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Wednesday, January 5, 2005
konnichiwa!
i don't have much to do or say, so hows about a nihongo lesson? this below is the first lesson out of 18 that i have^^ this is what made my knowledge of japanese much more efficient, so if you want to improve what you know, try reading this and practicing ^^ let me know if you guys want more lessons ^^
sayonara
~heruchigu~
p.s. japanese word of day:Tenshi (angel)
Lesson 1: It's a...
This simplest structure in Japanese is the "...desu." structure.
Desu is pronounced 'dess' as the u becomes silent.
Simply put, desu means "It is", "Those are", or "I am." ____ desu.
It's ___.
Note: In Japanese, cat = neko, dog = inu.
Neko desu.
Inu desu.John desu.
It's a cat. or Those are cats.
It's a dog. or Those are dogs. I am John.
There is usually no difference between plural and singular things in Japanese. To distinguish what is being said, one must rely on context or add an adjective to describe how many dogs or cats or whatevers you have.To make a sentence a question in Japanese, you add "ka" to the end.
Neko desu ka. Is it a cat?
Inu desu ka. Is it a dog?John-san desu ka. Are you John?
Is it John?
Note that the suffix 'san' was added to the end of John when it became a question. This is because you are reffering to someone else, rather than yourself. It is considered polite to add -san to people's names other than your own. Be very carefull not to add it to the end of your own name though, as it is considered very rude and unusual.
To say "It's not a cat." or "I'm not John." you have to use the form dewa arimasen or janai desu.
Either form means the same thing, but dewa arimasen is more formal.
Neko dewa arimasen.
Neko janai desu. Inu dewa arimasen.
Inu janai desu. John-san janai desu. It's not a cat.
It's not a cat.
It's not a dog.It's not a dog.
I'm not John.
Note that, in the example above, you are not John, therefore refering to him with -san is ok.If someone asks you "Is it a cat?" you can respond with yes (hai) or no (iie).
Neko desu ka?
Hai, neko desu.
Iie, neko dewa arimasen. Is it a cat?
Yes, it is a cat.
No, it's not a cat.
If you don't know what something is, you can point to it and ask "Nan desu ka?"Nan means 'what', so the sentence means "What is it?" Do not use nan to refer to people. It is very rude.
Examples:Nan desu ka?
Inu desu.
Nan desu ka?
Neko desu.
What is it?
It's a dog.
What is it?
It's a cat.
Lesson 1 Vocabulary:-san... desu.... janai desu.... arimasen.haiiienanka nekoinu polite ending for other people's namesIt's a ...It's not a ...It's not a ...yesnowhatparticle added to the end of a sentence to make it a questioncatdog
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