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Lesson 1: Notes
いま なんじ です か (What time is it?) (Ima = now, ji = time, nan desu ka = what, ima nan-ji desu ka.)
じゅにじ はん です (12.30)
いま なん じ です か
ごぜん じゅいち です (gozen = am. 11am.)
ごご しちじ です (gogo = pm. 7pm.) ('shichi' used instead of 'nanna' when referring to time.)
ろんどん いま なんじ です か (What time is it in London now)
ろんどん は ごご はちじ です (It is 8pm in London)
(Note: I know the place names should be written in Katakana, but I only know Hiragana at the moment)
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でんわ ばんご は なん です か (Denwa Bango = phone number) (Denwa bango ha nan desu ka = What is your phone number)
わたし の でんわ ばんご は ... (Watashi no bengo denwa wa...) 07718-225-932. The - is pronounced の, 0 is zero.
(zero nanna nanna ichi hachi no ni ni go no kuu san ni.)
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の = indication of ownership. Also turns a noun into a modifier:
Eg; posessive. Like English [ 's ]. (possessor 'no' possessed)
わたし の せんせい (My teacher. 'My [ 's ] teacher')
にほんご の せんせい (Japanese teacher. 'Japanese [ 's ] teacher')
はるみ せんせい の じてんしゃ (Harumi-sensei [ 's ] bicycle)
にほん の だいがく (A university in Japan. nihon no daigaku. Japan [ 's ] university)
にほん の がくせい (Japanese student. gakusei = student)
たかし さん の せんごう は えいご です (Takashi-san's major is English. Sengou = major.)
わたし わ ごうごう の せんせい です (I am a high school teacher. gougou = high school. I am (a) high school [ 's ] teacher)
ぎんこういん (Ginnko^in = banker)
かいしゃいん (kaishain = company worker)
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わたしは イギリスじん です。(I am English. Watashi ha igrisu-jin desu. I am England [ -ish ]. country name + jin = nationality.)
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しつもん ありますか。 (shitsumon aimasu ka = any questions?)
しゅくだい (shukudai = homework)
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'begetarian!
1:こんばんわ。(konbanwa.)
2:なん めい さま です か？(nan mei sama desu ka?)
1:ひとり です。 (hitori desu.)
2:こちら え どうぞ。めにゅう に なります。おのみ もの わ？(kochira e douzo. menyuu ni naimasu. onomi mono wa?)
1:こか こおら おねがい します。(koka koora onegai shimasu.)
1:すみません。わたし わ べげたりあん です。 にく わ たべません。べげたりあん の めぬう が あります か？(sumimasen. watashi wa begetarian desu. niku wa tabemasen. begetarian no menuu ga arimasu ka?)
2: いいえ、 ごめなさい。この やさい うどん わ べげたりあん です。(iie, gomenasai. kono yasai udon wa begetarian des.u)
1: そう です か？ やさい うどん を ひとつ おねがい します。(sou desu ka? yasai udon wo jitotsu onegaishimasu.)
2: はい、しょうしょう おまち ください。(hai, shoushou omachi kudasai.)
1: ごちそうさま でした。(gochisousama deshita.)
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Attempting to Learn More Quickly By Incorporating New Words Into Sentences/Conversations! Failing!?
1: Ohio gozaimasu!
2: Ohio.
1: Sashiburi. Genki desu ka?
2: Ma ma. Watashi wa nemuii desu.
1: Sou des ka? Sore wa zannen desu.
2: Anata wa?
1: Suberashii des, arigatou.
2: Sore wa ii.
1: Kono yuki wa kirei deshou?!
2: Zenzen! Watashi wa yuki ga kirai desu. (Can I say Yuki wa kireisen? or Yuki wa kireidewa aramisen?)
1: Nani?! Sore wa omoshiroi desu. Nandesu ka?
2: Yuki wa samui da yo.
1: Hai hai. Yuki wa samui, kirei dewa tanoshii desu. Watashi wa yuki ga suki desu!
2: Anata wa baka desu! Kono yuki wa samui dewa kaneshii desu. Minah wa yuki ga kirai desu.
1: Baka? Wakarimasen! Kono yuki wa kirei deshou! Minah wa yuki ga suki desu!
3: Yamete! Shizuka ni shite kudasai!
1: Gomenasai.
2: Gomenasai. Ano....eeto...kono yuki wa yokai gatoshimasu. Deshou? Yuki wa kawai desu.
1: Narahudo! Gomen! Kono joutai wa Kawai desu ka? Yuki wa abunai dewa kirei deshou?
2: Sou des ka? Ano...hai. Gomen.
3: Sore wa ii. Arigatou. Sayounara, matane.
2: Dare desu ka?
1: Watashi no tomodachi, Yuki-chan desu.
2: Yuki-san desu ka?
1: Hai! Yuki dayo!
2: Sugoi! Anata no tomodachi Yuki wa yuki gatoshimasu. Kanejo wa abunai dewa kawaii desu!
1: Hai! Sou da ne!
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How did I do? I've only started learning a couple of weeks ago and I don't have much time to practice so I'm trying to intuit sentence structure and incorporate new words into conversations so I'll learn them faster, but I don't think I have that much of a grasp on structure and tenses at the moment! I kept confusing kirai, kirei, kawai and kawaii, so I thought writing this would help me get to grips with it!
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