tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236638302011-05-30T23:49:13.504-07:00LET"S LEARN JAPANESE!The place where everyone learns most basic rules of Japanese language. Also everyone is welcome to talk about japan, the politics, culture, places and life!Iron59http://www.blogger.com/profile/06299851116844157777noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23663830.post-1141827839606001892006-03-08T06:03:00.000-08:002006-10-28T08:32:28.502-07:00Introducing verbs.<div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />have=arimasu (nonliving) or imasu (living) depending on whether subject is nonliving/living<br />Don't have = arimasen / imasen<br /></span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;">watashi wa kuruma ga arimasen =i don't have a car<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">anata wa ie ga arimasuka? =Do you have a house?<br />hai, arimasu= Yes, I have<br /></span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;">Pooja san wa kodomo ga imasen = Miss Pooja don't have a child.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Note: in japanese, Mr/Miss/Mrs prefixes are all indicated by common suffix: san</span> </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">rajiv san = mr rajiv</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">pooja san = miss pooja</span><br /></span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;">'sen' ending is common characteristic of negative ('not' form) of verbs.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;">To make questions, change arimasen/imasen to arimasenka?/imasenka?</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;">example:</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;">You don't have an eraser, isn't it? = anata </span><span style="font-size:130%;">wa keshigomu ga arimasenka?</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;">Miss Neha doesn't have a child, isn't it? Neha san wa kodomo ga arimasenka?</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Introducing verbs.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Verbs are more like arimasu/imasu, all have typycal 'masu' ending.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">To go= ikimasu</span></div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">to come=kimasu</span></div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">to return=kaerimasu</span></div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">to do = shimasu</span></div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">to eat=tabemasu</span></div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">to drink= nomimasu</span></div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">to speak=hanashimasu</span></div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">to sleep =nemasu</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;">You can see all verbs have 'masu' ending in plain form.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;">To make questions, simply change 'masu' form to 'masuka?'</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;">To make negative forms, change 'masu' to 'masen'</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Lets learn usage of 'ikimasu' and 'kaerimasu'</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;">normally article before ikimasu/kaerimasu will be 'e' (pronounce it like alphabet 'A')</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;">learn:<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">where = doko, when=itsu</span></span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;">anata wa doko e ikimasuka? = where are you going?</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;">watashi wa gakko e ikimasu. = i am going to <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">school (=gakko)</span></span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;">Felix san wa itsu sooppa e ikimasuka? = when is Mr felix going to <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">super market (=sooppa)</span>?</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;">Kare wa kyou ikimasu. = He is going on today (kyou)</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div><script><!-- D(["mb","\n<div>Note: kare also means \'he\' and \'kanojo\' also means \'she\' other than boy friend/girl friend.</div>\n<div> </div>\n<div>Ex: kyou kanojo wa daikakku e ikimasen \u003d today she won\'t go to university.</div>\n<div>kyou okasan uchi e kaerimasen \u003d Today mother will not be returning back home.</div>\n<div> </div>\n<div>yesterday\u003dkinou</div>\n<div>today\u003dkyou</div>\n<div>tomorrow\u003dashita</div>\n<div> </div>\n<div>last week\u003dsen shu, last month \u003dsen getsu</div>\n<div>this week \u003dkon shu, this month\u003dkon getsu</div>\n<div>next week\u003drai shu, next month\u003d rai getsu</div>\n<div> </div>\n<div>everyday \u003dmai nichi</div>\n<div>everymonth\u003dmai tsuki (tsuki \u003d moon)</div>\n<div>everyweek \u003d maishu</div>\n<div> </div>\n<div>ex: watashi wa mainichi uchi e kaerimasu \u003d i go back home everyday.</div>\n<div>anata wa raishu eigakan e ikimasuka? \u003d are you going to cinema theater (eigakan) next week?</div>\n<div> </div>\n<div> </div>\n<div>Translate the following:</div>\n<div> </div>\n<div>1. Where is the teacher going?</div>\n<div>2. He is going to America (use he\u003d \'sensei\'. \'kare\' is not that respectful )</div>\n<div>3. When is he returning? </div>\n<div>4.He will return on next week. </div>\n<div>5. Teacher will not return tomorrow.</div>\n<div>6. When will you sleep everyday?</div>\n<div>7. Are you going to Arctic pole (artikku) next month?</div>\n<div>8. No, I am not going.</div>\n<div> </div>\n<div> </div>\n<div> </div>\n<div> </div>\n<div> </div>\n<div> </div>\n<div> </div>\n<div><img></div>\n<div>______________________________<wbr>____________________</div>\n<div><font><img>Felix Bast, </span></div>\n<div><font><img>2, Gaikokujinshukusha, 3159-5, 781-1161, JAPAN</span></div>\n<div><font><img>+81 90 3785 5075 /<img>",1] ); //--></script> <div><span style="font-size:130%;">Note: kare also means 'he' and 'kanojo' also means 'she' other than boy friend/girl friend.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;">Ex: kyou kanojo wa daigakku e ikimasen = today she won't go to university.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;">kyou okasan uchi e kaerimasen = Today mother will not be returning back home.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:130%;">yesterday=kinou</span></div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:130%;">today=kyou</span></div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:130%;">tomorrow=ashita</span></div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:130%;">last week=sen shu, last month =sen getsu</span></div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:130%;">this week =kon shu, this month=kon getsu</span></div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:130%;">next week=rai shu, next month= rai getsu</span></div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:130%;">everyday =mai nichi</span></div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:130%;">everymonth=mai tsuki (tsuki = month/ moon)</span></div> <div style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:130%;">everyweek = mai shu</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;">ex: watashi wa mainichi uchi e kaerimasu = i go back home everyday.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;">anata wa raishu eigakan e ikimasuka? = are you going to cinema theater (eigakan) next week?</span></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;">Translate the following:</span></div> <div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;">1. Where is the teacher going?</span></div> <div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;">2. He is going to America (use he= 'sensei'. 'kare' is not that respectful )</span></div> <div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;">3. When is he returning? </span></div> <div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;">4.He will return on next week. </span></div> <div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;">5. Teacher will not return tomorrow.</span></div> <div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;">6. When will you sleep everyday?</span></div> <div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;">7. Are you going to india (indo) next month?</span></div> <div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;">8. No, I am not going.</span></div> <div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div> <div><br /><br /></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><img src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?view=att&disp=emb&amp;amp;amp;attid=0.1&th=1072120cb33f6e87" /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23663830-114182783960600189?l=lets-learn-japanese.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Iron59http://www.blogger.com/profile/06299851116844157777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23663830.post-1141825620497646122006-03-08T05:37:00.000-08:002006-10-28T08:32:28.440-07:00Expressions, Present tense, Present Negative, Article 'no'<div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />I suggest you to have a note book for our lessons. Write down: "watashi no hihongo no hon", my japanese book! Lets learn right away from the greetings:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">ohayou gozaimasu = Good morning</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">konbanwa=good afternoon</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">oyasumi nasai=good night</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">arigatou gozaimasu=thank you</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">gomen nasai= sorry</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">o'genki desuka? = How are you?</span><br /><br />When you answer, say: okagesamade genki desu = with god's grace, i am fine.<br /><br />o'namae wa? = what is your name?<br /><br />watashi wa pranavi desu = my name is pranavi<br /><br />watashi = I<br />Wa is an article and Desu is like hindi "hein", used with present simple tense.<br />___________________________________________<br /></span><div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Lets now see the sentence structures:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">this = kore (pronounced as KorE, with E' ending, not KOR)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">that = are (arE)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">pasakon = personal computer</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">empitsu = pencil</span><br /><br />kore wa pasakon desu = this is a personal computer<br /><br />are wa empitsu desu = that is a pencil<br /><br />______________________________</span><wbr><span style="font-size:130%;">_____</span><wbr><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Quiz 1:<br /><br />Translate following to English:<br /><br />1. watashi wa Felix desu<br />2. are wa kuruma desu<br />3. kore wa tokkei desu<br /><br />Translate to Japanese:<br /><br />1. That is a television<br />2. This is a table<br />3. That is a mobile phone<br /><br />Hints:<br />kuruma = car<br />tsukue=table<br />tokkei = clock / watch<br />terebi = television<br />keitai denwa = mobile phone<br /><br /><br /><br />________________________________<br /><br /><br />kore wa </span><script><!-- D(["mb"," tsukue\u003dtable tokkei \u003d clock / watch terebi \u003d television\n \nkeitai denwa \u003d mobile phone ______________________________<div>______________________________<wbr>_______<br /><br />kore wa <font>watashi no</span> kuruma desu \u003d this is MY car\n<br /><br />"watashi no" means MY and watashi means I; anata\u003d you, anata no\u003dyour<br /><br />are wa anata no kaban desu \u003d that is your bag (kaban\u003dbag)<br /><br />______________________________<wbr>______________________________<wbr>_______\n<br /><br />I will now tell you how to make questions:<br /><br />kore wa empitsu desuka?<br />Is this a pencil?<br /><br />Look, <font>desu</span> ending has changed to <font>desuka\n</span>, to make questions.<br />are wa kuruma desuka? \u003d is that a car?<br /><br />______________________________<wbr>______________________________<wbr>_________<br /><br />well,i will now tell you how to make negative sentences:<br />\n<br />kore wa empitsu desuka? \u003d is this a pencil?<br /><br />iie, kore wa empitsu <font>ja arimasen</span> \u003d No, this is not a pencil<br />are wa kuruma desuka?<br />iie, are wa kuruma <font>\n\nja arimasen</span> \u003d No, that is not a car.<br />\n<br />\nsimple.<br />\n<br />\nchange <font>desu</span> to <font>ja arimasen</span> to make negative.<br />iie means NO, and to be used with YES or NO questions. YES \u003d hai.<br /><br /><br />______________________________<wbr>______________________________<wbr>_______\n<br />Now quiz 2: (translate to japanese)<br /><br />1. Is this a table?<br />2. Is that a cat?<br />3 Is this your bag?<br />4. No, this is not my bag<br />5 Is that your house?<br />6 Yes, that is my house<br />7 That is not a tiger<br />\n8. This is not my shoe\n<br /><br />cat \u003d neko<br />house \u003d ie<br />tiger \u003d tora<br />shoe \u003d kutsu<br /></div><br />______________________________<wbr>______________________________<wbr>__________________<br /><br />send me the answers! Between, try to by-heart 1 - 10 numbers in Nihongo\n",1] ); //--></script><span style="font-size:130%;">watashi no kuruma desu = this is MY car<br /></span><div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />"watashi no" means MY and watashi means I; anata= you, anata no=your<br /><br />are wa anata no kaban desu = that is your bag (kaban=bag)<br /><br />______________________________</span><wbr><span style="font-size:130%;">______________________________</span><wbr><span style="font-size:130%;">_______<br /><br />I will now tell you how to make questions:<br /><br />kore wa empitsu desuka?<br />Is this a pencil?<br /><br />Look, </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >desu</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> ending has changed to </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >desuka </span><span style="font-size:130%;">, to make questions.<br />are wa kuruma desuka? = is that a car?<br /><br />______________________________</span><wbr><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br />well,i will now tell you how to make negative sentences:<br /><br />kore wa empitsu desuka? = is this a pencil?<br /><br />iie, kore wa empitsu </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;font-size:130%;" >ja arimasen</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> = No, this is not a pencil<br />are wa kuruma desuka?<br />iie, are wa kuruma </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;font-size:130%;" > ja arimasen</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> = No, that is not a car.<br /><br />simple.<br /><br />change </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >desu</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> to </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;font-size:130%;" >ja arimasen</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> to make negative.<br />iie means NO, and to be used with YES or NO questions. YES = hai.<br /><br /><br />______________________________</span><wbr><span style="font-size:130%;">_</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Now quiz 2: (translate to japanese)<br /><br />1. Is this a table?<br />2. Is that a cat?<br />3 Is this your bag?<br />4. No, this is not my bag<br />5 Is that your house?<br />6 Yes, that is my house<br />7 That is not a tiger<br />8. This is not my shoe<br /><br />cat = neko<br />house = ie<br />tiger = tora<br />shoe = kutsu<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />______________________________</span><wbr><span style="font-size:130%;">___</span><wbr><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />send me the answers! Between, try to by-heart 1 - 10 numbers in Nihongo<br /><br />1.ichi<br />2. Ni</span><script><!-- D(["mb"," 1.ichi <a>\n2.ni</a><br />3.san<br />4.shi<br />5.go<br />6.rokku<br />7.shichi<br />8.hachi<br />9.kyu<br />10.jyu</div></div>",1] ); //--></script><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />3.san<br />4.shi<br />5.go<br />6.rokku<br />7.shichi<br />8.hachi<br />9.kyu<br />10.jyu</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23663830-114182562049764612?l=lets-learn-japanese.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Iron59http://www.blogger.com/profile/06299851116844157777noreply@blogger.com5