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Lesson 1 (Colander): The Basics!
Pronunciation:
I'ts fairly easy for English speakers to pronounce Japanese. There is also very little variance in stress. Equal weight is given to every syllable of a word unless it has a lengthened vowel sound, in which case the duration of the sound is doubled.
Vowels:
"a" as i "father"
"i" as in "macaroni"
"u" as in "flu"
"e" as in "get"
"o" as in "more"
Vowels with a bar over them are pronounced long.
Examples:
A vital difference between the words komon (adviser) and koumon (a**s)!
The "u" in the common polite verb desu (am, is, are) is muted and hardly pronounced.
Consonants:
f = where "f" sometimes is romanised as "h" it should be pronounced much lighter.
g = in the beginning of a word it's pronounced very hard like "goal" but in the middle of a word it's nasalised almost as "ng".
n = is much more nasal than in English when it's the final consonant.
r = is pronounced like somewhere between "l" and "r".
s = always given as a hard sound like "saw".
Greetings:
When you're meeting someone say "Hi"! There is actually no word for "Hi" so konnichiwa (good day) is well enough! Example:
1. Hi Mr. Yamada! Yamada-san konnichiwa!
2. Hi! Konnichiwa!
1. How are you? Ogenki desu ka?
2. Not too bad. He mama.
1. This is a friend of mine. Ms. Suzuki! Kochi da wa watashi no tomodachi desu. Suzuki-san desu!
2. I'm Yamada. How do you do? Yamada desu. Hajimemashite?
3. Hajimemashite?...
Lesson 2 (Kyrisa): Colors, Numbers and Special Occasion Greetings!
Colors:
Red = Aka
Orange = Orenji
Yellow = Ki'iro
Green = Midori
Blue = Ao
Purple = Murasaki
Pink = Momoiro
Black = Kuro
White = Shiro
Gray = Hai'iro
Brown = Cha'iro
Gold = Kin'iro
Silver = Gin'iro
Numbers:
One = Ichi
Two = Ni
Three = San
Four = Yon / Shi
Five = Go
Six = Roku
Seven = Nana / Shichi
Eight = Hachi
Nine = Kyuu
Ten = Juu
* Greetings for Special Occasions *
~ As some of you may already know, greeting someone with appropriate words is important, especially, when socializing. Here are some phrases to help you. ~
= Celebration =
Omedetou gozaimasu. (Formal) = Congratulations.
Omedetou. (casual)
(Gozaimasu is used for when you are speaking to someone who is not a family member or a close friend.)
~ In response: Arigatou gozaimasu or arigatou is used ~
O-tanjyobi omedetou gozaimasu. (Formal) = Happy Birthday.
Tanjyobi omedetou. (Casual)
("O" and "Go" are honorifics that can be attached before some nouns, as a formal way of saying.. "Your".. it is very polite.)
= To someone who is sick =
Guai wa ikaga desu ka? = How are you feeling? (Lit. How is your condition?)
Kaze wa dou desu ka? = How is your cold?
Okagesama de yoku narimashita. = Thanks to your help, I have gotten better.
(Okagesama de - can be used when announcing good news to someone's inquiry.)
Odaiji ni. = Please take care of yourself.
~ In response = Arigatou gozaimasu. is used. ~
Lesson 3 (Colander): Kanas and Kanji.
As you should know by now, the Japanese language has three different alphabets: hiragana, katakana and kanji. We are now gonna learn how they work.
Hiragana
Hiragana is the first alphabet and is used to represent actual Japanese words. Words like ringo (apple) and daitai (almost).
Katakana
Katakana is used to write so called "loan words", in Japanese. Words like "News" and "Internet" is english words, not Japanese.
Foreign names are also written in katakana. Like George, James, Shannon, Eva, etc.
Kanji
The third alphabet, kanji, was imported over the centuries from China. Kanji are more complex than hiragana and katakana and alos have different reading and meanings depending on how they are combined with other kanji.
It's not uncommon to see a kanji with its reading spelled out in very small kana, written just above it. Kana used in this way, to show you how to pronounce a kanji, are known as "furigana".
Kanji have two sorts of readings: "on" readings and "kun" readings. The "on" readings are based loosely on the original Chinese pronunciation of the kanji, and are typically used when a kanji is part of a compound, i.e. written with at least one other kanji to form a word. The "kun" reading is used when kanji are used on their own, either as complete nouns in their own right or as adjective and verb stems.
on-readings
1) given in capitals
2) used to form compounds
3) based on Chinese pronunciation
kun-readings
1) given in lower-case
2) used individually as nouns
3) used as adjective and verb stems with hiragana suffixes
Example of on-readings:
FUU / FU / kaze
wind, manner.
taifuu = typhoon. kofuu = old-fashioned.
Example of kun-readings:
kaze = wind.
KO / furu(i) / furu(su)
old.
furui = old. furusu = to wear out. furushita = wore out.
* the red letters represents the hiragana syllables.
There's nothing to stop you writing a kanji word (be it a compound, adjective or verb) entirely in hiragana - in fact, until you learn all the kanji you need, you won't have much choice.
and are the same word. If you read the hiragana then you know how to pronounce it but you might not know what it means. But if you read it with kanji then you might not know how to pronounce it but you will know the meaning of the word.
Pronunciation:
I'ts fairly easy for English speakers to pronounce Japanese. There is also very little variance in stress. Equal weight is given to every syllable of a word unless it has a lengthened vowel sound, in which case the duration of the sound is doubled.
Vowels:
"a" as i "father"
"i" as in "macaroni"
"u" as in "flu"
"e" as in "get"
"o" as in "more"
Vowels with a bar over them are pronounced long.
Examples:
A vital difference between the words komon (adviser) and koumon (a**s)!
The "u" in the common polite verb desu (am, is, are) is muted and hardly pronounced.
Consonants:
f = where "f" sometimes is romanised as "h" it should be pronounced much lighter.
g = in the beginning of a word it's pronounced very hard like "goal" but in the middle of a word it's nasalised almost as "ng".
n = is much more nasal than in English when it's the final consonant.
r = is pronounced like somewhere between "l" and "r".
s = always given as a hard sound like "saw".
Greetings:
When you're meeting someone say "Hi"! There is actually no word for "Hi" so konnichiwa (good day) is well enough! Example:
1. Hi Mr. Yamada! Yamada-san konnichiwa!
2. Hi! Konnichiwa!
1. How are you? Ogenki desu ka?
2. Not too bad. He mama.
1. This is a friend of mine. Ms. Suzuki! Kochi da wa watashi no tomodachi desu. Suzuki-san desu!
2. I'm Yamada. How do you do? Yamada desu. Hajimemashite?
3. Hajimemashite?...
Lesson 2 (Kyrisa): Colors, Numbers and Special Occasion Greetings!
Colors:
Red = Aka
Orange = Orenji
Yellow = Ki'iro
Green = Midori
Blue = Ao
Purple = Murasaki
Pink = Momoiro
Black = Kuro
White = Shiro
Gray = Hai'iro
Brown = Cha'iro
Gold = Kin'iro
Silver = Gin'iro
Numbers:
One = Ichi
Two = Ni
Three = San
Four = Yon / Shi
Five = Go
Six = Roku
Seven = Nana / Shichi
Eight = Hachi
Nine = Kyuu
Ten = Juu
* Greetings for Special Occasions *
~ As some of you may already know, greeting someone with appropriate words is important, especially, when socializing. Here are some phrases to help you. ~
= Celebration =
Omedetou gozaimasu. (Formal) = Congratulations.
Omedetou. (casual)
(Gozaimasu is used for when you are speaking to someone who is not a family member or a close friend.)
~ In response: Arigatou gozaimasu or arigatou is used ~
O-tanjyobi omedetou gozaimasu. (Formal) = Happy Birthday.
Tanjyobi omedetou. (Casual)
("O" and "Go" are honorifics that can be attached before some nouns, as a formal way of saying.. "Your".. it is very polite.)
= To someone who is sick =
Guai wa ikaga desu ka? = How are you feeling? (Lit. How is your condition?)
Kaze wa dou desu ka? = How is your cold?
Okagesama de yoku narimashita. = Thanks to your help, I have gotten better.
(Okagesama de - can be used when announcing good news to someone's inquiry.)
Odaiji ni. = Please take care of yourself.
~ In response = Arigatou gozaimasu. is used. ~
Lesson 3 (Colander): Kanas and Kanji.
As you should know by now, the Japanese language has three different alphabets: hiragana, katakana and kanji. We are now gonna learn how they work.
Hiragana
Hiragana is the first alphabet and is used to represent actual Japanese words. Words like ringo (apple) and daitai (almost).
Katakana
Katakana is used to write so called "loan words", in Japanese. Words like "News" and "Internet" is english words, not Japanese.
Foreign names are also written in katakana. Like George, James, Shannon, Eva, etc.
Kanji
The third alphabet, kanji, was imported over the centuries from China. Kanji are more complex than hiragana and katakana and alos have different reading and meanings depending on how they are combined with other kanji.
It's not uncommon to see a kanji with its reading spelled out in very small kana, written just above it. Kana used in this way, to show you how to pronounce a kanji, are known as "furigana".
Kanji have two sorts of readings: "on" readings and "kun" readings. The "on" readings are based loosely on the original Chinese pronunciation of the kanji, and are typically used when a kanji is part of a compound, i.e. written with at least one other kanji to form a word. The "kun" reading is used when kanji are used on their own, either as complete nouns in their own right or as adjective and verb stems.
on-readings
1) given in capitals
2) used to form compounds
3) based on Chinese pronunciation
kun-readings
1) given in lower-case
2) used individually as nouns
3) used as adjective and verb stems with hiragana suffixes
Example of on-readings:
FUU / FU / kazewind, manner.
taifuu = typhoon. kofuu = old-fashioned.Example of kun-readings:
kaze = wind.KO / furu(i) / furu(su)old.
furui = old. furusu = to wear out. furushita = wore out.* the red letters represents the hiragana syllables.
There's nothing to stop you writing a kanji word (be it a compound, adjective or verb) entirely in hiragana - in fact, until you learn all the kanji you need, you won't have much choice.
and are the same word. If you read the hiragana then you know how to pronounce it but you might not know what it means. But if you read it with kanji then you might not know how to pronounce it but you will know the meaning of the word. Mei_Mei_Hikaru
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