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Re: Time for a Japanese lesson, 行くぞ!

Posted: Jun 14, 2007 10:25am
by Tsuchi
its a language and culture school. it has two locations, one in Tokyo and the second in Kanazawa i think.

i plan on moving there to be with my sis so i fugured i should know a bit about it

Re: Time for a Japanese lesson, 行くぞ!

Posted: Jun 15, 2007 9:52am
by Yuki~
can anyone tell me what are the kanjis for "Hyaku Monogatari", please?

by the way, I think I'm going to Japan in about 10 years.. XD I'm serious! I finally found a way to go there, but I must finish my studies first.. XD

Re: Time for a Japanese lesson, 行くぞ!

Posted: Jun 15, 2007 12:41pm
by Dreams
百物語
Hyaku Monogatari?
As in, "100 (Fairy) Tales"?

Re: Time for a Japanese lesson, 行くぞ!

Posted: Jun 15, 2007 6:57pm
by Princess Azula
If you want to say 'not' as in I am not stupid or something, how do you say that? Also, if anyone could do me a favour and also tell me what 'and' is that would be great. Sorry if I'm asking for a lot! :heh: :heh:

Re: Time for a Japanese lesson, 行くぞ!

Posted: Jun 15, 2007 8:50pm
by Dreams
Well... kind of complicated answers. Let's see how simply I can explain.

"I am stupid" -> "Watashi wa bakabakashii desu."
In this kind of instance, you can just turn desu into its negative form... but it has several negative forms, and it depends on if you're saying something informally/formally.

Negative forms of DESU include: ja nai (informal), ja nai desu, de wa arimasen, ja arimasen, de wa nai desu. So you can just replace DESU with any of them.

"I am not stupid" -> "Watashi wa bakabakashii ja nai."

Verbs like ARU/IRU ("to be/exist") turn into nai/arimasen and inai/imasen.
(Like, "I am not there" -> "Watashi wa soko ga imasen.")

If you need further instruction on negative verbs or something, let me know...

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"And" is represented lots of different ways.

If you are saying two unrelated sentences, you use "soshite" at the beginning of the second one. Like:

"I went to the store. And it was a hot day."
Kanbutsuya e itta. Soshite atsui hi datta.
(my examples are lame)

If you are saying two related sentences, usually you put the ending verb of the first one into its -te form (which would be a whole different lesson, if you're interested):

"I went to the store, and I got fruit."
Kanbutsuya e itte, kudamono o katta.

If you are joining nouns with "and", it's also different.

If you are making a complete list of something, you usually put "to" inbetween the nouns.

"I love Shuuichi and Malik."
Shuuchi to Malik ga daisuki.

If you are making an incomplete list, you use "ya" instead. And then you usually follow the nouns with the word "nado":

"I bought apples, oranges, bananas (and so on)."
Ringo ya orenji ya banana nado o katta.

There are more ways to say "and"... one of them involves using "mo" inbetween nouns. But... seriously. Let me know if that helped or you were looking for something else... before I ramble on any further.

Re: Time for a Japanese lesson, 行くぞ!

Posted: Jun 15, 2007 8:53pm
by Princess Azula
wow! Thanks a lot! I didn't know that it was so complicated! #-o

Re: Time for a Japanese lesson, 行くぞ!

Posted: Jun 16, 2007 10:36am
by Yuki~
Dreams wrote:百物語
Hyaku Monogatari?
As in, "100 (Fairy) Tales"?
yes! ^^ thanks a lot, Dreams!
I read about it on xxxHolic and I liked so much this thing.. XD And then, i'd like to know the kanjis for hyaku monogatari...
thanks again!
ps: i've just realized that those kanjis aren't complex. :mrgreen:

Re: Time for a Japanese lesson, 行くぞ!

Posted: Jun 22, 2007 10:48am
by Whats_your_angle
Ah thank you muchy for posting this ^^ It helped greatly! \:D/

Re: Time for a Japanese lesson, 行くぞ!

Posted: Jun 23, 2007 12:19am
by Trishina
Arigato *bows* I learned a lot.

Re: Time for a Japanese lesson, 行くぞ!

Posted: Jul 15, 2007 9:14am
by r_a_i_n_e
Yey! to all English-Japanese-speaking anime fans!!! :)

Re: Time for a Japanese lesson, 行くぞ!

Posted: Jul 20, 2007 8:39pm
by ms_aburame
Kunnoichiwa, thats really all iknow how to speak...for now...

How do you say

Death Angel in Japanese?

Also what is Thank you?

Re: Time for a Japanese lesson, 行くぞ!

Posted: Jul 20, 2007 8:45pm
by ms_aburame
i only know how to say thank you in Chinese, and thats about it too... he he.
Chinese~~~~
Thank you- 'she shea' (thats how you pronouce it though)

Re: Time for a Japanese lesson, 行くぞ!

Posted: Jul 21, 2007 2:46am
by Trishina
Thank you-arigato gozaimasu,domo arigato

I don't know what death angel is I'll say what it is if I already know.

Re: Time for a Japanese lesson, 行くぞ!

Posted: Jul 21, 2007 8:00am
by r_a_i_n_e
死天使 - Death angel is shitenshi.

Re: Time for a Japanese lesson, 行くぞ!

Posted: Jul 21, 2007 1:39pm
by ms_aburame
ai arigato gozaimasu, domo arigato.....is one more respectful?

Re: Time for a Japanese lesson, 行くぞ!

Posted: Jul 23, 2007 5:46pm
by Dreams
Chinese! :)
Xie Xie! ~ 謝謝!

I guess I would say 'arigatou gozaimasu' is more polite by a slight margin, but either is fine. To really thank someone profusely and politely, you'd combine them into 'doumo arigatou gozaimasu'.