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Old 2003-11-04, 17:28   Link #9
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: London, UK
Age: 34
!!lesson 2!!

*~~WELCOME TO LESSON 2~~*

This lesson will include the following:
  1. Subjects (like people...you, i, mum, etc)
  2. Simple tourist questions
  3. Questions & Answers
  4. Days of the week
  5. Animals
*~~SUBJECTS~~*
I = Watashi (watashi wa)*Watashi is considered the female one*
I = Boku (boku wa) *Boku is the male version*
You = Anata
Mother = Okāsan or Haha which is used when its YOUR mother.
Father = Otōsan or ChiChi which is used when its YOUR father.
Friend = tomodachi, ive also seen it on the net as otomodachi.
Teacher = sensei
Dog = inu
England = Igirisu (i think)
Grandmother = soba (which also means noodles)
Grandfather = sofu
of course you need to remember that there are lots of other names/words used aswell as these

*~~SIMPLE TOURIST QUESTIONS~~*
*!NOTE! when something is a question they add a ka at the end, we use a question mark.*

Do you speak english? = eigo wo hana shimasu ka

How much is _______? = ______ ikura desu ka

Where is ________? = ________wa doko desu ka

*~~QUESTIONS & ANSWERS~~*

What is your name? = onamae wa nan desu ka

My name is ________. =watashi no namae wa ________ desu.

How old are you? = nan sai desu ka

I am ___ = ___ sai desu

What are you doing?! = nani o shimasu ka

*~~DAYS OF THE WEEK~~*

Sunday = nichi yobi (line above the o's in the yobi's)
Monday = getsu yobi
Tuesday = ka yobi
Wednesday = sui yobi
Thursday = moku yobi
Friday = kin yobi
Saturday = do yobi

*~~ANIMALS~~*

Cat = neko
Dog = inu
Mouse = nezumi
Duck = kamo
Horse = uma
Dragon = ryuu (ryu with a line above the "u" lines extend the sound)

Once again there are most likely to be words which are used aswell as these ^_^

*~~NEXT LESSON~~*
  • alphabets
  • simple sentence structure
  • objects (car, window etc)
  • verbs(dictionary form)
Bye for now and i hope this helps ya when you are learning japanese ^_^ Ganbatte!
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