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Post by ☽мєιαη☯σƒ☯Yιη-Yαηg☾ on Nov 29, 2015 16:17:14 GMT -5
This is where you will learn to speak and understand Japanese.
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Post by Jay-stripe on Nov 29, 2015 20:22:17 GMT -5
When will we start?
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Post by ☽мєιαη☯σƒ☯Yιη-Yαηg☾ on Nov 29, 2015 20:32:02 GMT -5
When Moon gets on.
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Post by Moon-Sensei on Nov 30, 2015 18:00:58 GMT -5
Sensei has arrived! (◠0◠✿)/✧・゚: *✧・゚:*
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Post by Moon-Sensei on Nov 30, 2015 18:09:20 GMT -5
Let's start with Hiragana.
Hiragana is a phonetic alphabet, where each character represents a syllable. It is generally the first of the alphabets used. Until one broadens their knowledge of kanji, they can use hiragana in place of the kanji they don’t know. Additionally, hiragana is used as particles, and is also used as accompanying characters to verbs. There are also some words that do not have kanji and are thus written in hiragana alone.
Table coming soon!
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Post by ☽мєιαη☯σƒ☯Yιη-Yαηg☾ on Nov 30, 2015 18:20:00 GMT -5
My Japanese English dictionary app shows the hiragana and the kanji along with the pronunciation.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2015 19:01:18 GMT -5
I am here. Meian, what app do you have? I could possibly download it to help me
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Post by Shade on Nov 30, 2015 19:05:05 GMT -5
I am interested in this app too :3
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Post by Moon-Sensei on Nov 30, 2015 19:09:45 GMT -5
Phew! Took a while, but here it is~
There are 5 vowels in Japanese. (a), pronounced "ah", (i), pronounced like "e" in "eat", (u), pronounced like "oo" in "soon", (e), pronounced like "e" in "elk", and (o), pronounced "oh". All Hiragana characters end with one of these vowels, with the exception of (n). The only "consonant" that does not resemble that of English is the Japanese "r". It is slightly "rolled" as if it were a combination of a "d", "r", and "l".
あ - a か- ka が - ga さ - sa ざ - za た - ta だ - da な - na は - ha ば - ba ぱ - pa ま - ma や - ya ら - ra わ - wa
Combinations:
きゃ - kya ぎゃ - gya しゃ - sha じゃ - jya ちゃ - cha にゃ - nya ひゃ - hya びゃ - bya ぴゃ - pya みゃ - mya りゃ - rya
---------------------- い - i き - ki ぎ - gi し - shi じ - ji ち - chi に - ni ひ - hi み - mi り - ri ぢ - ji び - bi ぴ - pi ---------------------- う - u く - ku す - su つ - tsu ぬ - nu ふ - fu む - mu る - ru ぐ - gu ず - zu づ - dzu ぶ - bu ぷ - pu ゆ- yu
Combinations:
きゅ - kyu しゅ - shu にゅ - nyu ちゅ - chu ひゅ - hyu みゅ - myu りゅ - ryu ぎゅ - gyu じゅ - ju (jyu) びゅ - byu ぴゅ - pyu ---------------------- え - e け - ke せ - se て - te ね - ne へ - he め - me れ - re げ - ge ぜ - ze ぺ - pe ---------------------- お - o こ - ko そ - so と - to の - no ほ - ho も - mo ろ - ro を - wo ご - go ぽ - po よ - yo ぞ - zo
Combinations:
きょ - kyo しょ - sho ちょ - cho ひょ - hyo にょ - nyo みょ - myo りょ - ryo ぎょ - gyo じょ - jo (jyo) びょ - byo ぴょ - pyo ---------------------- ん - n
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Post by ☽мєιαη☯σƒ☯Yιη-Yαηg☾ on Nov 30, 2015 19:19:46 GMT -5
English Japanese Dictionary. It'll have a greenish colored square icon with the Japan flag at the top with, in order, Japanese English Dictionary below it. And it goes both ways. But it doesn't translate full sentences, just individual words and two word phrases like 'air pressure', 'fitting room', etc.
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Post by Shade on Nov 30, 2015 19:24:21 GMT -5
@moon: Very helpful chart! :3
@yinyang: Ok, thanks!
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Post by Moon-Sensei on Nov 30, 2015 19:37:11 GMT -5
Arigatou, Shade-san.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2015 19:43:12 GMT -5
wow, that's a lot so far...and ok, thank you Meian!
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Post by ☽мєιαη☯σƒ☯Yιη-Yαηg☾ on Nov 30, 2015 19:43:58 GMT -5
Np. Btw, your status says 'bananas'
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2015 19:51:10 GMT -5
I see
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Post by Moon-Sensei on Nov 30, 2015 19:56:48 GMT -5
Let's test your prior knowledge. *hands out assignment*
List all the Japanese phrases and words you already know. No need for hiragana, just romaji and English for now.
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Post by ☽мєιαη☯σƒ☯Yιη-Yαηg☾ on Nov 30, 2015 20:06:30 GMT -5
Hana, tsuki, kaze, mizu, kage, kasai, hikari, yami, chikyu, tsuchi, tora, tori, ichigo, kichigo, suna, ame, kumo, neko, ryuu, kaminari, kon'nichiwa, arigatou, sayonara, nakama, okami, kami, shinigami, sakura, zakura, cho, yuki, akatsuki
Those are the ones I can list off the top of my head right now.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2015 20:12:15 GMT -5
I'll try my best, I know very little: -san : Mr./Mrs./Miss -sama : person lower than the addressee -kun : refers to boys -chan : most associated with girls desu : I don't know what this means & that was supposed to be a question mark kawaii : cute watashi no namae wa ____ desu. : my name is ____ shinigami : death god sakura : cherry blossom kage : shadow neko : cat ...and I think that's all I know. Wow, that's a short list
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Post by Shade on Nov 30, 2015 20:12:46 GMT -5
Umm...it's hard to say exactly what all I know xD
I know a lot of random words, numbers, colors, honorifics, several animals, simple sentences (example: Kare wa shinbun wo yondeimasu; Sono neko wa shiro desu), simple questions, a few insults, pronouns, family words (ex. otou-san, okaa-san, onee-san, onii-san, otouto/imouto, and the more formal versions), greetings, a few emotions, adjectives, a few random expressions, also a few careers/jobs, supernatural things (ayakashi, mononoke, yuurei), and a few phrases I have picked up/memorized from anime xD
Do you want individual words?
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Post by ☽мєιαη☯σƒ☯Yιη-Yαηg☾ on Nov 30, 2015 20:20:33 GMT -5
Yeah, same with me and the above mentioned. Except complete sentences. ^-^'
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Post by Moon-Sensei on Dec 1, 2015 8:41:47 GMT -5
Very good everyone! I see you know a lot already!
Oh, broken-san, the word "desu"(です) is a word used to link a subject and predicate. It literally means "it is/to be".
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Post by ☽мєιαη☯σƒ☯Yιη-Yαηg☾ on Dec 1, 2015 14:58:27 GMT -5
like kawaiidesu.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2015 15:10:10 GMT -5
Ok, so what Meian said -- kawaiidesu -- mean "to be cute"?
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Post by ☽мєιαη☯σƒ☯Yιη-Yαηg☾ on Dec 1, 2015 15:55:53 GMT -5
or "It's cute."
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2015 17:10:08 GMT -5
ah yeah, that makes sense
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Post by Jay-stripe on Dec 1, 2015 22:09:37 GMT -5
I know like nothing (Numbers, Dojo, Thank you, Gi, and the whole bunch of other words we know in judo, like some body parts etc.)
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Post by Jay-stripe on Dec 2, 2015 13:20:20 GMT -5
Do you guys know how we can learn and remember the vowels? Any ways to practice and remember them?
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Post by ☽мєιαη☯σƒ☯Yιη-Yαηg☾ on Dec 2, 2015 13:37:15 GMT -5
Practice saying them outloud I guess?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2015 18:26:35 GMT -5
I'm going to write them down, too
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Post by ☽мєιαη☯σƒ☯Yιη-Yαηg☾ on Dec 2, 2015 18:40:01 GMT -5
I took screenshots with my phone.
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