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- Asagohan = asa + gohan (morning + rice) = breakfast Hirugohan = hiru + gohan (noon + rice) = lunch Bangohan = ban + gohan (evening + rice) = dinner Examples: Asagohan hayaku tabemasu. - I eat breakfast early. Hirugohan to tomodachi - Lunch with friends Wain bangohan ni nomimasu. - I drink wine at dinner.0 votedApril 25, 20151
- Has anyone taken the JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test)?
I was thinking of taking the JLPT n4 in December. I've studied Japanese for about half a year now and have tried some of the practice questions on the JLPT website. The n5 questions were very easy to me because everything was hiragana...
Some of the n4 questions confused me, so I might just take the n5 for fun or study a lot and master the n4! (If you were wondering n5 is the easiest level, while n1 is the hardest) So... Yeah I am interested in that...
If anyone has taken or knows about this test, please share your experience/knowledge!
Thanks :D
April 25, 201510 I'll do my list from hardest to easiest... Just a few things on a spectrum...
#1: Kanji! - Kanji is brutal (at least I am not learning Chinese hehe). The people that grew up in China had to learn like 1 billion characters are insane! I could never do that. At least in Japanese there are two other writing systems that are much easier and clearer. Kanji is also extremely annoying when learning both the onyomi and kunyomi! I wish the Chinese never went to Japan :(... The writing looks so much better with just kana! XD... But yeah, kanji sucks.
#2: Grammar - Besides kanji, the only thing that really strikes me as 'difficult' is the grammar. The grammar is somewhat different from English (SOV vs. SVO) and can confuse learners a lot... I also get very paranoid when writing Japanese sentences because even though the object goes in the middle of the sentence, I do not know which order the object goes in... Even though there usually is no specific order.
#3: Honorific speech - This is not a major difficulty, but speaking honorifically really makes me self-conscious when trying to speak Japanese! Even if it's a friend or my dad, I still feel restricted from saying things!
#4: Pronunciation - Japanese pronunciation is much easier in my opinion than many other languages. Some things can be a bit hard like: obasan vs obaasan. However, the language is usually very straightforward in terms of pronunciation.
#5: Kana - At the bottom of the list, I am putting kana. I love hiragana and katakana! It's my fav! I think they are fun to learn, especially trying to remember them like the English language. However, this will happen over time, and is very hard to do!
Good luck teaching! Just a perspective from someone learning it.
0 votedApril 21, 20150http://kanagrams.com/
Kanagrams will help you learn kana to a very high level!
If you are looking to speak Japanese, there are many videos on youtube that have helped me. I've learned a lot of grammar and other important aspects of Japanese on youtube as well (and my textbook of course).
0 votedApril 21, 20150- In everyday speech/reading, all three writing styles are used. Katakana is used for foreign words: レモン (lemon) アメリカ (America) Hiragana can (technically) be used for every Japanese word (this does not include loaned words from other countries). For example: mountain can be written with hiragana (やま), although it is more commonly read in its kanji form. Kanji characters are borrowed from the Chinese writing system, but most have different meanings than the Chinese characters and will of course sound a lot different! Kanji is used in many different ways... In speech, writing and reading. When reading/writing kanji, you will come across an on'yomi form and a kun'yomi form. This concept is at first very confusing and frustrating, but will eventually be understood. All three are crucial to understanding Japanese (especially hiragana and kanji). They are all used in everyday speech and words.0 votedApril 21, 20154
- Difference between two words? Hi. I came across two words while learning Japanese that seem to have the same meaning... つくります と します They both mean 'make'... I was wondering if it would be fine to say this sentence using either one/if they are the same thing: 私わ友達つくります. 私わ友達します。 Would these two sentences be identical? Thanks!April 21, 2015100
- *How do the words 'by' and 'for' differentiate? For is usually used with a direct object... For example: I am going 'for' five hours. In this sentence, for is used to indicate how long one is doing something. By is very different! By is most commonly used as a synonym for 'near': I live 'by' the river. The usage of 'by' in this sentence says where I live in relation to the river... I live 'by' the river. All in all, by is a preposition, which is a word that comes before a noun/pronoun that describes the relation of the subject to something else. For is also more commonly used as a preposition, but can also be used as a conjunction (FANBOYS).0 votedApril 21, 20152
