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!
No comments:
Post a Comment