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 Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:37 pm
Konnichi wa mina-san!
Ok I know some of you are interested in speaking Japanese and a few of you know quite a lot about it. I was thinking it would be kinda fun to help each other out. What do you think? There are many websites as well as books, tapes/cd's etc with information on learning the language.
(*yawns* I will work on this more tomorrow. For now I'm off to bed. Oyasuminasai!)
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:38 pm
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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 12:27 am
OK one of the sites that I have visited is About. com. Make sure you have a pop-up blocker on. While there is a lot of good information there, a ton of pop-ups can make it annoying. Just a fair warning. Lesson 1~ Japanese PronunciationThe Japanese language has only 5 vowels: A, I, U, E, O. They are terse vowels, pronounced clearly and sharply. If one pronounces the vowels in the following sentence one will have their approximate sounds. Please note: the "U" is pronounced with no forward movement of the lips. Ah (a), we (i) soon (u) get (e) old (o).
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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 12:39 am
Now I also have this little book called Japanese: The Rough guide. It goes into more detail on how to pronounce things.
a~ as in rather
e~ as in bed; e is always pronounced, even at the end of a word
i~ like the ee in feet, but slightly shorter
o~ as in not
u~ as in put
ae~ seperate a followed by e, pronounced ah-eh
ai~ as in Thai
ei~ as in weight
ie~ seperate ee followed by e, pronounced ee-eh
ue~ seperate u followed by e, pronounced oo-eh
g~ hard g as in girl
s~ always as in mass (never z)
y~ as in yet
You forgot the 'r' and 'l', Usa-chan. Of course, there really isn't a difference in how they're pronounced. 'r' usually sounds alot like 'l', unless it's slightly rolled. Of course, this I just pick up from listening.
I was just listing what my book had. sweatdrop i didn't actually forget it. It wasn't written there.
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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 1:08 am
Lesson 2 (this is a pretty short lessons ne? wink ) Here are some characteristics of Japanese grammar. 1. Japanese nouns have no gender and number. 2. Verb conjugation is not affected by the gender or number. 3. Japanese verbs have only two tenses: the present and the past. This is a pretty informative article that I found while searching the site: Japanese Nouns/Pronouns
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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 1:13 am
Lesson 3
Japanese Writing Systems
The Japanese writing system is totally different from English, because it does not use an alphabet. It may be the most difficult part of Japanese to learn. There are three different types of writing scripts in Japanese.
1)Kanji
2)Hiragana
3)Katakana
One writes Japanese using a combination of all three.
I'll get into more detail with each one later. This is just the introductory lesson.
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 5:30 pm
(Now see, I just pick up random words and phrases without really worriying about all that. Especially since alot of what I pick up is through listening to the word in Japanese and imitating the sounds sweatdrop )
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 7:03 pm
Amaya_Moriko Lesson 3 Japanese Writing Systems The Japanese writing system is totally different from English, because it does not use an alphabet. It may be the most difficult part of Japanese to learn. There are three different types of writing scripts in Japanese. 1)Kanji 2)Hiragana 3)Katakana One writes Japanese using a combination of all three. I'll get into more detail with each one later. This is just the introductory lesson. Hiragana and Katakana are pretty fun once you get used to them but Kanji is the intresting one...one kanji could have up to seven different meanings and that was just out of the simple ones from my intro class
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:13 pm
Dez_Draven (Now see, I just pick up random words and phrases without really worriying about all that. Especially since alot of what I pick up is through listening to the word in Japanese and imitating the sounds sweatdrop ) ditto
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 10:07 pm
Dez_Draven (Now see, I just pick up random words and phrases without really worriying about all that. Especially since alot of what I pick up is through listening to the word in Japanese and imitating the sounds sweatdrop ) And hey helping me with all my Japanese homework had to help at least a little bit.
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 12:11 pm
OnyxFire Dez_Draven (Now see, I just pick up random words and phrases without really worriying about all that. Especially since alot of what I pick up is through listening to the word in Japanese and imitating the sounds sweatdrop ) And hey helping me with all my Japanese homework had to help at least a little bit. True though I don't remember much of what I learned helping you study, other than 'michi' means 'street' and 'bankyoo' means 'study'
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 11:33 pm
Lol Yes that is true. I have picked up most things from watching anime or singing along to my Sailor Moon/ Final Fantasy cds. It's always important to understand the structure to languages. At least that is part of the things that they have you go over at the beginning of any language class, besides introducing yourself. ^_^
Onyx-chan of course knows a lot more on this subject than I do. I enjoy learning languages tho. Considering I took into to French & Spanish in 8th grade. 1st yr Spanish in 9th and French the last 3 yrs of highschool. My friend Erica took Japanese in HS and went to Japan. I have a few things that she brought back for me. This was all before I really became interested in it. I have a little jar that probably cost a pretty penny. Some kawaii handkerchiefs, one with Hello Kitty on it and teddy bears or something on the other one. I can't remember. They are in a box somewhere. Oh some postcards and I forget what else. Of course she didn't take very good pics compared to mine of Europe. sweatdrop Now then back to the learning. lol
OK so you want some phrases then?
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:37 am
Hehe, we're helping! We're helping! I can put up a few vocab words later, as soon as I find them 3nodding
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 1:23 am
That would be great! Any imput from you guys would be appreciated. 3nodding
Colloquialisms
The following are words you may hear. You shouldn't be tempted to use any of the stronger ones unless you are sure of your audience.
aho! fool!
baka! you fool!, stupid b*****d!
bakamitai stupid
bakayarō! damn fool!
bijin beautiful woman
charinko bicycle
chikshō damn! hell! (literally beast)
chotto! hey!
damare! shut up
domo thanks; hi
gaijin foreigner
ja nē bye, cheerio
kakko ī trendy; cool; handsome
kireru blow one's top
konoyarō! damn fool!
kso! sh!t
maji de honestly; really
mansats ten-thousand yen note
mashi better
meshi meal
shinjirannai unbelievable
subarashī! fantastic!
sugoi! great!, super!; well done!
tondemo nai! no way!
urusai! shut up!
uso! that's a lie!
usotski! liar!
yada! no!; yuck!
yokatta! good!
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Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 5:54 pm
More Colloquialisms!
Aishiteru I love you heart
Ara Oh, like 'oh I almost forgot'
Gomen/Gomen nasai Sorry/I'm so very sorry
Matte! Wait! (I think sweatdrop ) (edit:Yesh that is quite right. Usagi says that a lot in the live action.)(yeah and in the anime too... almost as much as Michiru says 'Ara')
Ne? Right? ex: That's what you wanted to know, ne?
(thinking/looking up more...)
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