Jlessons

So I've been doing this whole "learn Japanese" thing for a while and feel like I'm getting absolutely nowhere with it. And although I've tested to be 40% fluent on the JLPT Level V (Japanese Language Proficiency Test--About the equivalent of a elementary/middle school kid maybe), I still don't feel I know anything near that. It's quite frustrating to be told you know one thing but in reality you know you know MUCH less but hey, I admit I think I know my Hiragana, basic words, and simple grammar. But I will give you tid bits here and there of my knowledge to either enlighten or annoy you..why? because I can and you can't stop me. :P (Well.... unless there's a Doctor Who episode on, but that would only delay me~). So here is me re learning and catching up so my foretold knowledge because honestly I have no clue as to what I know now, so here goes to to showing myself how much I know~

The First 5 Characters in the Japanese Hiragana alphabet are as follows:

Also, the cool thing about Japanese is that you probably know some of the words already. 

[Also the next 5 Hiragana are on this page http://tinyurl.com/qbucmha, then lesson 2 Vocabulary will be in my thurs/fri post. ]

Vocabulary:

Konnichiwa=Hello 

Kawaii=Cute

Anime=Japanese Animation

Manga=Japanese Comic Book

Some  words used in every day speech:

Sumo (Wrestling)

Karate (Marshal Art)

Sushii=Raw Fish

· More Vocabulary:

Wa-ta-shi (I)               Ko-re (This)                        So-re (That)                A-re (That over there)                  

Do-re (Which)               Ka-me-ra (Camera)      De-su (am/is/are)       Shin-bun (News paper)

            Ni-mo-tsu (Baggage)    Pen (Pen)                       Me-ga-ne (Glasses)    Te-ki-su-to (Text book)                            

En-pi-tsu (Pencil)         Kasa (Umbrella)                Bô-ru-pen (Bold point pen)   

-San (Mr./Mrs./Miss)

· Sentences for grammar:

Normal/everyday/slang Speech: 

Watashi wa [something] desu.   =   I am [something]. 

Polite Speech:

Wa-ta-shi wa [something] de-su dô-zo yo-ro-shi-ku.  =  I am [something].  

• Ko-re wa te-ki-su-to de-su.   =  This is a text book.  
• Ko-re wa te-ki-su-to de-su ka? >Is this a text book?  
• Ko-re wa ____-san no [ni-mo-tsu] de-su [ka?]   >Is this _____’s [Baggage][?]
•  Hai, so-re wa _____-san no (Ni-mo-tsu) desu.   >Yes, that is _____’s [baggage].
• Ko-re wa nan de-su ka?   =  What is this?   
• So-re wa nan desu ka?   =  What is that?   
• A-re wa nan de-su ka?   =  What is that (over there)?  
• Wa-ta-shi no de-su.  =  Mine/my.   
• An-a-ta no de-su.   =  Yours  
• Dô-mo su-mu-ma-sen.  =   I apologize.   

· Remember:

Ko-re=This.   So-re=that.   A-re=That(over there).

So yeah, there you go about <1% of my knowledge of Japanese. Eat it up, and enjoy because I am going to turn you into in international baby! (You're welcome). I may even post some dirty words up in the near future, Who knows...keep reading to find out!

~The Empress!~