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Lesson 1; The Basic Knowledge
Topic Started: May 18 2011, 04:16 PM (92 Views)
sakurakiss7
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Heyyy~ everyone!
I thought i would try, yes try and teach the basic japanese to those who are beginners or who are interested.
i would like to try and teach the basics of Japanese my way and how i have learnt it.
1. Learn simple greetings
2. How to make a basic sentence structure
3. Learn new vocabulary to improve your Japanese sentences
and many other different methods.

I am not Japanese, Ive only studied it for 3 years. but ive most likely forgotten some of them. so i excuse myself for my future mistakes that i may make.

Hope to see the improvement of you all~

Alright!
Lesson One - Part 1: Introduction
The Japanese Language is written using four different types of forms
Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji and Romaji

Hiragana is a phonetic system of writing. It is essentially the same as using ABC in European Languages. In Japan, Simple books for young children are written entirely in hiragana.

Hiragana Example - あおい いえ [Aoi ie] (Means Blue House)

Katakana is also a phonetic script. It gives a set of sounds exactly identical to those of hiragana script.
In Japanese, katakana is only used for very specific purposes
~Writing words borrowed from other languages
~Writing place names of another country
~Writing personal names of another country
~Sometimes used for names of companies and their products
~To highlight or decorate posters, letters, and advertisements

Katakana Example - バナナ [banana] (Means Banana)

Kanji is an ancient Chinese characters which Chinese people drew pictures when writing. The word 'Kanji' was originally meant as 'Chinese letters of Kan dynasty.

Kanji example - 食 [Tabe] (Means eat)

In standard Japanese script, hiragana, katakana, and kanji are all used together.

Romaji is the English writing form which is used to translate, or rewrite specific Japanese words for foreigners to be able to read.
This form or writing is rarely used by Japanese people, but are used countlessly by people of other countries to be able to read the words of the Japanese characters.

In these lessons, Romaji will be used so that it will be easier to pronouce and read the Japanese texts that i will be teaching.

Lesson One - Part 2: Greetings

Good Morning
おはようございます (Ohayou Gozaimasu) {Formal}
おはよう (Ohayou) {Colloquial}

Hello, Good day, Good afternoon
こんにちわ (Konnichiwa)

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)

Good-bye
さようなら (Sayounara) {Formal}
じゃ また (Jya mata) {Colloquial}

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai) {Formal}
おやすみ (Oyasumi) {Colloquial}

Excuse me
しつれいします (Shitsureishimasu)

Thank you
どうも (Doumo) {Colloquial}
ありがとう (Arigatou) {Plain Speech}
ありがとうございます (Arigatou Gozaimasu) {Polite speech}
どうもありがとうございます (Doumo Arigatou Gozaimasu) {Formal}

You're Welcome
どいたしまして (Doitashimashite)

Excuse me, I am sorry
すみません (Sumimasen)

I am going now (Said by a person leaving home)
いってきます (Ittekimasu)

Take Care, See You (Said by a person staying home)
いってらっしゃい (Itterasshai)

Im Home (Said by a person returning home)
ただいま (Tadaima)

Welcome Home (Said by person at home)
おかえりなさい (Okaerinasai)

Thank you for the meal (Said before eating)
いただきます (Itadakimasu)

Thank you for the meal (Said after eating)
ごちそうさま{でした} (Gochisousama{deshita})
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