Some of the basic words/phrases/numbers that you might need to understand the basics of jappanese... i did my best to collect it and trying to add a lot more in the future! and thank everyone who helps me with this build^^(see third post)
first of all... onegai-shimasu is asking for action. (question)(formal) bla bla do that "please?"
yah, so lets start this thing xD
Counting in jappanese!
1. ichi
2. ni
3. san
4. shi (yo/yon)
5. go
6. roku
7. shichi (nana)
8. hachi
9. kyuu
10.juu
11.ju-ichi
12.ju-ni
13.ju-san
14.ju-yon
15.ju-go
16. ... (ju- just count up...)
20. ni-ju
21. ni-ju-ichi
22. ... (ni-ju-ni and count up again)
30. san-ju
31. san-ju-ichi
...
40. shi-ju
...
100. hyaku
101. hyaku-ichi
102. hyaku-ni
...
999. kyuu-hyaku-kyuu-juu-kyuu
1000. sen
1001. sen-ichi
...
Self introduction!
(*...) = (*fill in the blanques yourself pls thankyou 3nodding )
"desu" is prenounced as "des" and "masu" is prenounced as "mas", just use a short sound and drop the "u". (this is acually done most of the time when there is a combination of ...u-... and at the end of a sentence)
How do you do.
~ Hajimemashite.
Nice to meet you.
~ O-ai deki-te ureshii desu.
Let me introduce myself.
~ Jiku-shoukai sase-te kudasai.
My name is ...
~ Watashi no namae wa ... desu.
Please call me ...
~ ... to yon-de kudasai.
I am ... years old.
~ Watashi wa ... sai desu.
I am a ...
~ Watashi wa ... desu.
I have ... members in my familly.
~ Watashi wa ...-nin kazoku desu.
I'm from ...
~ Watashi wa ... shusshin desu.
I live in ...
~ watashi wa ... ni sun-de i masu.
(note that city names are the same in all countries... new york is still "new york" in germany and not translated to "neue shwein"* **not an acual translation xD )
My hobby is ...
~ watashi no shumi wa ... desu.
Questions for conversing.
yeah... so you need some things to say when you introduced yourself and started a talk... here we go!
knowing the name of the one you're talking to seems to be handy from time to time... birthdays for example... if they haven''t already introduced themselves you can ask like this:
May I ask your name?
~ O-namae wo kiite-mo iidesu-ka?
What is your name?
~ O-namae wa nan-desu-ka?
Tell me your name.
~ O-namae wo oshie-te kudasai
and other nifty stuff 3nodding
How do you write your name?
~ O-namae wa dou kaki-masu-ka.
How old are you? stare *common Question
~ Nan-sai desu-ka?
Where do you go to school?
~ Doko no gakkou-ni itte imasu-ka?
What do you do? ("what are you doing" is not the same...)
~ O-shigoto wa nan-desu-ka?
Where do you live?
~ Doko-ni sun-de imasu-ka?
Where are you from?
~ Shusshin wa doko-desuka?
Do you speak english?
~ Eigo wo wanashi-masu-ka
What is your hobby?
~ Shumi wa nan-desu-ka?
Do you like ... ?
~ ... wa suki desu-ka?
For those who don't speak jappanes well!!! eek surprised
yeah, so asking if they know english is one thing, but these are some nifty thingy's to make sure they know that you don't cool
Pardon?
~ Nan desu ka? / Nan to ii mashita-ka?
I don't understand.
~ Wakarimasen.
what/what!/WHAT/WHAT?!
~ Nanni? / Nandateo!?
Could you speak more slowly? xp
~ Motto yukkuri hanashite-kure-masuka?
Could you please say that in simpler language? (lol)
~ Motto yasashii kotoba de itte-kure-masuka?
Please say it in english.
~ Eigo-de itte-kudosai.
How do you say ... in japanese?
~ ... wa nihongo de nan-to ii masu-ka?
I can't speak japanese well.
~ Watashi wa jouzu-ni nihongo ga hanase masen.
Once more again (please) (yeah... i use this one indefinitly whenever i can xd god i'm evil....)
~ Mou ichido onegai-shimasu
Can you understand my jappanese? (lol... i'm evil... twisted srry... xp )
~ Watashi no nihongo wa wakarimasu-ka?
What does it mean?
~ Donna imi desu-ka? (yelling this randomly on the streets of japans seemed more fun then it was...)
off topic nifty thing!
May i ask a favor of you?
~ Onegai-shite-mo iidesu-ka
Could you write it down here?
~ Koko-ni kai-te kuremasu-ka
(my personal favorite to yell at random people scream 3nodding )
Japanese is difficult for me.
~ Nihongo wa watashi ni muzukashii-desu
gonk gonk THE LAST RESORT YOU CAN SCREAM WHEN YOU'RE ALL OUT OF OPTIONS!!! gonk gonk
or just wisper it really calmly.. just before you pull all the hairs out of your head after mis-spelling this sentence to...
Is there anyone who speaks english?
~ Eigo wo hanasu hito wa imasen-ka?
Nice things to say heart
Daiski / Aishiteru
~ I love you
Family Facts:
Okasa (pronounced O-ká-sa)
~ mother (in general)
Outoto (pronounced Oh-to-to)
~ little brother (in general)
Imoto (pronounced E-mo-to)
~ Little sister (in general)
Onii-kun (pronounced Oh-kneé kun)
~ Big brother (in general)
Onee-chan (pronounced Oh-nay chan)
~ Big sister (in general)
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Haha
~ when you are talking about your own mother.
Chichi
~ when you are talking about your own father.
If you have any this to add to this, you can PM me 3nodding blaugh gonk scream xp xd biggrin smile xp eek surprised wink whee cool lol razz rolleyes 4laugh rofl pirate burning_eyes
first of all... onegai-shimasu is asking for action. (question)(formal) bla bla do that "please?"
yah, so lets start this thing xD
Counting in jappanese!
1. ichi
2. ni
3. san
4. shi (yo/yon)
5. go
6. roku
7. shichi (nana)
8. hachi
9. kyuu
10.juu
11.ju-ichi
12.ju-ni
13.ju-san
14.ju-yon
15.ju-go
16. ... (ju- just count up...)
20. ni-ju
21. ni-ju-ichi
22. ... (ni-ju-ni and count up again)
30. san-ju
31. san-ju-ichi
...
40. shi-ju
...
100. hyaku
101. hyaku-ichi
102. hyaku-ni
...
999. kyuu-hyaku-kyuu-juu-kyuu
1000. sen
1001. sen-ichi
...
Self introduction!
(*...) = (*fill in the blanques yourself pls thankyou 3nodding )
"desu" is prenounced as "des" and "masu" is prenounced as "mas", just use a short sound and drop the "u". (this is acually done most of the time when there is a combination of ...u-... and at the end of a sentence)
How do you do.
~ Hajimemashite.
Nice to meet you.
~ O-ai deki-te ureshii desu.
Let me introduce myself.
~ Jiku-shoukai sase-te kudasai.
My name is ...
~ Watashi no namae wa ... desu.
Please call me ...
~ ... to yon-de kudasai.
I am ... years old.
~ Watashi wa ... sai desu.
I am a ...
~ Watashi wa ... desu.
I have ... members in my familly.
~ Watashi wa ...-nin kazoku desu.
I'm from ...
~ Watashi wa ... shusshin desu.
I live in ...
~ watashi wa ... ni sun-de i masu.
(note that city names are the same in all countries... new york is still "new york" in germany and not translated to "neue shwein"* **not an acual translation xD )
My hobby is ...
~ watashi no shumi wa ... desu.
Questions for conversing.
yeah... so you need some things to say when you introduced yourself and started a talk... here we go!
knowing the name of the one you're talking to seems to be handy from time to time... birthdays for example... if they haven''t already introduced themselves you can ask like this:
May I ask your name?
~ O-namae wo kiite-mo iidesu-ka?
What is your name?
~ O-namae wa nan-desu-ka?
Tell me your name.
~ O-namae wo oshie-te kudasai
and other nifty stuff 3nodding
How do you write your name?
~ O-namae wa dou kaki-masu-ka.
How old are you? stare *common Question
~ Nan-sai desu-ka?
Where do you go to school?
~ Doko no gakkou-ni itte imasu-ka?
What do you do? ("what are you doing" is not the same...)
~ O-shigoto wa nan-desu-ka?
Where do you live?
~ Doko-ni sun-de imasu-ka?
Where are you from?
~ Shusshin wa doko-desuka?
Do you speak english?
~ Eigo wo wanashi-masu-ka
What is your hobby?
~ Shumi wa nan-desu-ka?
Do you like ... ?
~ ... wa suki desu-ka?
For those who don't speak jappanes well!!! eek surprised
yeah, so asking if they know english is one thing, but these are some nifty thingy's to make sure they know that you don't cool
Pardon?
~ Nan desu ka? / Nan to ii mashita-ka?
I don't understand.
~ Wakarimasen.
what/what!/WHAT/WHAT?!
~ Nanni? / Nandateo!?
Could you speak more slowly? xp
~ Motto yukkuri hanashite-kure-masuka?
Could you please say that in simpler language? (lol)
~ Motto yasashii kotoba de itte-kure-masuka?
Please say it in english.
~ Eigo-de itte-kudosai.
How do you say ... in japanese?
~ ... wa nihongo de nan-to ii masu-ka?
I can't speak japanese well.
~ Watashi wa jouzu-ni nihongo ga hanase masen.
Once more again (please) (yeah... i use this one indefinitly whenever i can xd god i'm evil....)
~ Mou ichido onegai-shimasu
Can you understand my jappanese? (lol... i'm evil... twisted srry... xp )
~ Watashi no nihongo wa wakarimasu-ka?
What does it mean?
~ Donna imi desu-ka? (yelling this randomly on the streets of japans seemed more fun then it was...)
off topic nifty thing!
May i ask a favor of you?
~ Onegai-shite-mo iidesu-ka
Could you write it down here?
~ Koko-ni kai-te kuremasu-ka
(my personal favorite to yell at random people scream 3nodding )
Japanese is difficult for me.
~ Nihongo wa watashi ni muzukashii-desu
gonk gonk THE LAST RESORT YOU CAN SCREAM WHEN YOU'RE ALL OUT OF OPTIONS!!! gonk gonk
or just wisper it really calmly.. just before you pull all the hairs out of your head after mis-spelling this sentence to...
Is there anyone who speaks english?
~ Eigo wo hanasu hito wa imasen-ka?
Nice things to say heart
Daiski / Aishiteru
~ I love you
Family Facts:
Okasa (pronounced O-ká-sa)
~ mother (in general)
Outoto (pronounced Oh-to-to)
~ little brother (in general)
Imoto (pronounced E-mo-to)
~ Little sister (in general)
Onii-kun (pronounced Oh-kneé kun)
~ Big brother (in general)
Onee-chan (pronounced Oh-nay chan)
~ Big sister (in general)
--------
Haha
~ when you are talking about your own mother.
Chichi
~ when you are talking about your own father.
If you have any this to add to this, you can PM me 3nodding blaugh gonk scream xp xd biggrin smile xp eek surprised wink whee cool lol razz rolleyes 4laugh rofl pirate burning_eyes
