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 Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 11:07 am
Want to learn Japanese? Well here's the place to start! I am currently taking a japanese class, and have been enjoying it so much that I offered my services to Haku to help her set up this thread in the guild. Hope you guys like it. Just bear with me as I work on setting it up. ^ ^ Also, I realize that there are those of you out there who already know some japanese. Feel free to suggest I add things to this thread.
Remeber, I'm pretty much a beginner, so there is only so much I can put down. For you guild members that know japanese, feel free to add a bubble with some Japanese info that you'd like to share with the guild.Table of Contents 1. Hiragana and Katakana
2. Pronunciation Rules
3. Greetings and Polite Expressions
4. Numbers and Time*from the 4th post on, my entries will be entered in with the conversations. I will number them and try to label what page they are on, but you'll have to scroll through stuff to find them. Sorry! 5. Japanase Insult link (page one)
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Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 11:41 am
Hiragana Part One:a あ ------ i い ------ u う -------- e え-------- o お
ka か --- ki き ----- ku く ------- ke け ----- ko こ
sa さ --- shi し ---- su す ------ se せ ----- so そ
ta た --- chi ち ---- tsu つ ------ te て ----- to と
na な --- ni に ----- nu ぬ ------ ne ね ---- no の
ha は --- hi ひ ---- fu/hu ふ --- he へ ---- ho ほ
ma ま --- mi み ---- mu む ----- me め --- mo も
ra ら ---- ri り ------ ru る ------- re れ ----- ro ろ
ya や ---------------- yu ゆ ------------------ yo よ
waわ --- o/wo を
n ん Part Two:There are more sounds/letters that can be made in hiragana. The first one of these rules you should know about is that by adding two little marks (much like quotation marks) next to certain hiragana symbols, you get a whole new sound. Here are all the possible ones:
hiragana with a 'k' sound can be changed to a 'g' sound:
ga が --- gi ぎ --- gu ぐ --- ge げ --- go ご
hiragana with a 's' sound can be changed to a 'z' sound:
za ざ --- * ji じ --- zu ず --- ze ぜ --- zo ぞ *as you can see, there are some exceptions. the hiragana symbol shi, does not become zhi, it becomes ji. Oddities like this are just little things that you will have to memorize. You will see little things like this pop up in some of the other hiragana too. hiragana with a 't' sound can be changed to a 'd' sound:
da だ --- (ji) ぢ --- (zu) づ --- de で --- do ど* as you may have noticed, just like shi, chi does not get changed to di, and tsu does not get changed to du. however, that is not why they appear in paranthesis. they are marked that way because the are not commonly used. Usually, when you want a ji or zu sound, you will use the shi or su hiragana. There are a few exceptions. I will not list them here.hiragana with a 'h' sound can be changed in two ways. In the first line, two dashes (a lot like quotation marks) are added after the hiragana symbol:
ba ば --- bi び --- bu ぶ --- be べ --- bo ぼ
To make a 'p' sound out of 'h' hiragana, add a small circle after the hiragana rather than the two slash marks:
pa ぱ --- pi ぴ --- pu ぷ --- pe ぺ --- po ぽ The second of these methods is to add a slightly smaller yu, ya, or yo next to a normal sized hiragana. Here are all the possible combinations:
きゃ kya ---- きゅ kyu ----- きょ kyo
ぎゃ gya ---- ぎゅ gyu ---- ぎょ gyo
しゃ sha ---- しゅ shu ----- しょ sho
じゃ ja ------ じゅ ju ------- じょ jo
ちゃ cha ----- ちゅ chu ----- ちょ cho
ぢゃ (ja) ----- ぢゅ (ju) ---- ぢょ (jo)
にゃ nya ---- にゅ nyu ---- にょ nyo
ひゃ hya ---- ひゅ hyu ---- ひょ hyo
びゃ bya ---- びゅ byu ---- びょ byo
ぴゃ pya ---- ぴゅ pyu ---- ぴょ pyo
みゃ mya ---- みゅ myu ---- みょ myo
りゃ rya ---- りゅ ryu ---- りょ ryo Part Three:Katakana a ア ------ i イ ------ u ウ -------- e エ-------- o オ
ka カ --- ki キ ----- ku ク ------- ke ケ ----- ko コ
sa サ --- shi シ ---- su ス ------ se セ ----- so ソ
ta タ --- chi チ ---- tsu ツ ------ te テ ----- to ト
na ナ --- ni ニ ----- nu ヌ ------ ne ネ ---- no ノ
ha ハ --- hi ヒ ---- fu/hu フ --- he へ ---- ho ホ
ma マ --- mi ミ ---- mu ム ----- me メ --- mo モ
ra ラ ---- ri り ------ ru ル ------- re レ ----- ro ロ
ya ヤ ---------------- yu ユ ------------------ yo ヨ
wa ワ --------------------- wo/o ヲ
n ン *the pronunciation rules are the same for katakana as they are for hiragana.
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Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 12:38 pm
Alright, now that we've got the hiragana out of the way, I'd like to explain some of the rules that you will have to keep in mind while using this thread.
Rules Japanese is a language very different than english. For instance, they do not have an "l" sound. Their "r"s are sort of a combination of r and l. In some cases, it sounds just like our "r", in other cases it can sound more like a weird sounding "l". For example, the japanese word for history is rekishi. The "r" sounds normal in this word. But, then there are words like my name, Lisa. They would spell it Risa (haha, I just had a flashback to Scooby-doo xd ), but they would get pretty close to pronouncing it with an "l" sound.
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:58 am
Greetings and Partings
Ohayou gozaimasu. - - - - - - -Good morning
Ohayou. - - - - - - - - - - - -Good morning (informal)
Konnichiwa. - - - - - - - - - -Good afternoon.
Konbanwa. - - - - - - - - - - -Good evening.
Ogenki desu ka. - - - - - - - - -How are you?
Ee, genki desu. - - - - - - - - -(yes) I'm fine.
Okagesama de, genki desu. - - - -Thanks to you, I'm fine.
Ee, okagesama de,... - - - - - - -(yes), thanks to you... (informal)
Ohisashiburi desune. - - - - - - -I haven't seen you in a long time.
Shibaraku desune. - - - - - - - -I haven't seen you for a long time. (informal)
Shitsuree shimasu - - - - - - - -Goodbye. (literally: Excuse me)
Ja (or Dewa), mata. - - - - - - -See you later. (literally: again)
Ja (or Dewa). - - - - - - - - - -See you. (very informal)
Sayo(u)nara. - - - - - - - - - -Goodbye.
Oyasuminasai - - - - - - - - - -Good night. (informal)
Polite Expressions
Arigatou. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Thank you.
Arigatou gozaimasu. - - - - - - - - - -Thank you. (formal)
Doumo. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Thanks. (very informal)
Doumo arigatou. - - - - - - - - - - - - Thank you very much.
Doumo arigaotou gozaimasu. - - - - Thank you very much. (most formal)
Douzo yoroshiku. - - - - - - - - - - - -Nice meeting you.
Genki desu. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I am fine.
Hajimemashite. - - - - - - - - - - - - -How do you do? (when first meeting someone)
Sumimasen. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Excuse me, thank you.
Onamae wa? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -May I have your name?
Hai, sou desu. - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Yes, that's right.
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:59 am
A thanks to Kuroi Kokoro no Mendori for putting this in kanji for me. ^^ Numbers
one ichi 一
two ni 二
three san 三
four shi 四
five go 五
six roku 六
seven shichi 七
eight hachi 八
nine ku 九
ten juu 十
11 juu-ichi 十一
12 juu-ni 十二
13 juu-san 十三
14 juu-yon or juu-shi 十四
15 juu-go 十五
16 juu-roku 十六
17 juu-shichi or juu-nana 十七
18 juu-hachi 十八
19 juu-ku or juu-kyuu 十九
20 ni-juu 二十
21 ni-juu-ichi 二十一
ichi-ji one o'clock 一時
ni-ji two o'clock 二時
san-ji three o'clock 三時
yo-ji four o'clock *you do not say yon-ji, and you don't say shi-ji 四時
go-ji five o'clock 五時
roku-ji six o'clock 六時
shichi-ji seven o'clock *some people say nana-ji 七時
hachi-ji eight o'clock 八時
ku-ji nine o'clock *never kyuu-ji 九時
juu-ji ten o'clock 十時
juu-ichi-ji eleven o'clock 十一時
juu-ni-ji twelve o'clock 十二時
ni-ji han 2:30 (han means half)
gozen am 午前
gogo pm 午後
Nanji desuka. What time is it? 何時ですか
Gozen ni-ji han desu. It is 2:30 am. 午前二時半です
asa morning 朝
hiru afternoon 昼
yuugata evening 夕方
yoru night 夜
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Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 8:53 pm
yay I am finally learnig proper Japanese just opne question there is an annoying teacher at school who doesn't know Japanese how do i call her a b***h?tell me in a PM please mrgreen
5. Edit 8/27: Someone PMed me and gave me this site. It has insults in all languages. www.insultmonger.com
This info is from a friend in my other guild who works with me on a thread just like this: carbonated.soda
swear words
くそ！(ku-so!) = is basically the equivallent of "s**t." not to be used lightly!
しまった。(shi-ma-tta.) = can be used as "damnit" but mainly used for when you mess something up, etc.
だまれ。(da-ma-re) = this means "shut up." there are many ways to say shut up, starting with the polite 静かにして下さい。(shi-zu-ka-ni-shi-te ku-da-sai), "please be quiet." when you say だまら(da-ma-re) it would generally sound degrading towards another.
dirty phrases/words
ふぇらしろ。(fe-ra-shi-ro.) = hmm... something your boyfriend might tell you: "suck my d**k."
へんたい。(he-n-tai) = can be used in reference to two things: porn, or a pervert.
~Askai
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Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:57 am
the 5th goddess yay I am finally learnig proper Japanese just opne question there is an annoying teacher at school who doesn't know Japanese how do i call her a b***h?tell me in a PM please mrgreen
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Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:04 am
Askai the 5th goddess yay I am finally learnig proper Japanese just opne question there is an annoying teacher at school who doesn't know Japanese how do i call her a b***h?tell me in a PM please mrgreen I have a spanish teacher who's teaching us that stuff right now! mrgreen
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Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:16 am
darklordsamurai Askai the 5th goddess yay I am finally learnig proper Japanese just opne question there is an annoying teacher at school who doesn't know Japanese how do i call her a b***h?tell me in a PM please mrgreen I have a spanish teacher who's teaching us that stuff right now! mrgreen
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:32 am
Askai darklordsamurai Askai the 5th goddess yay I am finally learnig proper Japanese just opne question there is an annoying teacher at school who doesn't know Japanese how do i call her a b***h?tell me in a PM please mrgreen I have a spanish teacher who's teaching us that stuff right now! mrgreen Yeah I only know a little to. mrgreen I've never seen a book like that.
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 12:05 pm
Wows... that's a better teaching plan than learn-japanese courses! o.o Awesomeness! whee heart
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 8:37 am
If you need any help in teaching anyone, I'll be more than happy to offer. ^^
日本語をちょっと知ってます。假名も漢字も読み直せる。
Just send me a pm and let me know what I can do. ^^
___________________//
★fillmewithfaithinthefaceofthelight
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Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 9:29 am
Coffee Slave Wows... that's a better teaching plan than learn-japanese courses! o.o Awesomeness! whee heart
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 8:37 am
a n a c h r o n i c
If you need any help in teaching anyone, I'll be more than happy to offer. ^^
日本語をちょっと知ってます。假名も漢字も読み直せる。
Just send me a pm and let me know what I can do. ^^
___________________//
★fillmewithfaithinthefaceofthelight
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Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 6:48 pm
My teacher for Japanese is all wonky too, with order of learning. Really slow at it too.
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