Japanese Let's Try To Speak Japanese!!

its would be watashi wa Elizabeth-san. Dozo Yoroshiku. Dozo Yoroshiku is a more formal way to say that...

an actual polite greeting would be

hajimemasta
watashi wa *name* desu
Dozo Yoroshiku

 

Boku wa Ryan Flake to mooshimasu, yoroshuu tanomimanga na!

(last bit is pretty standard Kansai dialect)

Just as a note, referring to yourself with a '-san' is a technical no-no that I see broken by japanese speakers with such phrases as "Ore-sama" and other particularly boastful comments... it's still quite rare to break that rule.

-UK

 

Kore wa nan desu ka?

 

Sore ka? Anoo... mienai kara, wakaranai...

 

That's true...never use -san or -sama when referring to yourself. Especially not -san, which seems to be the most common. It's concidered strange and rude, so don't do that.

Oh and you forgot to add "desu."
Don't adding "desu" to formal speech is a no-no. It can be skipped in casual speech, however.

Konnichiwa, mina-san! ^^;

 

Ohayo Kirei-tachi! ^^;
...soredewa hajime mashou.
Shitsumon ga areba Gojiyuu Ni Douzo.

Surprised no one has cussed yet. o0

Omae ha sugoku busaikuna yatsu da!!
Jyoudan desu.

(English Translation: Good Morning Kirei and people.
...so let's get started! Feel free to ask people questions, too.
*surprised no one has cussed yet. o0*)

Let's see who can figure out my last two lines.

 

hmm... some Tokyo slang eh?
"You're (rude version) an amazingly clumsy person(rude)!"
"Joking!"

Omee being a slang pronunciation of Omai (another interesting study in honorific-turned-insult) and so on and so forth...

Saa... Nihon ni sundeiru koto ga aru hito ga arimasu ka?

(Translation: "So... does anyone here have the experience of living in Japan?")

-UK

 

Heres in idea how about when u say something other ppl have to translate and the say something back. Because all i know in japanese is
BAKA.

 

well, cuss in japanese eh?
how's this.

UrashimaKeitaro, dete ike! Kono shiri-nuke-me!

LOL!
Just joking, you're a real help.
If you wanna know what it means translate it minna-san

 

I'll tolerate that for now.. as an example of what *not* to say. please keep the cursing to a minimum, as per the normal M2A rules. (Mod duty fulfilled)

Eeh?! Kono ore-sama ni sonna mono... korra! (been watching Hajime no Ippo, can you tell? Translation: "Huh?! you dare say such a thing to the great and honorable me? Bring it!")

-UK

 

Omae means "you." It is, however, not rude. It gives sort of familiarity, though, which some people can find insulting, so...use it with precaution.

Sou yo! Watashi o shite yo! Yoshi!

 

Annyŏnghaseyo? Che irŭm-ŭn seraphinx ieyo. Kŭrigo taehakseng ieyo.

Edit: Oops! Sorry, wrong language! (Korean) :shy: I took Japanese in high school but now I'm into Korean.

 

o.o;

wa~~ nigiyakana!!

^_^; hajimemashite Urashima-san. atashi ha nihon ni sundakoto ga aru dakedo ryuugakusurukoto da. kotoshino hachigatsuni ichinenkan nihon ni iku tsumori. Urashima-san ha ima nihon ni sundeiruno.

minna, ano shoushinshatachi ni warui kotoba wo oshierukoto ga warukunai no.

(Translation: o.o;

wow~~so lively!!

^_^; nice to meet you Urashimasan. I've lived in Japan before but it was only through exchange. I'm planning on spending a year there starting this August. do you currently live in japan?

everyone, isnt it wrong to teach beginners swear words?)

::In reply to Kirei-san::
to iu = to iimasu

iu is the root form of the verb iimasu. When you change a verb to the 'masu-form' you change the last shounding syllable into an "i sound" then add a masu.

nomu = nomi+masu

 

Jitsu ha, nihon ni iku koto ha nai, boku ha. Ikitai kedo, kane ga nai.

Honto ni keigo wo oshieru koto ga ii to omou. Shoushinshatachi ni.

(Translation:
Actually, I've never been to Japan. I want to go but I have no money.

Teaching polite speech would be good I think, speaking of those who are just learning.)

-UK
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aa... shiawase da...

 

wow im learning so much!


arigatou

 

teka keigo to iukoto ga "masu form" desuka?

((Well by polite form, do you mean the "masu form"?)

 

Just a question here... hehe
Is there a reason why you don't use "yo" instead of a work for "i think"?

 

Kaori he,
ee, sore ha futsuu na keigo jya nai?

Kirei na kimyou he,
'yo' is most commonly used as a sort of exclamation point in standard japanese.. plus, with no inflection to be heard (as we're communicating in text) it's best to just stick with 'omou/omoimasu' to express opinion and such.

As a further note on 'Omai'... it is certainly not recommendable for any situation where you aren't at least on a first name basis.

(Translation:
To Kaori,
Yeah, that's regular polite speech isn't it?

to Kirei na kimyou,)

And another note, when pronouncing the 'he' as in where I'm addressing Kaori or Kirei na kimyou, the 'h' is silent.

-UK
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Joy!

 

Urashima-san e,
keigo ha reberu ga atta to omottetakedo tabun machigaimashita. teka donna kaiwa wo hanashimashouka.

((I thought polite speech had different levels, but i'm probably mistaken. Well, what should we talk about?))

 

Sonna...masaka hanasu ga arimasen desu yo ka?
(No way...isn't there anything we can talk about?)