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Title: teaching japanese
Description: for those who want to learn it


stable brat - August 17, 2005 05:05 PM (GMT)
If anyone would like to I can teach you japanese, so you can know what im saying half the time. :lol:

Daigerus - August 17, 2005 07:28 PM (GMT)
Sure! I'd like to know Japanese. :) It'd be also useful to have when watching those un-subbed, underrated anime. ;)

ShadowCat - August 18, 2005 01:47 AM (GMT)
I learned Japanese in school for a while, so I still remember a little bit.

Sparx - August 18, 2005 06:50 AM (GMT)
I used to learn it too. It was the easiest subject at school. I would've kept doing it but we moved and the new school didn't have japanese.

ShadowCat - August 18, 2005 10:44 AM (GMT)
I got an A+ in it and I wish I'd been able to keep doing it.
Oh, I love late-night web surfing! The Net is so fast!

Sparx - August 18, 2005 11:16 PM (GMT)
You aren't supposed to be on there late at night.

LightningFlash - August 18, 2005 11:24 PM (GMT)
:lol:

stable brat - August 19, 2005 02:00 AM (GMT)
for those who dont know a sentence in japanese is different then English:

Japanese (subject)(object)(verb)

English (subject)(verb)(object)

the verb and the object swich places.

heres some words:

hai: yes
lie: no
matte:be ready
Arigato gozai mashita: thank you very much
Wakarimasu ka: Do you understand
Wakarimasu: I understand
Wakarimasen: I don’t understand
when: itsu
where: doko
why: naze/doshite
more words will come later

The Japanese has four alphabets: hiragana, katakana, kanji, romaji

hiragana was originally called onnade (womens hand) was mainly used by women

katakana and kanji were used mainly by men

heres some more words:

left: hidari
right: migi
fire: kaji
help: tasukete
please (when offering something) : dozo
please (when requesting something) : kudasai
im sick: byoki desu
room: heya
water: mizu
its beautiful: kirei desu

where is the money: okane wa doko desu ka

thats it for now

Feronia - August 22, 2005 10:41 AM (GMT)
QUOTE (stable brat @ Aug 19 2005, 12:00 PM)
when: itsu
where: doko
why: naze/doshite

Actually, when asking a question with simply the word 'When' or 'Where' you need the complete sentaces, for example:

Where is the telephone? -- Denwa wa doko desu ka?

So when and why become:

Why? -- Naze desu ka
When? -- Itsu desu ka

xx
Feef

Pyrrah - August 23, 2005 07:28 PM (GMT)
I'd love to learn Japanese. Also, can you add a pronunciation guide?




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