Week Three Of a number too large to fit in this text box

Wow, I feel like I haven't slept in weeks--wait a second! I haven't! Funny how that happens. Okay so here we are in week three. Not much has happened in the sense that I am still trying to learn the language through Rosetta Stone and find a headset that doesn't reject my voice (You don't know how many awkward silences have followed me blurting out Japanese phrases in the middle of the day.). At least the headset problem isn't something that is solely mine, in fact the other three people I know taking this course all empathize. One of these days I will be struck by a bolt of tech-savvy lightening and everything will make sense.

Family:
Daughter = musumesan
Son = musukosan
Mother = okaasan
Father = otousan

People:
Girls = onnanoktachi
Boys = otokonoko
Men = otoko no hitotachi
Women = onna no hito
They = karera
Girls = kanojotachi
Friend = tomodachi

Numbers:
Zero = zero
One = ichi
Two = ni
Three = san
Four = yon
Five = go
Six = roku
Seven = shichi
Eight = hachi
Nine = kyuu
Ten = juu
Eleven = juuichi
Twelve = juuni

"How old are you?"
I will give you the template to this question but the only downer is that so far the ages to reply with are a little limited because I am only in unit two of the program but here we go!

Template:
Where the blank is is where kare or kanojo would be placed.
_______ wa nansai desuka.

Reply:
In this blank the number of choice would be placed.

________ desu.



Possible answers (Limited, yes I know.) :

Okay so as you can see the numbers here are different here than up there in writings previous but there's nothing I can really do about it. The numbers change yet again for other things but we'll just give you this example to start with.
One = issai
Two = nisai
Three = sansai
Four = yonsai
So here's the trick; they added sai to the end of the original number. Guess what five would be? Yeah, there you gosai (Bad joke...)!
Of course, it can never be quite that simple so there are some that are changed a little more than logic can help us newbies with.
Seven = nanasai
Eight = hassai

Examples:
Kanojo wa nansai desuka.
Yonsai desu.

Kare wa nansai desuka.
Hassai desu.


Okay I hope you can digest this week's lesson and I'll talk to you again in another seven days!
Bye for now!

KORE WA DESU KA!?

Oh here it is--Thursday! Oh to greet it is another fabulous entry of my exploration through the Japanese language. This week seemed to be more focused around the home so if you're looking for a theme, that would be it. Again, I am learning the language through the program Rosetta Stone as a grade eleven course. Without further ado, I present entry number two.

Housing and appliances:
Apartment = apaato
House = ie
Door = doa
Window = mado
Television = terebi
Radio = rajio
Computer = konpyuuta (applies to all forms)
Desk top computer = desukutoppu Konpyuuta
Laptop = nooto pasokon
Bed = shinshitsu
Toilet = toire
Sink = nagashi
Living room = ima
Kitchen = daidokoro
Bathroom = basuruumu
Dining room = daininguruumu




Family:
Family = kazuko
Grandfather = ojiisan
Grandmother = obaasan

Other:
Hug, embrace = daite
Kiss = kisushite

Fitting together sentences:
Imasu is used when talking about living things.
Arimasu is used when referring about nonliving things (Inanimate objects)
On top, above = ue
Under = shita
Inside = naka
Tamplate:
____ wa ___ no ___ ni arimasu/imasu.
Examples:
-Rajio wa teeburu no ue ni arimasu. (The radio is on top of the table.)
-Neko wa bouru no naka ni imasu. (The cat is inside of the bowl. [Just so you know, I don't understand why the cat is in a bowl either.])

Okay, so last week I provided you with the translations for big and small and no way to use them in a proper sentence so I'll help you though that now.
Template:
Kono ___ wa ___ desu.
Examples:
-Kono toire wa ookii desu (The toilet is big.)
-Kono doa wa chiisai desu.(The door is small.)

Okay that's is for this week, over and out!

My first week with Rosetta Stone

So here it is, Thursday, the day which I have become fond of by implying the end of the school week. Though the language of Japanese has never been taught to me it appears to be going moderately well in the sense that I haven't gone crazy... yet. I had tried teaching myself a small amount prior to this class but... well I'm starting to get it now. One thing that might prove to be a pain is the concept of particles (see http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/verbparticles for details)--which, by the way, don't exist in the English language--but I am sure that with more time I will understand it.
This week has provided me with a fair amount of things to add to my vocabulary list of somewhere near zero--in fact I have been able to incorporate them into my regular English sentences quite abruptly.
Colours:
-ao = blue
-aka = red
-kiiro = yellow
-kuro = black
-midori = green
-shiro = white
People (Gender):
-onnanoko = girl
-otokonoko = boy
-otoko no hito = man
 -onna no hito = woman
-kare = him
-kanojo = her
-anata = you (Non specific)
Greetings:
-ohayo gozaimasu = good morning
-konnichiwa = good afternoon
-konbanwa = good evening
-sayounara = so long
-sayonara = goodbye
Foods:
-tamago = egg
-ringo = apple
-pan = bread
Animals:
-inu = dog
-neko = cat
-uma = horse
-sakana = fish
Sizes:
-ookii = big, large
-chiisai = small, little

Forming different sentences:
If you were to say "This is red" in Japanese it would be translated like so,
-Sore wa akai desu
When referring to more than one object it is
-Sorera wa akai desu

What is this?
-Kore wa nan desu ka
Answer
-Sore wa ____  desu
Example: Sore wa neko desu (It's a cat)

Okay, wow, looking at it now it looks like I might have learned something this week after all. Great! I can't wait to see what turns up next week same time (well, hopefully not at 11:00 pm again...), same place. Thanks (domo in Japanese) for reading, bye for now!