Japanese Learning the Language

Hmm, looks like bits of stuff tacked together, not making any sense:

(disclaimer: me not advanced Japanese speaker, but I'm having a go)

Watashi wa : I, me, as for me. This is what you say when you are going to say something about yourself
Donata : this is polite Who? ex. anata wa donata desu ka (Who are you?)
tame : means 'benefit', good, like in "for your own good". but the word isnt realy attached to anything. ex you would say somthing like "kimi no tame..." "for you" (for your benefit) ... I would die, or something dramatic like that ...
anata no desu ka : is it yours?
Dare mo : nobody (is) ex. heya ni dare mo imasen (nobody is in the room)

Put together

I... who...? ..good (benefit) ... is it yours? nobody...

not much infomation in there, unless im being stupid <(^_^)

 

i agree, japanese is hard. ganbatene!

 

No wait, that actually makes sense. It could be: "Who am I to you? Nobody."
This probaply isn't correct since there is still something missing, but something along that road perhaps....

I still don't know where Donata fits in though.... hm....

 

Good theory Vatina, in fact Im pretty much sure you are right.

 

Thank you soo Very Much

Thank you soo much. I joined the Japanese Society to learn but I can never get into the class. Limited size. Only 20 people . This website is great.

 

aishiteru means i love you. daisuki means like, i really really like you. practically the same thing.

but japanese IS difficult, but it gets easier after you get the hang of it. (do any of you get the hang of it...? :sweat2: ) i've been 'learning' it for the past... um... well, i haven't really been learning it, just picked it up somewhere.

but gyah, japanese STUFF rocks!!! lol.

 

Also.

So, self explanatory?

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Thank you psyeudkev for the website as welll.

I posted before saying I was learning Japanese. But now my school decided 'oh no, we don't need this subject, let's remove it', and I have no time out of school to learn with a tutor or something..
Okay okay I lied, I'm just too broke. Haha..

*tries to keep on topic* I still say it's easy to learn! :sweat:

 

my Mommy really wants me to learn japanese...i really wanna learn. ...she knows how.....but she never taught me. she barely speaks any....it is her first language.

 

I really want to learn japanese, but going to japan is a litle bit problematic for me right no. i found this site http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~ts/japanese/ most of it is only the kana though. to remember hiragana i try writing them every day or even like 10 times a day, just writing the whole list that i know out of my head and then adding the ones i forgot. this way i know more of them every day. i'm a litle pissed of by the dutch government because for my school they force me to learn 2 modern foreign languages(+ english) but they refuse to teach japanese :S. in my oppinion japanese should classify for that.

 

A lot of people's saying that japanese's tough language to learn.
It depends on what perspect you choose. Sure, most of us at this forum (I suppose) isn't used to the graphical signs of theirs but once you know the easiest ones you can go a long way. On the other hand is the grammar very easy, and makes much more sense than - for example - the one of the german nor swedish language. I have absolutly no problem with the pronciations but I guess that, that might be a problem for some too.
Well, what can I say more? Good luck.

 

no, that says simply "i love~" no name. now if you said "daisuki yamamato-chan" OR! "daisuki anata wa" now were cooking! its really alot easier thsan most think. AND! no grammer rules to boot! yay! grammer is bad! no grammer! its all good...

heres a webpage from another forum i manage that revolves around japan as well. great resource for nihongo study as well as hiragana/katakana memorization.
AWESOME NIHONGO RESOURCE!

anyways heres alot of words in nihongo.

btw: ~ = insert name here

ohiyo gozaimasu: good morning/hello (formal, only in morning or mid-noon)
ohiyo: good morning/hello (to friend, only in morning or mid-noon)
konichiwa: hello (anybody)
kon ban wa: good evening (anyone)
jon nee: goodbye (to friend)
siyonara: goodbye (formal)
kore wa nan desu ka?: what is that/this?
sore wa nan desu wa!: look at this! (if object is close to speaker and far from person)
are wa nan desu wa!: look at that! (if object is far from both speaker and person)
shirimasen: I dont know
Dame desu: it is no good
iie desu:it is good
wa: specifies subject (exe. boku WAalex-san; talking about ME!)
ka: indicates Question ( kore wa nan desu ka?)
doozo yuroshiku: nice to meet you
boku wa: indicates male speaker
watashi wa: can indicate either male or female speaker but mostly by females because if a male uses watashi he is seen as a homosexual.
hai: yes
eii: no
~wa chikoku desu: He is LATE!
akusento:accent
amachua:amateur
baree:ballet
basu:bus
beru:bell
booto:rowboat
daiyamondo:diamond
dansu:dance
erebeetaa:elevator
gareeji:garbage
inku:ink
koppu:drinking glass
asagohan:breakfast
ocha o ippai:a cup of tea
biiru o ippon:a bottle of beer
sukaato:skirt

honorifics: said after name of individual/pet/anything to "lable" them with a social/personal level to either you or anyone.
~san:used generally
~kun: used among boys or to express companionship, usualy not used for girls. (exe. Riki-kun is so cool!)
~chan: used like "kun" for girls and also expresses cuteness or childishness. (exe. Honya-chan is so cute!)
~Kohai: used to express "I am better than you!" by user.
~Sama: used to show gratitude
~Senpai: used among lovers along w/ chan. (exe. I love you ~-senpai/chan)

 

It's pretty hard to learn, heck im trying to learn it to. All i know of languages are english and some french witch im working on. But this is a good one. Omawarisan! Chikan o tska-mate! Its means, Police! Arrest this pervert!

 

Japanesse, I are is still learn englishy.

 

nihonngo language

arigato: thank you
kohai :first year level{freshmen}
sempai:second year up to 4th year ...
konbanwa: good evening
konichiwa: good afternoon
ohayo : good morning
o yasumi nasai :excuse me
o genki desu ka ?: how are you?
that alll folks my quite info....hehehe my name is erine from philippines

 

here'si good word in japanese

taka-idiot

 

actually Oyasumi Nasai means good night.

Sumimasen means excuse me

and its baka not taka

 

oh,sorry,wrong word

 

Here's a really good sight for learning the japanese alphabets and picking up loads of other cool stuff to, I'm using it at the moment.
http://www.genkienglish.net/genkijapan/katakana.htm

Good Luck!

 

oo thx SiC for the post~ its awsomely helpful~ theres nowhere i can learn japanese in here.. T__T
my brother is starting to learn .. so he teaches me.
er.. THNX. thats the point. xD

 

Um...I don't want to seem a snob, but I feel compelled to correct you.

Sorry, there is grammar in the Japanese language. If you wanted to say "I love you" it would be "anata ga daisuki desu." You use "ga" to mark the subject. Also most Japanese teens, especially boys, avoid using the aformentioned phrase in favor of saying "I might not dislike you."

There is nothing gay about using watashi. Watashi is the general genderless "I". Atashi is the female form that I think you were trying for, and it is usually seen as a bit uneducated and slutty. It is usually used when the speaker wishes to emphasize their femininity.