JLessons II

From our last post:

Your next 5 characters for the Hiragana will be the "K" series:

<-And this one right here I will expect to become your favorite word as you become more confused and confused by my chaos.
And remember Ko-re(here), So-re(there), and A-re(over there) from the last Japanese lesson? Well, add Na-ni(or nan) right after (adding a "wa" sound) then add a desu ka sound for sentences such as "Ko-re wa nan desu ka" meaning "what is this?" switch out the sounds "Ko-re" with so-re or a-re to make two more new sentences. What was that? you just spoke your first sentences in Japanese? Mind blowing, right? now just a couple hundred more and welcome to basic conversations. Just stick with it, it'll become much easier and much more rewarding. Next time I won't have the little dots between sound though... they are bad for you. Just helps to start out, but dump them as soon as possible as to not mess your brain up.

· Vocabulary:

Nihon (Japan)           Kuruma (Car)           Jidôsha (Car)            Herikoputa (Helicopter)  

日本  (にほん)　　    くるま　　　　    じどしゃ　　　         へりこぷと

Nani (What?)            Hai (Yes)                 Iie (No)                       Arigatô (Thank-You)

            何  (なに)　　　       灰  (はい)　　    　いいえ　　　       　ありがと

            Jitensha (Bicycle)       Mo (Also)               Hanabi (Fireworks)    Donchi (An apartment high-rise)                                  

            じてんしゃ　　          も　　　　    　　はんあび　　　      どんち

            ii (good)                    Kono (This)            Sono (That)               Ano (Um…)       

　　    いい　　　     　     この　　　　　     その　　　　       　あの。。。

· Structure Sentences:

 Normal speech: Dômo arigatô (Or just Arigatô).               
Polite speech: Dômo arigatô gozaimasu.   

A-re wa ha-na-bi de-su. >That (over there) is fireworks.  

So-re mo ka-me-ra de-su ka? >Is that a camera too?  

Hai, ko-re mo wa ka-me-ra de-su. >Yes, this is also a camera.   

So-re mo  ka-me-ra de-su. >That also is a camera. 

Ii-e, so-re wa ka-me-ra de-wa a-ri-ma-sen. >No, that is not a camera.   

So-no ra-ji-o wa wa-ta-shi no de-su. >That is my radio.  

Ko-re wa da-re no de-su ka. >Whose are these?  

Ni-hon no ku-ru-ma.    >Japanese car.  

Ee, so de-su.    >That’s right.  

Good luck with lesson two! Let me know if there are any particular words you are interested in and I may include them in my next lesson! Heck, I'll even throw in a few sentences to show you how the words may be used~ I'll also point out a cool little secret concerning the Hiragana~ So stay tuned for more crazy insane goodness.