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 Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:49 am
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:33 pm
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:20 am
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Orgo Has ne1 noticed that anime characters don't say Konnichiwa! any more? Instead they'll say Hi! but with an accent.
This is because in Japan the younger generations are using more foreign (mostly English) words in their speech, plus it can be good English practice since English is a required class i think.
But in reality, they still use konnichiwa and other japanese greetings.
So I'm to lazy to type in Japanese at the moment (trust me, my computer is weird and it lags a bit when i do)
Hajimemashite, watashi wa Kei de, koukou sei desu.
Chuugoku ichinensei kara nihongo wo benkyoushite, kotoshi wa watashi no yonnen desu. nishukan mae nihon he tomodachi to sensei to isshou ni itte, toukyo he itte, nagano he itte, kyoto he itte, nara he ikimashita.
Ongaku wo kiku koto ga suki desu. Yoku uinzu (w-inds.) no ongaku wo kikimasu. Supootsu mo suru koto ga suki desu. Shougakkou yonnensei kara bassukettou wo shite,
@Kairi_angel
Those books can help, but it depends on your learning style.
If you learn mostly by visual cues, then those books are really good cause your looking at pictures and they'll stick in your head.
But if you learn really well by doing something and moving around, writing and saying things over and over can help.
And you're an auditory learner then saying things over and over and listening to people speak (music, anime, dramas) then you can probably pick up words and grammar really well.
That being said, pick up one of the books and give it a shot. Who knows, you might find that it's really helpful even if all you get out of it is how to write and read hiragana and katakana, or it might have a CD you can listen to while you have nothing else to do. |
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:43 pm
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I tried to teach myself, but it didn't work. All it was was just pounding words into your head to make you remember. The videos on YouTube help, Like the GenkiJapan channel. Also, thanks to watching a bunch of anime online, I can remember several phrases. A couple I'm not sure what they mean, so if you can, help me translate please?
Honto(ni)? : Really?
Ohayou: Mornin'!
____-yo: I think it adds like a '!' to the sentence.
Demo: But
____ desu: I'm ___
Doushita no?: What's wrong
Nani o kore?: What's that
Itsu, iku, dare, nande, nani: When, how, who, why, what
I can count from 1-10.
That's all I can remember, and I think it's good progress! mrgreen
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 12:41 pm
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Dark Yume Honto(ni)? : Really? Ohayou: Mornin'! ____-yo: I think it adds like a '!' to the sentence. Demo: But ____ desu: I'm ___ Doushita no?: What's wrong Nani o kore?: What's that Itsu, iku, dare, nande, nani: When, how, who, why, what
You got most of them right.
'Hontou' means really and is the noun form/na-adjective form, and adding 'ni' after it makes it an adverb. So the conversation:
"Ano otoko wa anata ga suki da."
"Iie, hontou? "
"Hontou ni!"
translates into:
"That boy over there likes you"
"No way, really?"
"Really!"
So it's not the best example, since it's using casual speech, but I hope you get the idea. I'll think up a better example when my brain isn't completely fried.
'Desu' is kind of like a stand in verb. Japanese sentences (with the exception of fragments and another exception or 2) must have a verb, but in a sentence like 'this is a cat' or 'that is a ball', there is no real verb, so 'desu' is put in as a verb. 'Desu' is generally translated as is/are/am depending on the context.
'Iku' is the casual/dictionary form of the word 'ikimasu' which means to go.
'Naze', 'dou' and 'ika' can be translated as 'how'. 'Naze' can also be translated as 'why' though, so you might have to guess from context what the speaker means. |
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 2:06 pm
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:50 pm
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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 6:03 pm
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 7:10 am
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 2:17 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 8:42 am
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:47 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:12 pm
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Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:18 am
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 7:54 pm
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