Monday, May 9, 2005

i'm lazy ^^;; O-yasumi nasai #Yuutsu#

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Saturday, May 7, 2005

i'm sorry that i don't have a lesson today, so here goes a picture of the 2nd volume of Hikaru No Go when they are grown up. if you wanna check it out, you can read it in the Shonen Jump ^_^ O-yasumi nasai #Yuutsu#

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Friday, May 6, 2005

so yah, how you guys like my Hikaru No Go theme? I love history and so I love Go, that is Japanese version of Chess. I would love to learn how to play it really well, but I don’t have that much side time. Well I have the first basics of sentence structure for your lesson today! ^_^ 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 1. Watashi wa Suzuki Yota desu. This sentence means "I am Yota Suzuki." It is standard for Japanese to use their family name first followed by their given name. The sentence pattern is "Noun wa noun desu" which translates as "Noun is Noun". The wa is a particle indicating a subject or a topic, while desu is an equivalent to "am", "are", and "is". Examples: Watashi wa Sumisu desu. I am Mr. Smith. Watashi wa Tanaka desu. I am Mr. Tanaka. 2. Anata wa Amerika-jin desu ka. This sentence means "Are you an American?" The word ka is a particle which makes a sentence a question. Examples: Anata wa Nihon-jin desu ka. Are you Japanese? Anata wa Suzuki-san desu ka. Are you Mr. Suzuki? 3. Otomo-dachi mo kookoo-sei desu ka. This sentence means "Is your friend also a high school student?" The word mo is a particle and means "also". Examples: Sumisu-san mo Amerika-jin desu ka. Is Mr. Smith also an American? Watashi mo daigaku-sei desu. I am also a college student. 4. Nihon-jin desu. This sentence means "I am Japanese". The word Nihon-jin is a compound of the two words, Nihon and jin. Nihon means "Japan" and jin means "person". The word jin is added to the end of a country's names to signify a person of that country. Examples: Gaadana-san wa Igirisu-jin desu. Mr. Gardiner is English. (Igirisu=England) Rozenbawa-san wa Doitsu-jin desu. Mr. Rosenbauer is German.(Doitsu=Germany) 5. Watashi wa kookoo-sei desu. This sentence means "I am a high school student". The word kookoo-sei is a compound of the two words, kookoo and -sei. Kookoo is a shortened form of the word kootoogakkoo which means "high school" and -sei is an ending which means "student". Examples: Waatamanu-san wa daigakuin-sei desu. Mr. Waterman is a graduate student.(daigakuin=graduate school) Rassoru-san wa daigaku-sei desu. Mr. Russell is a college student. DRILL: A. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words. 1. Watashi ( ) Amerika-jin desu. 2. Anata ( ) America-jin desu ( ). 3. Watasi wa kookoosei ( ). 4. Anata ( ) nannen-sei ( )( ). Answers: B. Answer the following questions according the question given. C. (1) Anata wa Amerika-jin desu ka. D. (yes)_______________________ E. F. (2) Yota-san wa Nihon-jin desu ka. G. (yes)_______________________ H. I. (3) Anata wa daigaku-sei desu ka. J. (yes)_______________________ K. L. (4) Anata wa nannen-sei desu ka. M. (sophomore)___________________ N. O. (5) Anata wa kookoo-sei desu ka. (yes)_______________________ O-yasuminasai #Yuutsu#

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Thursday, May 5, 2005

heh, I’m glad you guys liked my lesson there… thanks for the wonderful comments ^^ I have no lessons tonight, I’m so sorry but I did change my theme ^^ Oyasuminasai #Yuutsu#

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Wednesday, May 4, 2005

  

Did you like my Japanese lessons? I hope you guys understood it all, it shouldn’t have been confusing…next a lesson on ‘-Go’, ‘Nin/Jin’. The suffix -Go is used on the end of the names of countries to make that country’s language, for example: (root)Nihon(Japan) + (suffix)-Go(Language) = Nihongo. Meaning Japanese language. However, remember that Go can also mean Japanese chess, or the number five. Next we can add the suffix –Jin for Example: (root)Nihon(Japan) + (suffix)-Jin(person) = Nihonjin. Meaning Japanese person. Note that Jin can also be a noun, note that it is sometimes written as ‘Nin’. Oyasuminasai #Yuutsu#

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Tuesday, May 3, 2005

I’ve decided to educate you all on all that I know so far of Japanese ^^ after each past, I will put all the lessons and info into a scrolling box in my profile in case you may want to look at it in the future. I’ll start with the basic information and importance of Hiragana and Katakana (Japanese writing systems) I’m also going to leave you with a Japanese vocabulary word ^^ I would also like to let you guys know if you want to see how your name is written in Hiragana or Katakana, I can show you with a picture on my site, just contact me about it, okay? Hiragana Lesson There are 46 hiragana characters for 46 different sounds. Hiragana are used for expressing "grammatical" elements such as particles, and endings of adjectives and verbs which show tenses, etc. Kanji are used for expressing "meaningful" elements such as nouns and stems of adjectives and verbs. It is possible to write entire Japanese sentences in hiragana. If an adult forgets certain kanji which are rarely used, he/she may substitute hiragana for them. Since the basic 46 hiragana symbols and some modifications of them suffice for all Japanese sounds, Japanese children start to read and write Japanese all in hiragana before making an attempt to learn some of the two thousand kanji currently used. Katakana Lesson Katakana is used when writing down foreign names, places, and words of foreign origin (If you are not from Japan, your name can be written in katakana). Without knowing katakana, one might find it almost impossible to order fast food in Japan, or read billboards on the street. This is because Japan uses so many words borrowed from other languages. The structure of katakana is similar to hiragana (if you know one the other is easy to learn). The main difference between the two is katakana is composed of straight lines, where hiragana uses curved lines. Japanese vocabulary: kon'nichi wa Translation: Hello, Good Afternoon Part of speech: Interjection Example: N/A Writings: Oyasuminasai #Yuutsu#

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Monday, May 2, 2005

first post for Myo ^^

so this is my first post on my first day. I’m telling you guys now that I love the Japanese language and I want to travel around the world, though i’m not sure how I might make that happen….please let me know how you like my site, I try my hardest to make it look nice with the Kanji and all. japanese word: Rakuen meaning: paradise Oyasmunasai #Yuutsu#

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