Wow, so here we go it's been roughly a month since the beginning of this course and right now all I can think about is how much my finger hurts. Ow. It's funny because halfway through writing a sarcastic comment about you having to strain your brain to remember clothing from a blog ago I realized that I sapced out and forgot--completely--to put clothing in last week! Unfortunately for me that means that I have to do it now but it will help you to know what the heck I'm talking about if I have the proper translations here for you (after all, that is the point of this blog!).
Man, have I been scatterbrained lately! As much as I would like to think that it's just a phase that everyone goes through in their youth, sometimes I can't help but to wonder if the time I cracked my skull on the cement floor I might have gotten drain bamage.
Colours:
Purple = murasaki
Pink = pinku
Brown = chairo
Grey = haiiro
Orange = orenji
Hair colours:
Red hair = akage
Brown hair = chairo
Blond hair = kinpatsu
Grey hair = hakuhatsu
Black hair = kuroi
Template for hair colour referrals: _________ no kami wa _______ desu.
Examples: Watashi no kami wa akage desu. (I have red hair.)
Karera no kami wa chairo desu. (They have brown hair.)
Hungry/Thirsty:
Hungry = suite
Template for "is hungry": _______ wa onaka ga suite imasu.
Thirsty = kawaite
Template for "is thirsty": _______ wa nodo ga kawaite imasu.
How you feel:
Sick = byouki
Template for "is sick": _________ wa byouki desu.
Tired = tsukarete
Template for "is tired": _________ wa tsukarete imasu.
Template for "is not tired": _________ wa tsukarete imasen.
Temperature:
Cold = samui
Hot = atsui
Template for "is hot/cold": _________ wa ________ desu.
Example: Onnanoko wa atsui desu. (The girl is hot.)
Otoko no hito wa samui desu. (The man is cold.)
Clothes:
Sweater = seeta
Jeans = jiinzu
Belt = beruto
Suit = suutsu
Socks = kutsushita
Necktie = nekutai
Height:
Short = hikui
Tall = takai
Short/Tall people wearing suits!:
Okay so I wanted to give examples of how to put height into sentences and this is what I've got.
Female: Se no _________ _________ wa ____ no _____ o kite imasu.
Example: Se no takai onnano hito wa kuroi no suutsu o kite imasu. (The tall woman is wearing a black suit.)
Male: Se no _________ _________ wa ____ _____ o kite imasu.
Example: Se no hikui otoko no hito wa kuroi suutsu o kite imasu. (The short man is wearing a black suit.)
Greetings/leavings for home:
I'm home = Tadaima
Welcome home = Okaerinasai
I'm leaving = Ittekimasu
How are you?:
In a greeting you might start out with konnichiwa or konbanwa--depending on the time of day--then move into the question of How are you?
It might play out like this:
"Konnichiwa, ogenki desu ka?" (Good afternoon, how are you?)
"Ogenki desu." (I'm fine.)
Or...
"Watashi wa guai ga warui desu." (I feel sick.)
Wow, editing sucks--especially when you are inspired to do it at twelve thirty at night! Well, it's like one o'clock now and some clothing translations are in here so I am satisfied. I am thinking of moving the Japanese words back before the English ones (Like how I had them in the first entry) so I may or may not remember to do that next week. Who knows, I may or may not even remember to do it the week after that as well!
I'm trying to think of something I've always wanted to end a paragraph but the spiders have returned to spinning webs around the stationary gears in my mind. Er, dearth....
Brooke.
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