ASKING FOR SOMETHING !!!
<b/>
to ask for something you use the sentence structure
____________ o kudasai.
in the space provided you must enter a noun, in which you want !
so lets say you want an apple???
the japanese for apple is RINGO
so "i want an apple" in japanese is ringo<u/> o kudasai
easy???
now all you need to learn are some nouns in which to ask for !!
fruits and vegetables<b/>
banana - banana
grape - budo
strawberry - ichigo
tangerine - mikan
peach - momo
pear - nashi
orange - orenji
tomatoe - tomatoe
patatoe- jagaimo
cucumber - kyuri
carrot - ninjin

we will put up more nouns (also known as OBJECTS) next week.

the particle KA<b/>
the particle KA inbetween two nouns<u/> acts like the englis
or, either<i/> eg. ringo<u/> ka orenji<u/> o kudasai
(may i have and apple or an orange)

the particle TO<b/>
the particle to inbetween two nouns means and<u/> or both<u/>
so ringo<u/> to orenji<u/> o kudasai means
(may i have an apple and an orange !!!

(if you have any problems with the lessons or didnt understand anything, let us know in a comment under the appropiate lesson, and we will reply)

(if you would also lik to learn the japanese for any nouns realated with this topic ask us, in a comment under this lesson, and we will post them under the lesson )

thanks again

doomo arigató

1 may 2007 - 7 may 2007

ok, just to let everybody know there will be a new lesson every week, and we hope that you can join us once a week to learn all you can about japan....
ps. just as a note you should take down all of the lessons, by pasting it onto your computer, or either write it down, that way you can look back on other lessons we did in the past..
well anyway, on with the にほんご <nihongo> (japanese)

THE BEGINERS::

for our fist lesson, you need to know thwe basics.
so just learn these:

yes hai
no iie
thank you dómo arigató
no thanks kekkó desu <dont pronunce the u>
please <offering> doozo
please <asking for something> onegaishimasu <dont pronunce u>
i dont understand wakari-masen
do you speak english? eigo o hanashimasu ka <dont pronunce u>
i cant speak japanese nihongo wa hanase-masen
i dont know? shiri-masen
please speak more slowly mó skoshi yukkuri hanashite kudasai
my name is ...... watashi no namae ..... desu
how do you do hajime-mashite
pleased to meet you dózo yoroshku
good morning ohayo gozai-masu <dont pronunce the u>
good afternoon/hello konnichi wa
good evening komban wa
good night<when going to bed> oyasumi nasai
good night<when leaving a group early> osaki ni
goodbye sayónara
how are you* ogenki desu ka
excuse me shitsurei shimasu <dont pronunce u>
sorry sumimasen
can you help me? chotto sumi-masen
cheers kampai


*ogenki desu ka, has a serious meaning and should only be said when you have not see a person in a very long time.

you may have noticed that on some of the phrases i told you to let out some of the letters mainly u... in the japanese language, the somethimes dont pronunce these lettes and the are not heard... the letters will always be a vowel <i,U> are the only ones...

learn this list, and hopefuly be able to say this list, good look...

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