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 Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:35 am
I've learned some words but I'd like to be able to use them in sentences. Could anybody tell me how you say Why, What, When, Where, etc? And make sentences for examples, I'm a beginner sweatdrop
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:59 am
Evil and Happy I've learned some words but I'd like to be able to use them in sentences. Could anybody tell me how you say Why, What, When, Where, etc? And make sentences for examples, I'm a beginner sweatdrop naze | doushite
What: nani
nani o tabemashou ka? - what shall we eat?
When: itsu
shiken wa itsu desu ka? - when is the exam?
Where: doko
toire wa doko desu ka? - where is the toilet?
Curses if I got anything wrong. gonk
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 11:10 am
Thanks s0b4k4su Do you know how to say "I am __ years old"
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 4:37 pm
Watashi wa ___ sai desu. ie. Watashi wa jyuu roku sai desu.
Or, if you were a guy:
Boku wa ___ sai desu. ie. Boku wa ni jyuu san sai desu.
Guys can use either boku or watashi, but girls CANNOT use boku. Girls sometimes use 'atashi' to make them sound cuter ^^.
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Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 1:30 am
s0b4k4su, nice word lesson!
Girls use Boku (I) but they come across as real tomboy-ish.
Konnichi wa Minasan. Watashi wa Koza to moshimasu. 28 sai desu.
Nihongo to Wakayama-ken DAISUKI!! Tabun, rainen Nihon he iku!
Hello everyone. I am called Koza. I'm 28 years old.
I love the Japanese language and Wakayama Prefecture!! Maybe next year I will go to Japan.
*Daisuki has the expression of a strong like. Telling a guy I like you type reference. Like saying oh I love it type feeling. This is a separate level from AI which is the word for love in Japanese.
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Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 6:26 pm
Just a few corrections...
*Konnichiwa. It should be one word because there is not such thing (anymore) as a 'konnichi'. ^^
*Minnasan. It has the characters mi (み) n (ん) and na (な) characters.
*Nihongo to Wakayama-ken ga DAISUKI. Just a forgotten particle. I think there are some that you can drop, but it's better to have them in if you're trying to teach someone ^^
*Tabun, rainen Nihon he iku! I think (correct me if I'm wrong) But when he (へ) is used as a particle, it's pronounced as e. You could write the actual character, but then 'konnichiwa' would become 'konnichiha'.
Sorry if I seem really picky about stuff and I'm not trying to 'show off' my skills, but doing this helps me remember and understand as much as it helps anyone else ^^ I've only been taking japanese for one year, so I need lots of help! Doomo Arigatoo Gozaimasu!
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Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 7:16 pm
good points Yo_Landa. i took a year of japanese in college and that was all right. when i lived in japan i learned wakayama-ben and kansai-ben so its gonna be a lot more gritty and a lot less formal as you can see~ my particles are absent. 3nodding
i was told that it is either minna or minasan you cant have minna-san. it doesnt sound right to the ears a minna-san.
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