Friday, January 4, 2008
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LEARN JAPANESE, LESSON 1 - INTRODUCTION. The Japanese language has a number of characteristics, which are very different from European languages; the most important of these being that there are no changes for case, number or gender and that verb do not change according to the person or number. Also, pronouns, both personal and impersonal, are often omitted.
What you can find here basically a rough introduction guide to the modern Japanese that is Tokyo language. Just as we speak in relaxed, colloquial manner, so do the Japanese. In Anime, drama or movie, they all use shortcuts in their speech. So, if you want to speak the way the Japanese speak, then you need to know what to say, how to say it, and when to say it.
Here’s what you need to know; there are many ways in saying "I/Me" and "You" and also many ways to indicate "Yes", "No" and "That’s right".
- I/ME - WATASHI and YOU - ANATA are commonly used.
- I/ME - ATASHI (Female) / BOKU & ORE (Male)
- YOU – ANTA (Female) / KIMI & OMAE (Male)
- YES – HAI / EE / UN
- NO – IIE / UUN / IYA…
- THAT’S RIGHT! – SO-DANE! / SO-DANA! (Male) / MA-NE!
- BECAUSE… - DATTE…
- BUT… - DEMO…
| English | Japanese |
| How are you? | GENKI? |
| How’s it going? | GENKI DATTA? |
| Okay, I guess | AMMARI |
| I’m fine | GENKI-YO (Female) / GENKI-DAYO (Male) / MANE |
| So-so/Not good, not bad | MA-MA |
| How have you been doing? | DO-SHITETA? |
| What’s happening? | DO-SHITA-NO? |
| What have you been talking about? | NANI HANASHITETA-NO? |
| What’s wrong? | DOKA SHITA-NO? / NANKA ATTA-NO? / DO-SHITA-NO? / DO-SHITAN-DAYO (Male) |
| Nothing | BETSU-NI / NAN-DEMO NAI-YO / NANI-MO |
| Nothing much | BETSU-NI NANI-MO / BETSU-NI / NANI-MO |
| Nothing special | BETSU-NI KAWANNAI /AIKAWARAZU |
| It’s none of your business! | KANKEI NAI-DESHO! (Female)/ KANKEI NAI-DARO (Male)/ YOKEI-NA OSEWA! |
| Leave me alone! | HOTTOITE! |
| What’s on your mind? | NANI KANGAETEN-NO? |
| I was just thinking | KANGAE-GOTO SHITETA / CHOTTO |
| I was just daydreaming | BOTTO SHITETA |
| What do you mean? | DO-IU IMI? |
| I can’t say for sure | NANTO-MO IENAI HAKKIRI IENAI |
| I’m not sure | YOKU WAKARANAI |
| Is something wrong? | KANI-GA CHIGAU-YONE (People)/ NAN-KA CHIGAU-NO? (Things) |
| That can’t be helped/ There’s nothing you can do about it | SHIKATA NAI-NE |
| I guess so | SO-DATO OMOU |
| Maybe | TABUN-NE |
| Maybe not | CHIGAU-JA NAI-NO |
| I wonder… | SO-KANA… |
| I don’t think so/ I doubt it | SO OMOWANAI |
| How come? | NANDE? / DO-SHITE?/ DO-SHITE-DAYO? |
| That’s unfortunate/ That’s a shame | ZANNEN-DANE |
| So we’ve meet again | MATA ATTA-NE |
| I wanted to see you/ I missed you | AITAKATTA |
| I want to see you soon | SUGU AITAI |
| See you later | JA MATA-NE / MATA-NE/ MATA/ BAI-BAI |
Labels: lesson 1
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