View Single Post
(#56 (permalink))
Old
DarkLuminosity's Avatar
DarkLuminosity (Offline)
New to JF
 
Posts: 28
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Canada Rules!
Arrow 01-07-2007, 09:13 PM

For those it might interest, I got a Japanese book really helpfull for that kind of threat. I got lots of sentence from lots of subject I could whrite here down in english and romaji. I could post the kanji too, but my comp doesn't allowed that ^^;;

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Cummon Expressions

Hi - Konnichiwa

Goodbye - sayonara

Please! :
- When you ask - kudasai
- when you offer - dozo

Thanks - arigato

Welcome ( when somoene tells you thanks) - doitashimashite

Yes - Hai

No - ie

Excuse me- Sumimasen

I'm Sorry - gomennasai

I understand - wakarimashita

I don't understand - Wakarimasen

One moment *please* (exemple: wait a minute) - chotto matte *kudasai*

Help! (like if you're going to die Or I don't know...) - tas(u)kete

Where is *the bathroom* - *toire* wa doko des(u) ka

When (u), it just mean you don't have to pronouce it
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Numbers 1-10
1 - Ichi
2 - Ni
3 - San
4 - shi (yon)
5 - go
6 - Roku
7 - Shichi (Nana)
8 - Hachi
9 - Ku (Kyu)
10 - Ju

When placed in () :
you can say both.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The numbers AFTER 10 are really easy to remind :
if you want a composed number, divide the two and whrite they proper name:
15 ----) composed of a 10 and a 5 ----) 10 is Ju, and 5 Is Go ----) Ju-Go

DO NOT MAKE THIS MISTAKE : 1 is Ichi, 5 is Go ---) Ichigo WRONG WRONG WRONG!!!!

so, for all 2 composed number that begins with 1, it'll start by *Ju*

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Now for others:

28 ---) 2 is Ni, and 8 is Hachi. But it doesn't make *Ni-Hachi*, but * Ni-ju-Hachi* Remember what is *Ju*, right? it means 10. So *Ni-Ju-Hachi* is like
Two-Ten-Height (2-10-8). You need 2 times the 10 to make a 20. Get that?

Same thing for others

36 ---) 3 Is San, 6 is Roku ----) San-Ju-Roku
45 ---) 4 is Shi (yon), 5 is Go ----) Shi-ju-Go /or/ Yon-ju-Go
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

If you didn't understand that at all, just memorize those :

10 - Ju
20 - Ni-ju
30 - San-Ju
40 - Yon-Ju (you can't say Shi-Ju)
50 - Go-Ju
60 - Roku-Ju
70 - Nana-Ju (you can't say Shichi-Ju)
80 - Hachi-Ju
90 - Kyu-Ju (you can't say Kyu-Ju)

Knowing that, you only have to put the name of the number after...
Like
15 ---)Ju-Go
35 ---)San-Ju-Go
Etc...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Now the thousands (don't give up, this is exacly the same thing ! )
100 - Hyaku
200 - Ni-Hyaku
300 - San-Hyaku
etc.
110 - Hyaku-ju
111 - Hyaku-ju-Ichi ( 100 is Hyaku, 10 is Ju, 1 is Ichi)
222 - Ni-Hyaku-Ni-Ju-Ni (200 is Ny-Hyaku, 20 Is Ni-Ju, 2 Is Ni)
333 - San-Hyaku-San-Ju-San (300 Is San-Hyaku, 30 Is San-Ju, 3 is San)

Hope you understand all of it... Beacause I don't Know if I could elaborate my explication more than that!

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


I got lots of more stuff, so just ask if you want more (I guess that's far enough for today isn't it?)


Oreta tsubasa wo habatakase,
Subete wo keshite miseyou
Itsu no hi ka owari wo mukaeru
Saigo no kane ga nariyamu made
Reply With Quote