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PostPosted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 11:43 am
I just wanna learn some simple words in Japanese, please.
Not the real Japanese lettering.
Here's an example. If I want to know how to say "Hello" in Japanese, can someone please put, "Konichiwa"?
Yeah. Like that.
Here are the words I wanna know.
"Hello"
"Bye"
"Yes"
"When"
"How"
"Where"
"What"
"How are you?"
And,
"I love you."
In Japanese.
If someone even knows at least a few of these, please post them here.



With love, ii_Famemonsterr
' u '  
PostPosted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 3:36 pm
Hello = Konnichiwa (though goodmorning = ohaiyō gozaimasu and good evening = konbanwa)
Bye = Sayōnara
Yes = Hai
When = Itsu
How = Dōyatta
Where = Doko
What = Nani
How are you? = formal: Ogenki desu ka?

I really have trouble spelling these in romaji... hope I did okay...
 

Shasita


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PostPosted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 4:59 am
Shasita
Hello = Konnichiwa (though goodmorning = ohaiyō gozaimasu and good evening = konbanwa)
Bye = Sayōnara
Yes = Hai
When = Itsu
How = Dōyatta
Where = Doko
What = Nani
How are you? = formal: Ogenki desu ka?

I really have trouble spelling these in romaji... hope I did okay...

You did!
Thanks loads. >>;3  
PostPosted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:45 am
The last one, I love you is "aishiteru" short or "boku wa anata ga ai wo/o shite umasu" If you're a girl replace boku with watashi. Though in many cases we don't really care to differentiate those things.
Boku: I [Males]
Wa: [Topic Marker]
Anata: You
Ga: [Subject Marker]
Ai: [Love]
Wo/O: [Indirect Object]
Umasu: To like very much or to show compassion/intense feelings

It can also be placed "suki" (like/attracted to) instead of "ai" (love)
If you want to be romantic, you can add "no matsudai" after "umasu" Meaning "My Forever"
Boku wa anata ga ai/suki wo/o shite umasu no matsudai "I love you so much my forever/more."
Though you are better off learning Japanese from this website that I've recommended to many people, "http://www.freejapaneselessons.com/" instead of learning words and phrases at random. Also, don't get too tied to Romaji, it is not a frequently used style of writing. Hardly any Japanese can read it. It's meant for foreigners to help understand the language. Kanji and Hiragana along with Katakana are your basis to learn Japanese to become fluent.  

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 4:31 pm
"Hello" konnichiha
"Bye" Sayonara or Ja Ne for casual/friends
"Yes" Hai
"When" saishite
"How" Donoyou
"Where" Doko
"What" Nani/Nan
"How are you?" O genki desu ka or dai jyou bu for friends/casual
And,
"I love you." Aishiteru
Also Daisuki for I really like you or suki desu for I like you ^-^

Anyting else?  
PostPosted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 7:27 pm
"Hello" こにちは!(Konichiwa)
"Bye" またね!さよなら。 (Mata ne [Casual]. Sayonara [usually used when you say goodbye, for awhile or in a classroom setting])
"Yes" はい。 (Hai)
"When" いつ? (Itsu?)
"How" どうして? なぜ? (Doushite? Naze? [Naze is more powerful])
"Where" 「PLACE]はどこですか? ([Place] wa doko desuka?)
"What" 何? nani?
"How are you?" おげんきですか? ogenki desuka or genki desuka, o is more polite I think?
And,
"I love you." あしてる。ashiteru.  

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 12:50 am
"Hello" = konnichiwa (by the way, konnichiwa has 2 n)
'hello' ( when aswering the phone ) = moshi moshi
"Bye" = sayonara if you want to say 'i'm leaving' then it is Ittekimasu. 'see you' is Dewa mata.
"Yes" = hai
"When" = itsu
"How" = donoyou
"Where" = doko
"What" =nani
"How are you?" o genki desu ka
And,
"I love you." = ai shite masu / aishiteru / anata ga daisuki desu.  
PostPosted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 5:02 am
But I have to agree with Dai Lou.. It is better to learn a bit Japanese instead of some random words.
It really is quite useless to learn a couple of words, especially if you do not know how to use them. Grammar is very important! Japanese grammar is very different from nearly all western languages.
And you should really learn hiragana and katakana. Won't take you more than 2 weeks and it makes learning Japanese a lot easier. 3nodding
 

Shasita


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PostPosted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 5:06 am
Shasita
But I have to agree with Dai Lou.. It is better to learn a bit Japanese instead of some random words.
It really is quite useless to learn a couple of words, especially if you do not know how to use them. Grammar is very important! Japanese grammar is very different from nearly all western languages.
And you should really learn hiragana and katakana. Won't take you more than 2 weeks and it makes learning Japanese a lot easier. 3nodding

Oh, alright!
Gotta learn Spanish until Junior year though.
-_-"
Then, Senior year, I guess it wouldn't be a good idea to take Japanese1?..  
PostPosted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 3:39 pm
ii_FameMonsterr
I just wanna learn some simple words in Japanese, please.
Not the real Japanese lettering.
Here's an example. If I want to know how to say "Hello" in Japanese, can someone please put, "Konichiwa"?
Yeah. Like that.
Here are the words I wanna know.
"Hello"
"Bye"
"Yes"
"When"
"How"
"Where"
"What"
"How are you?"
And,
"I love you."
In Japanese.
If someone even knows at least a few of these, please post them here.



With love, ii_Famemonsterr
' u '

Hello- konnichiwa
bye-saiyonara
yes- hai/un
where-doko
what-nani
how are you-genki desuka
i love you-aishiteru  

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:21 pm
"Hello": Depending on the time of day, you can say different things.
今日は/こんにちは/konnichiwa - good afternoon, but can also be just "hello."
おはよう/ohayou - good morning
こんばんは/konbanwa - good evening
"Bye": さようなら/sayounara
"Yes": はい/hai or informally you can say うん/un
"When": いつ/itsu
"How" : どうして/doushite
"Where" : どこ/doko
"What" 何/なに/nani
"How are you?" お元気ですか/o genki desu ka? [formal] in casual conversation, you can usually just say 元気/げんき/genki?
"I love you.": If you want to just say... confess that you like/have a crush on someone, you would just say あなたが好きです/anata ga suki desu. But if you really want to say "I love you"/"I'm in love with you" you would say あなたが愛してます anata ga aishiteimasu or just 愛してる aishiteru
 
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