimemashite
salutation used on meeting a person for the first time. It is a form of the verb hajimeru "to begin"
Practice Sentences - please practice saying these sentences
1. わたしは スミスです 「watashi wa sumisu desu」I'm Smith
2. こちらは たなかさんです 「Kochira wa Tanaka-san desu」 This is Tanaka
3. たなかさんは べんごしでは ありません。「Tanaka-san wa bengoshi dewa arimasen」 Mr Tanaka is not a lawyer
have a practice of these and i will post the next lesson [4] soon after my exam on tuesday. if you have any questions, please feel free to ask me.
*~Jess~*
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:31 pm
hi all, here is a usefull website for learning hiragana. http://japanese.about.com/blhira.htmits pretty self explanitory, and it shows you the writing strokes so that should give you a hand in writing it. also go to the other lessons after lesson 12 and use that to practice reading some words and writing it. ~Jess~
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Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:51 pm
dear all,
lessons will not be posted until after all my exams have been concluded which is the end of this week. sorry for any inconviniences.
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Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:23 pm
What about が？I can't figure out the difference between that and は。Also, can you help me with に？Please don't use roumaji with me. I can learn with it or read and understand it well.
P.S. I can wait until you are done with your exams. I just need you are done with your exams. I just need a lot of help with your exams. I just need a lot of help with those three, but I can work on others for now.
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Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 11:40 pm
hey, yea sure. i have finished with exams but i am up the northern end of the state in tasmania (australia) and wont be returning home to hobart til the end of the week. but i can give you a little bit of help with ga, ni and wa, only problem is i dont have japanese on my mums computer so if you could possibly wait another 3 or 4 days when i return home, i will be able to post some info about those characters.
cheers,
Jess
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Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 3:52 am
sorry guys, i havent had time to post a lesson, as ive been away, and the next day when i got home i got called into work *fire fighting* on the east coast at a massive fire at buckland, its well over 1500 hectres now, and ive been there all day today, all day saturday and i have to go again tomorrow :S
anyways, when i get time i will post u all a lesson. im sorry.
~Jess~
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