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01-06-2007, 06:13 PM
I have one more quick question about Hiragana/Katakana... Are there designated times to use one or the other? I've read sites that said something along the lines of "Katakana is used for foreign words" (If I remember correctly)... But I just think I need somebody who can answer my question personally to understand when to use one or the other.
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01-06-2007, 11:41 PM
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Konnichiva. Watashi wa Nichiren desu. Watashi wa nijunen mae Nihongo o naraimashita . Keredomo minna no wasuremashita. Ima skoshi muzkashin desho ka? Please help me learn again via English language. Domo Arigato Gozaimashita. Nichiren |
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01-07-2007, 07:47 PM
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Konnichiwa Watashi wa, nijuunen mae, Nihongo wo (same as "o") benkyou shimashita. (Although "naraimashita" [learned] is technically correct, in conversation it is more correct to use the word "benkyou shimashita" [studied].) Keredemo zenbu wo (same as "o") wasuremashita. ("Minna" is usually used when talking about people ^_^ ) Ima sukoshi muzukashiin deshou ka. ("?" is unnecessary) |
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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?) Subete wo keshite miseyou Itsu no hi ka owari wo mukaeru Saigo no kane ga nariyamu made |
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01-07-2007, 10:09 PM
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Can you imagine what i could do, if i would do all i can. - Sun Tzu
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01-07-2007, 10:16 PM
with darko-san you mean or what ?
It's like Yuruichi from Bleach, she calls a member of 11th MakiMaki cause in his name there says Maki, his name was Hoshuimaki i think or something.. Can you imagine what i could do, if i would do all i can. - Sun Tzu
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