japanese?

sanibel_18 • 15 July 2012 at 4:54 PM

could you guys please learn me japanese?

i already know tenshin, himitsu, konichiwa, and some others.x3

linpug • 15 July 2012 at 5:00 PM

I know... a bit.. 😋

Kokoro means heart

Ohayo means good morning

Nii sama means big brother

Nee sama means older sister

Pon means clap

Sakura means Cherry Blossom

Thank you means Arigato

I don't understand means Wakarimasen

sanibel_18 • 15 July 2012 at 5:08 PM

@linpug

*stares at those words* nii sama and nee sama sounds like the same.xD

*is writing all the words in a book* 😸

jlihere2 • 15 July 2012 at 5:12 PM

draw out the ees in nee-sama as though they are long aas so N-Ay-Sa-Ma, and Niisama as Ni-i-sa-ma... though technically Sama is the very respectful suffix, try just using Nee-san or Nii-san for more familiar. Ohayo means good morning not evening. Lol. Konbonwa is good evening.

linpug • 15 July 2012 at 5:16 PM

@jilihere2

Oops. xD Typo. 😱

jlihere2 • 15 July 2012 at 5:19 PM

Imoto -younger sister
ototo -younger brother
oto-san/oto-sama -father
oka-san/oka-sama -mother
yoroshiku -nice to meet you
domoyoroshiku -very nice to meet you
kawaii -cute
kowaii -scary
uh........ been awhile since i've practiced my bit of Japanese....

Pronounciations:
A - ah
I - ee
U - oooo
E - eh
O - oh
N - nnnnnn
sounds the same when you put a consonant in front only plus the consonant, so k + a =kah, s + o= soh
Each character when writing two of the three alphabets is a combination of a consonant and a vowel like ka and so, except for a,i,u,e,o,and n.

@linpug I figured it was just a typo. lol

I know I know more than that but can't remember! I'm learning some Korean for forgetting what little Japanese I do know! ARG!!

ladybugheart • 15 July 2012 at 5:24 PM

@sanibel_18

I don't know Japanese, but I'll try to dig up the words that I do know. xD Most of them I learned from songs. Please excuse any mistakes. >_>

I have a Japanese audio thingy, I should probably listen to that again as well. ;P

I'll probably be stalking this thread, as I want to learn too.

Lie = Uso
Mystery = Fushigi
Miracle = Kiseki
Program = Puroguramu
Robot = Robotto
Heart = Kokoro
Sky = Sora
Wish = Negau
Now = Ima
Thank you = Arigatou
Voice = Utau
Clap = Pon
Light = Raito
Moon = Tsuki
Death = Shi
Fear = Kyofu
Snow = Yuki

I could go on, but I have to go soon. 😋

jlihere2 • 15 July 2012 at 5:26 PM

@ladybugheart
Fushigi is Mystery? whoops! I thought it meant play!

ladybugheart • 15 July 2012 at 5:36 PM

@jilihere2
Hmm, I looked up play and apparently the word for it is "asobu" or something like that. It may depend on how it's used, though.

jlihere2 • 15 July 2012 at 5:49 PM

@ladybugheart
yea. I was just guessing based off some title I saw so I wasn't sure anyways! lol.

@anibel_18
1 = ichi
2 = ni
3 = san
4 = yan
5 = go
6 = roku? i think
7 = nana
8 = hachi
9 = kyu?

Doitashimashite (doh-ee-ta-she-ma-she-tay) = you're welcome. to remember this think "DontTouchMyMoustache!"
daijoubu (die-jo-boo) = are you okay?/I'm okay.
Oyaji = old man, disrespectful, though i do playfully call my dad that, whoops!
Oba = aunt, Obaa = grandma
Emou = potato, i think
kuro = black
aoi (ah-oh-ee said really fast so more like owie) = blue
neko = cat....but don't call a person that.
katana = type of sword
kana = characters in alphabet
katakana = one of the three alphabets used for foreign words, like English
hiragana = simplistic one of the three alphabets
kanjii = the complicated scary alphabet.

menagerie • 15 July 2012 at 8:49 PM

@sanibel_18

I think baka means silly/stupid

Shitsuji is butler

And I think 10 is ju ^^

haha, I'm afraid it's not much help (but it's all what I've learned from manga xD

hayz • 15 July 2012 at 9:02 PM

Watashi- I/Me/My

Anata- You

Tomodatchi- Friend

Tenshi- Angel

Akuma- Devil

Kuso- Lesser swear word

Baka- Idiot, stupid

Ohayogozaimasu- Good morning.

Nande- Why

Nani- What

Kuro- Black

Neko- Cat

Daijoubu- Are you OK?

Daijoubu desu ka- I'm OK/ I'm alright.

Ohana- Flower

Kokoro- Heart

Doki- Beat

Tsuki- Moon

Kawaii- Cute

Suki- Like

Daisuki- Love

Aishiteru- Love, close terms.

Kirai- Hate

Arigatou/Arigatougozaimasu- Thankyou/ Thank you very much.

Iddakimasu [How to say it. I forgot how to spell it. xP]- A thanks before you eat.

Geemu- Game

Jinsei- Life

Desu- Death [May also be used at the end of sentences/names. IE: Watashi no, Yomi-desu!]

Arisu- Alice

Ohime [-sama] - Princess

Ojou/Oujo [-sama] - Prince

chibidarkness • 15 July 2012 at 9:04 PM

Ichi (one)
Ni (two)
San (three)
Shi (four)
Go (five)
Roku (six)
Nana (seven)
Hachi (eight)
Kyuu (nine)
Jyuu (ten)

You might want to change your first post. We cannot "learn" you Japanese, however, we cannot teach you either, as none of us here on this topic is Japanese.

Japanese is a very complex language, you cannot learn it from reading manga and watching anime. Pay yourself a class or ask a real Japanese person, as no people here can help you if they're not real Japanese. For the Japanese, their language is an art that has to be studied thoroughly and seriously. Please, if you are serious about learning it, learn it from professional, and NOT from manga/anime or a few words.

Also, to show you how complex it is, there is many variation of the same word. As in, different words for the same meaning or the same meaning for different words.

One last thing: Do not use Google Translate to learn the language, you cannot learn their art by only translating sentences and words (plus, google translate is a very faulty and basic tool).

hayz • 15 July 2012 at 9:08 PM

@chibidarkness

I applaud you. B)

But I still like taking down random notes while watching anime. xP


Sayonara- Goodbye

Merodi- Melody

Shoujo- Girl

Bishoujo- Teenage girl...?

Chotto- Hurry up!

Motto- More.

chibidarkness • 15 July 2012 at 9:11 PM

@hayz

Thank you. U_U

You can, for the fun of it, take down a few notes from their media, but you cannot completely learn the language that way, let alone even learning a bit. Words aren't everything, there is writing (calligraphy) and pronunciation. Japanese have many different dialects and accents, so it's hard to learn from only one source.

hayz • 15 July 2012 at 9:13 PM

@Chibidarkness

It is hard, I mean, I have notes from both Kanji and Romaji. ._. It's just... BLUH.

chibidarkness • 15 July 2012 at 9:16 PM

@hayz

Not only those two, they have other things such as Katakana too, or Hiragana (those two are commonly used for sound effects in manga). It is hard, but rewarding if you fully grasp its art. Good luck.

hayz • 15 July 2012 at 9:18 PM

@chibidarkness

Thanks, I'll need it. ;-; It'd be much easier if my school had an after school program just for learning Japanese, but nooooo there's a Korean one but no Japanese. .-.

piucca • 15 July 2012 at 9:20 PM

Osokare Haya Kare

Sooner or later (to be said to equals)
_______
Mata nee

See you / see you later (no matter the time of day) (to be said to equals)
_______
Baka

Fool

_______
Ama or ikeike

the B word

_______
Eggu

Egg

_______

faybaybay • 15 July 2012 at 9:22 PM

@chibidarkness
Just lurking here and I saw yours post O:
Amen to that. I cannot count how many people think they can be fluent in a language just by reading mangas, watching animes, using google translate, and looking up worlds online. You HAVE to either go to a professional or live in the country who's language you want to learn for a while to get the hang of the pronunciation and tongue of the words. Just like in chinese there are difference dialects & you have to have a certain tone when pronouncing a word or else you could be saying a totally different word and you don't even realize it ;_; Japanese is not an easy language

piucca • 15 July 2012 at 9:28 PM

@chibidarkness

Some parts of japan say the numbers different XD
Also the romanji is sometimes different.

Ichi
ni
san
shi/chi
go
roku
shishi/shichi
hachi
ku
chu/juu

chibidarkness • 15 July 2012 at 9:34 PM

@faybaybay

Yep. Just like I speak mandarin Chinese while other Chinese speak Cantonese. I have a Japanese friend, and she likes to teach us stuff, so I guess I probably know a bit more of the language than other people (without boasting). :>


@piucca

Exactly. I was talking about that in my posts too. Like I said, they have different dialects and accent, so you cannot pinpoint one source for the language. 😊

piucca • 15 July 2012 at 9:37 PM

@chibidarkness

If speaking to someone online in romanji (which is all I know)
They are pretty forgiving as far as inconsistencies.

faybaybay • 15 July 2012 at 9:38 PM

@Chibidarkness
Yeah it's confusing, some of my family knows Mandarin and some of them know Cantonese so I don't know which one I want to learn when I can take a language in school : P I have a japanese friend too! Except i've never heard her speak japanese, she keeps it to herself more. xD All I know is like ' Hi ' Thats cool that your friend teaches you though

chibidarkness • 15 July 2012 at 9:49 PM

@piucca

I'm sure they are. 😊
Also, isn't "romaji"?

@faybaybay

Mandarin is the one I'd recommend. It's the most spoken language in the World, even Cantonese Chinese knows mandarin (though they have this Cantonese accent, making it hard for me to understand sometimes DX). As for my friend, we teach her bits of mandarin in exchange. She's so cute. 😸

@hayz

But Korean is a wonderful languages as well! In fact, all language are beautiful, those spoken verbally and non-verbally (morse, Braille, hand signs etc.)! They are forms of communication in mankind! The only bad language is the language of war. Tssk tssk.

Also, Korean is probably close to Japanese (although mandarin is closer), since Korea was occupied by the Japanese during the Second World War. I bet the Korean people know a bit of Japanese. 😉

piucca • 15 July 2012 at 9:50 PM

@chibidarkness

Is it?
lol.... yeah it is XD

faybaybay • 15 July 2012 at 9:52 PM

@chibidarkness
Yeah Ill probably take that one. My school is dumb though and only offers spanish as a class, if you want to take german, chinese, french, or something else you have to take an online class that teaches you on the computer you I probably wont learn anything anyways : P I think im going ot start off with Malay because almost all of my family knows that one.
Haha that's cool, the more languages you know the better ^^

chibidarkness • 15 July 2012 at 9:57 PM

@piucca

I...I think so? O:
*googles it*

@faybaybay

If you learn Spanish, it'll make learning French easier, they are both Latin languages so they have a lot of similarities. I take Spanish class, and it's fun. (though I suck at it, but at least I learned a few grammar rules and pronunciation)

Also, I edited my post before this one, as a reply to Hayz. There isn't only verbal language, there is also non-verbal languages. 😊

faybaybay • 15 July 2012 at 10:02 PM

@chibidarkness
I have to take spanish because I dont want to take Metal technology and those are literally the only 2 opinions : P I have no interest in either I cant take online languages like chinese until Sophmore or Junior year which I think is dumbbb cause as you get older it gets harder to learn a language

chibidarkness • 15 July 2012 at 10:07 PM

@faybaybay

Yeah...it's true that when we age, it's harder....but only to an extant. The brain gets older and stores less memories/knowledge, but I believe that if one puts all their heart and use their shear willpower to learn (obviously because they want to learn), they can do whatever they want, learn anything they want. 😊