LETS LEARN JAPANESE Part IV

Hi ,guys and girls!!!!!A little translation from the above tape. ^^

 

"みなさん こんにちは、

ひざしぶり です。お-げんき です か。やっと あめ の きせつ が きて くれました ね。みなさん の なつ は どう でした。こんど の にほんご の じゅぎょ に ついて、 あたらしい こと を おしえて あげたい と おもいます。では、 はじめます。"

"Hello everyone, it has been a while, hasn't it?! Has everyone been keeping well? Finally, the rainy season has come to grace us hasn't it?! How was summer for everyone this year? Regarding this Japanese language lesson this time around, I was thinking of teaching you all something new. So, let us begin."

[N.B - For those of you who's seeing this blog for the first time, you can also scroll through the 'Beyond anime' section of the blog to find out the previous lessons. ]

LESSON CONTENT

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• あたらしい ことば,
• あたらしい かんじ,
• ぶんぽう (Grammar)
• かいわ
• Self assessment test.

あたらしい ことば [New words]

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• Doll - にんぎょう
• Form/shape - かたち
• Electricity -  でんき
• Bullet Train -  しんかんせん
• Underground railway - ちかてつ
• Train - でんしゃ
• Elevator - エレベータ
• Card - カード
• anime - アニメ

Press play to listen to the correct pronunciations. 


Particle Lesson.
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Today we shall learn about the particle 'の'. 'の' is an object marker used to show possessions. like 'My pen', 'Her Phone', 'His wristwatch' etc.
Consider the following three examples :

• わたし の もの です。(My stuff)
• さちこ の かさ です。(Sachiko's Umbrella)
• おんな の こ です。   (A girl)

In each of these sentences, ' の' acts like an object marker and a possession marker.

Press play to listen to the correct pronunciations.

CONVERSATIONS
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Lets us learn about a few daily life conversations. :D


           [Two friends talking together]

• 1>A : なつやすみ まで は まだ いっしゅうかん。B : ああ、 もう がまん できない わ！
  - A : Still one week left till summer holidays.
     B : Eh?!!! I can't be patient anymore!!
  
  [At the bus stop]

• 2>
  A : すみません、 これ しんじゅく へ いく バス です か。
  B :  いいえ、 この バス は ちば に いきます。 しんじゅく の バス  なら、 はんたい から きます。
  A :   どうも ありがとう ございます。
  -
  A : Excuse me, is this Bus going to Shinjuku?
  B : No, this bus is going to Chiba. If it is Shinjuku bus you are looking for, it will come from the opposite direction.
  A : Thankyou very much.

Press play to listen to the correct pronunciations.

Lets Learn some Kanji.
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In today's lesson, we will learn how to write Kanji for Japanese numbers. ^_^

1. 一
2. 二
3. 三
4. 四
5. 五
6. 六
7. 七
8. 八
9. 九
10. 十

Press play to see how to write the Kanji.



SELF ASSESSMENT TEST


For those of you who wish to find out how much you've progressed with your Japanese, here is a very simple and easy self assessment test paper. ^__^

Q1>Fill in the blanks. (5)

あ __ う __ __
が ぎ ぐ __ ご
さ __ __ せ そ
__ __ つ __ __
__ に __ ね __

Q2>Match the following  ひらがな with its カタカナ counterparts. (5)

• あ                  チャ 
• げ                  ム 
• り                   ア 
• ちゃ                ゲ
• む                   リ

Q3>i>Write the Kanji and meaning of やま and かわ.

       ii> Write the english meaning and hirangana for the following kanji. 日,月,人. (5)

Q4>Translate from English to Japanese. (5)    

•  My name is Li Yong.
• This is a pen.
• This is Kolkata.
• This is a school.
• I am a teacher.

Q5> Translate from Japanese to English. (5)

• わたし インドじん です。
• ここ は アメリカ  です。
• これ は テーブル です。
• あれ は カメラ  です。
• さん は アメリカ じん です。

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[P.S - I don't claim to be an expert in Japanese lessons and as such may have committed a few mistakes. If and when you find them, please notify me. As I keep saying, the best way to learn anything is always to find yourself a good teacher. If and when you get the time, please do so.

I Hope you people find this blog helpful. ^^]

LETS LEARN JAPANESE PART III

こんにちは みんな！！！

ひざしぶり です ね、

げんき だった の？

[Hi Everyone!!!
It's been a while, hasn't it!
Have been doing well?]

It is time to learn  にほんご again! ^__^.

Now, it has been a solid two months since the last lesson link, so I trust all of you have practised the two scripts enough to recognize the alphabets when you see them? If not, no worries! You can always keep on practising and come back to this lesson later. It won't disappear. ^_~.

IN THIS LESSON:

• We will learn how to write a few simple Kanji.
• We will learn to say a few simple sentences.
• We will learn grammar.

LETS GET STARTED!!

あたらしい ことば。

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• かべ - Wall
• ちず - Map
• こくばん - Black board
• ひきだし - Drawers
• どあ - Door
• かぎ - Key
• ようふくだんす - Wardrobe
• かんばん - Hording
•  ほんばこ - Bookshelf.

         

Press play to listen to the correct pronunciation. ^_^

HOW TO WRITE : 漢字 (かんじ)

• 日 - にち, ひ, び ,か (Day, Sun, Japan),
• 月 -  げつ、 がつ、 つき (Month, Moon),
• 山 -  やま、 さん (Mountain), and
• 人 -  ひと、 びと、 じん、 にん (Person, people).

Press Play to see how to write it. ^_^

THE "This", "That" and "That over there" factor.

Look at the picture given below.

•  これ is "this"When the item is close to you, you use これ .
  for eg : これ は なん です か。 (What is this?)
•  それ is "that"
  When the item is relatively far from you but is close to the 2nd person, you use "それ".
  for eg : それ は ほん です ね？ (That is a book isn't it?) 
•  あれ is "That over there" 
  When the item is far from both you and the 2nd person, you use " あれ ".
  for eg : あれ は なん でしょう？ (What could that be?)

Press Play to listen to the correct pronunciation.

Let's learn how to say a few simple sentences in Japanese. ^_^

• きょう は あつい です ね！
  そう です ね！ あつくて、 むしあつい です！
• あした、 どこ か へ あそび に いこう か？
  たのしそう ね、 うん！ そう しよう！
• Today's hot isn't it?
  You're right! It's hot and humid!
• Will you go hang out with me tomorrow?
  Sounds like its gonna be fun. Lets do it!
  

Press play to listen to the pronunciations. ^_^

PARTICLE REVISION

• は- pronounced as "wa", is a topic marker.
• が - pronounced as "ga", is a subject marker.
• か - pronounced as "ka", is an interrogatory symbol.

Yosh, this is for this edition, see you next time! ^__^

P.s - If you have and questions, please leave a comment!
Cheers.

Lets Learn Japanese II

Hi there!!^_^

This section will give you an overview on how to speak, write and read the Japanese language. This segment is added to help and aid those who would love to learn the language and are unable to join professional courses due to lack of time for proper class or other reasons, for those who would like to get a feel of the language and would be motivated to join proper classes later on.


Before we begin, however, one needs to understand that the best way to learn ANY language, is to join a proper course with trained professional teachers.:) As I am neither, what I say here doesn't make it absolute.:). Also, if this is your first time here, you're advised to first check out  "Part-I".:)
Dewa, hajimemasu.:)

Writing Hiragana and Katakana.

It would be better if you visit these links to learn about it better. :D:D

Hiragana

Katakana

あたらしい ことば (new words)

ペン(Phen) - Pen

ロビー(robii) - Lobby

コーヒー(Koohii) - Coffee

 フランス(furansu) - France

JAPANESE NAME FOR BODY PARTS

 て(Te) - Hand 

みみ(mimi) - ears

はな( hana) - Nose

くび( kubi) -Neck

のど( nodo) - Throat

ゆび( yubi) - Fingers

くち( kuchi) - Mouth

あし( ashi) - Legs

はら( hara) - Stomach

せなか( senaka) - back

かみ( kami) - Hair

め ( me) - eyes.

Click on the play button to find out how the pronunciations are.:)

In this post, you'll also learn how to introduce yourself formally in Japanese. This set of phrase, that you are about to learn, is used one time only , i.e. when meeting a person for the first time.


はじめまして、
わたし は ______________ です。
どうぞ よろしく。


Hajimemashite,
watashi wa  ____________ desu.
Douzo yoroshiku.


(Pleased to meet you,
My name is _________.
I hope we have a pleasant relationship from now on.)


NOTE : I'll explain more about "yoroshiku" later. ^^.


A few things you have to remember while you're starting out with Japanese language :


Sama, dono, san, chan, kun, etc are the honorifics you use for the second or third person. You're never to use it as a suffix when you talk about yourself. for example, you'll never say " I am Mr. Lucky Singh," would you? >__<.
Same here, you are not supposed to use "___san desu" because it is not correct and sounds weird.


Click on the play button to hear how to speak these three lines.:3

Right at the start, I said :

こんにちは みんな、

ごあいさたす しよう か。

では、 はじめます。

konnichwa - Here used as "hello"

Minna - Everyone (minasan when being very formal)

(go) aisatsu - greetings

shiyou - lets do (shimashou when being formal)

hajimemasu - starting.

"Hi everyone, lets do some greetings shall we? Well then, starting off." 

[Note : Japanese sentences cannot be translated literally into english most of the time because of the sentence structure. It is easier if you think in terms of how you say it in Bangla or Hindi.]

Now let's do a bit of grammar - 

you might have noticed me writing "ha" and pronouncing it as "wa". Well, its time to tell you about the "particles"

Particles are alphabets that acts like cement to bind words in a sentence together. Depending on the complexity of the sentence, more than one particles can be used.:)...when alphabets are used as particles, "は" is pronunced as "wa","へ" as "e" and "を" as "o ".

That's all for this post. See you next time.:3

Let's Learn Japanese - I

Hi there!!^_^

This section will give you an overview on how to speak, write and read the Japanese language. This segment is added to help and aid those who would love to learn the language and are unable to join professional courses due to lack of time for proper class or other reasons, for those who would like to get a feel of the Language and would be motivated to join proper classes later on.

I would also try my level best in helping out those of you who’ve already been taking classes and are about to or will be taking the JLPT exams. However, before we begin, one needs to understand that the best way to learn is always to find a professional teacher who has attained a degree in the language and as a teacher. Since I have neither, I hope you understand that my knowledge is limited.^^”. You are always welcome to share your views, ask questions when in doubt and I will do my best to answer as fast as I can.>o<. With that, let us begin! ^o^

FACTS That you will need to know :

• The Japanese language is called “nihongo”in Japanese, where Nihon means Japan and “go” means language.  :) 

• The Japanese language has three scripts, viz

1. “Hiragana” - This script is used to write any word that has Japanese origins. Like, “tamago”(egg). 
2. “Katakana” - This script is used to write any word that has foreign origins. Like, “Pascon” (Personal Computer) 
3. “Kanji” - This script is used to pictorially depict any word. The Japanese language has many similar sounding words but different Kanji to explain the difference in meaning. Kanji might sound like a curse, but as you slowly learn to be at home with the language you will start to appriciate the benifits of having Kanji. 
4. “Romaji” is the term used when Japanese is written using the Roman/Latin script. I will be using Romaji along with the other three scripts, using each at appropriate places. If all goes well, you too will be able to read and undersand all four soon. :)

Unlike any of the tutorials on the net, I want to teach you guys how to write and read along with how to speak. ^_^. After all, wouldn’t  you just love to be able to stare at those Japanese alphabets you see while watching anime and exclaim “HEY,I KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!!!”? During my initial days of learning, every time I could recogonise a Kanji, it used to give me a thrill! :D. So while learning, let's learn it properly!

Pronunciation of alphabets

The Japanese language has 46 basic alphabets, 25 modified alphabets and a few combined alphabets. This is true for both Hiragana and Katakana script. However, these are very easy to learn and remember. So, let us begin. ^o^

Basic alphabets:

a	i	u	e	o
ka	ki	ku	ke	ko
sa	shi	su	se	so
ta	chi	tsu	te	to
na	ni	nu	ne	no
ha	hi	fu	he	ho
ma	mi	mu	me	mo
ya		yu		yo
ra	ri	ru	re	ro
wa				wo
n

 Modified alphabets:

ga	gi	gu	ge	go
za	ji	zu	ze	zo
da	ji	zu	de	do
ba	bi	bu	be	bo
pa	pi	pu	pe	po

The combined alphabets are made adding “ya, yu and yo” to the “ki, gi, shi, ji, chi, ji, ni, hi, bi, pi, mi and ri” alphabets.  This will look and feel easier after you’ve practiced a fair few times. Don’t be afraid and give it a try.

Combined alphabets:

kya	kyu	kyo
gya	gyu	gyo
sha	shu	sho
jya	jyu	jyo
chya	chyu	chyo
jya	jyu	jyo
nya	nyu	nyo
hya	hyu	hyo
bya	byu	byo
pya	pyu	pyo
mya	my	myo
rya	ryu	ryo

Here are the Japanese counterparts of the above, In both Hiragana and Katakana.

Now, you need to know that Japanese language has five vowels “a,i,u,e,o” and the remaining alphabets barring “n” are consonants that have been combined with the five vowels. “n” is a standalone consonant and sometimes its pronunciation changes to “m”. However, at all times, the written form remains “n”.

How to write:

Today on how to write, we we learn how to correctly write the first five alphabets in the Hiragana script. The five vowels. Please note the stroke orders as it is important to follow the strokes at all times. Just press play to begin ^^.

That was easy enough wasn’t it?^_^

Some new words:

Let us learn some words in Japanese.^__^. Later, I will also teach you how to form simple sentences using these words.

n.b. - “ou” is to stress on the elongation of “o”.

(Press the button to listen to the pronunciations.:)

VEGETABLES	yasai
FRUITS	kudamono
ANIMALS	doubutsu
PLANTS	shokubutsu
BIRDS	tori
YEAR	toshi, nen
MONTH	getsu, gatsu
DAY	hi, bi, nichi
SUPERMARKET	suppa
APARTMENT	apaato

I know at this point you are all thinking “boring words” but stocking up your vocabulary on these words will come in handy later on.^_^.

This is all for this tutorial. In the next one, We will be learning how to form simple sentences and Japanese greetings, so till then, practice hard, ne!^__^.

I hope you found this tutorial helpful, fun and easy to learn. I didn’t know how best to teach so I took a lot of references from how my sensei teaches in class. Many thanks to Ruma sensei.:3

Thankyou,

Nia Dutta.