teach me this magical language of which you speak!!!please!!

[Hobo_13]

I WANNA LEARN!!! tell me everything..all the words you know!!!

[OniKira]

well, telling u words would be rather foolish, cuz the japanese language is difficult in its structure, lol

id happily type an introduction, but look around this board; u will find many topics similar to yours and find some informative introductions.

[Ryukon]

Not to be rude, but maybe narrow things down for us on where to start. What you're asking is a little...too broad. There's many points where we could work from.

And yeah...like OniRuroKen-san said, there's a lot of threads here that have a bit what you're asking for.

[Hobo_13]

OK DUDE!!!

[Hobo_13]

ok but...how do you say: dude, wolf, dog, dragon, and music in japanese? please sensei dude guys! please tell me!!!

[Ryukon]

Dude = datesha, dateotoko (I'm not too sure about this one...never looked up "dude" before)
Wolf = Oukami
Dog = Inu
Dragon = Ryuu/Tatsu
Music = Ongaku

If you're going to ask for more word translations, I think I should let OniRuroKen-san there have a go at things.

He looks bored.

[Hobo_13]

thanks sensei dude guy!!!

[Hobo_13]

...if inu is dog...what does yasha mean???

[Ryukon]

Woo...the "Inuyasha" name thing again. Wow. Brings back memories back on the [ adult swim ] forum...

Anyways, to make the short story even shorter, the "yasha" means "female demon", but Takahashi was just aiming for "demon".

There was an article on it some place for proof but I'm too lazy to look at the moment.

...roomaji sucks.

[Hobo_13]

ah i see...ha ha...i had a feeling it was something like that...

[Hobo_13]

ok dude i think thats all for now..like 5 minutes...ha ha but thanks for all the help...im trying to teach myself japanese! XD...its freakin hard!!!

[Ryukon]

At first (from what I'm assuming), teaching yourself is a little hard, but you should get the hang of it.

Just remember that Japanese is a SOV format (Subject Object Verb) though and ours is SVO.

If you need any more help, feel free to come back and ask.

Though like I said, I think OniRuroKen-san is feeling a bit left out so he can answer you too if he wants (along with other people who knows).

[Hobo_13]

ok dude ill take that advise to heart! and im still getting the hang of english... and i probably will come back for questions you`ve been a great help and ill be sure to ask OniRuroKen dude *left out guy* for help as well dude i salute you!!! *bows...hits head on table*...damn...im clumsy to...and a bad speller...HA HA!!! oh well...

[Hobo_13]

but how did you learn japanese *good japanese* if you live in Hawaii???

[Ryukon]

[Hobo_13]

jeez sorrry it took me so long to answer...my brother was hogging the computer...anywaqy...that is pretty funny isnt it?...hard to bileve im still alive...