Adjectives!

Konbanwa mina-san!

Jeremy desu yo!

^_^

Today's lesson....

Adjectives!

For today's lesson, I thought that we would learn some more of the base of a language,

its adjectives! So, today we will be learning interesting adjectives in Japanese!

I personally don't know many myself and so this lesson will be awesome!

I will be using reliable, and trustworthy sources in order to gain this information on

adjectives, so don't worry!

Atleast I'll condense the information for you guys, if that's a consellation :).

Also, please don't worry about the format/structure of my blogs, I always spice it up! I'm too lazy/ an expressionist to confine myself to one format of lesson / post :P.

HOT-The adjective, atsui- means hot (as in temperature) !(E.g Atsui! It's hot, ot Boku wa atsui desu!, I'm hot!)

COLD-The adjective, samui- Means to be cold (Weather only) (E.g Samui! It's cold!)

CHEAP- The adjective, yasui- means cheap (as in cost) (E.g Kore wa yasui desu ka? Is this cheap?)

FREE- The adjective, himana- means free (as in value) (E.g, Himana desu ka?! Honto ni?! Is it free?! Really?!)

The adjective,

QUIET- The adjective, shizukana- means quiet (as in noise) (E.g Ahhh... Kore ga basho wa shizukana ne.. Ahh, isn't this a quiet place? :) )

OLD- The adjective, furui- means old (as in age) (E.g Is this an old shrine entrance? Kore wa torii wa furui desu ka?) (Use the adjective toshiyori if using towards people).

YOUNG- The adjective, wakai- means young (E.g Is this car very new? Kore ga kuruma wa totemo wakai desu ka?)

SMALL- The adjective, chiisana- means small (E.g You are very small! Anata ga totemo chiisana desu!)

BIG- The adjective, Oukii- means big (E.g Why is this area so large? Doushite kore ga basho wa oukii desu ka?)

SHORT- The adjective, hikui- means low or short ( not reffering to an individual's height) (E.g This is short! Kore wa hikui desu!)

TALL/EXPENSIVE- The adjective, TAKAI- means expensive, or high, tall. (Not reffering to heigh of individuals again) (E.g This house is so tall!, Kore ga ie wa takai desu yo! Your car is very expensive- Anata no kuruma wa totemo takai desu!)

TALL and SHORT (Height of individuals)- Just add sega infront of takai or hikui to make it refer to people.

COLD (Adjective for nouns)- The adjective, tsumetai- means cold (referring to objects/people) (E.g My sushi is cold! Watashi no sushi wa tsumetai desu!)

PRETTY- The adjective, kirei- means pretty (can refer to anything) (E.g You look very pretty! Anata ga totemo kirei desu!)

DANGEROUS- The adjective, ABUNAI- means dangerous (E.g Don't do that! It's dangerous- Sore shitemasu! Abunai desu!)

PAINFUL- The adjective, ITAI- means painful (E.g Ouch! Itai!)

SWEET- The adjective, AMAI- means sweet (E.g Mmmm... Kore ga mochi wa amai desu! Mmm.. This mochi is sweet!)

SOUR- The adjective, SUPPAI- means sour (E.g It's very sour! Totemo suppai desu!)

NOISY- The adjective, YAKAMASHII- means noisy (E.g This song is very loud! Kore ga uta wa totemo yakamashii desu!)

BUSY- The adjective, ISOGASHII- means to be busy (E.g I'm so sorry! I'm busy, Gomenosai! Watashi wa isogashii desu!)

FAMOUS- The adjective, YUUMEINa- means to be famous (E.g Is she a famous woman? Kanojo wa yuumeina onanohito desu ka?)

WOMAN/MAN- Onanohito, Otokonohito

MYSTERIOUS- The adjective, fushigina, means to be mysterious/strange (E.g Isn't it strange? Fushigina ne?)

SKILLFULL- The adjective, jyouzuna- means to be skillfull (You're english is very skillfull. Anata no eigo wa jyouzuna hanashimasu)

NOT SKILLFULL- the adjective, hetana, means to be not skillfull (I am not skillfull speaking in Japanese. Watashi no nihongo wa hetana hanashimasu)

CLOSE- The adjective, chikai- means close, or too close depending on how used emotionally (Where are the toirets? They're very close. Doko wa toireto desu ka? Karera wa totemo chikai desu!. You're too close!! Chikai!!)

LIVELY= This adjective, Nigiyakana, means lively (E.g You're very lively today!. Kyo wa anata no nigiyakana!)

RUDE= The adjective, shitsureina, means rude (How rude! Dare shitsureina!)

NO GOOD= The adjective, DAMENA, means no good ( This book is no good! Kore ga hon wa damena desu!

UNLIKEABLE- The adjective, kiraina, means unlikeable (They're quite unlikeable aren't they? Anata tachi wa kiraina desu ne?)

LIKEABLE- The adjective, sukina, means likeable

IMPORTANT- The adjective, daijina, means important (It's important that you study! Anata ga sore wa daijina benkyousuru!)

KIND= The adjectives, yasashii/shinsetsuna, both mean kind/generous

FAR / DISTANT= The adjective, tooi, means far/distant (It's too far! Tooi desu!)

BORING= The adjective, TSUMARANAI, means boring (This is so boring! Kore wa tsumaranai!)

That's it for this lesson! I hope you learned a lot of new adjectives, in order to spice up your Japanese :) Thank you for reading, and please tune in next time ;)

Joushi, Joushi, Joushi!!

Konbanwa Mina-san!

Jeremi desu yo!

^_^

Joushi, Joushi, Joushi!

(Japanese particles,Japanese particles,Japanese particles!)

I hope you guys enjoyed last night's lesson as much as I did!

It was an EXTREMELY informative lesson, so if you missed it out,

I advise you to go check the previous blog right at this instance ;)

Okay...

So on today's lesson we will be focusing on Japanese particles,

their uses, meanings and applications.

First of all we will start off with the most basic of the particles, then advance in level as this post progresses, sounds good? That's great then, let's begin!

Ga が= Can be used as an identifier (identifies something which has not been specified previously, but also a conjuction (but)

Examples

Fujimi ga Oka (Fujimi Hill)

Neko ga suki. (I like cats)

Inu wa suki da ga, neko wa kirai da. ( I like dogs BUT, I have cats)

Ka か= Can be used to change a statement into a query, a statement expressing doubt, an alternative lister and can also mean wether or not (when do is added).

Examples

o-genki desu ka? (How are you?) Kore ka, sore ka? (This, or that?) Iku ka/ [do ka] wakarinai (I don't know / wether or not he'll go)

Kai (かい)= kai is a gentler and masculine variant of the question marker ka.

Mo (も)= Mo means "also" or "as well", it always replaces the other particles wa and ga, but can follow others.

Anata mo ninja shinjimasu ( You also believe in ninja)

Ni (に)= To in, by, at is its literally translation. It is used for indirect objects and for instructions.

Examples

Watashi ga ega ni ikimasu= I'm going to see a movie

Watashi ga sono ie ni = I am at the house.

Watashi ga kudasai koto ni agemasu= Please give me that thing. ( Reinforces thing, Indirect object)

Ni wa (には)= Can mean "for, or in to". The "wa" part of it demonstrates the topic particle.

Examples

Shichimi wa, watashi ni wa kara-sugiru- Shichimi is way to spicy for me

Nihon ni wa totemo sugoi hana ga aru= In Japan there are awesome flowers.

no (の)= possession indicator, noun link, topic marker (subordinate clauses), nominalization. When nominalizing whole phrases, the no may function either as emphasis or as a question, depending on tone of voice

sensei no kuruma= The teacher's car

Kuruma no Nissan= Nissan cars (linking)

Yasui no wa, kore.= This one, is cheaper.

Taberu no ga daisuki.= I love eating

Node (ので)= Translates to because.

Tesuto ga aru no de, ikenai.= Because I have a test, I cannot go.

Nomi (のみ)= Translates to "only" or "just"

Watashi ga ni neko nomi arimasen deshita= I didn't のみ (only) have 1 cat before

no ni (のに)= Means literally "Although, despite, would have, in order to"

Benkyō shiteiru no ni, eigo ga hanasenai.= Even though I'm studying, I can't speak English.

Hikkosu no ni torakku ga hitsuyō da.= In order to move, you need a truck.

O (を)= "Through, form, past (motion verbs only)". This particle functions as a direct object.

Neka ga esa o tabeta= The cat ate the food.

Shi (し)= Translates as "and what's more" (it's a conjunction).

Kawaii da shi, sugoi da shi, kono konpyuta!= It's cute, it's awesome, this computer!

dokoro ka= Translates to: "anything but, far from"

Kare wa keisatsukan dokoro ka, hanzaisha da.= He's far froming being a policeman, he's a criminal.

de= means " by means of"

Jitensha de ikimashō.= Let's go by bycicle.

Okay, that's it for tonight's lesson!

There are plenty more particles, and I shall go over them most likely tommorow :D

Konbanwa Mina-san!

Jeremi desu yo!

^.~

Today's lesson= Doushi! Doushi! Doushi! (Verbs, verbs, verbs!)

BONUS: Sentence Structure!

Minasan, o-genki desu ka? (Everyone, how are you?)

Genki desu! (I'm good!)

Hisashiburi desu ne! (It's been a long time)

Gomenosai ! (I'm sorry :()

Yeah sorry guys for not posting a blog post in a while,

up until now my internet had changed to dial-up so this site was virtually innaccessible, it sucked!

But aha!

I would never let you guys down! I'm back, and better than ever! I thought that we would do something very useful, learning verbs! (doushi)

One of the characteristics of the Japanese language is that the verb generally comes at the end of the sentence. Since Japanese's sentences often omit the subject, the verb is probably the most important part in understanding the sentence. However, Verbs forms are considered to be difficult to learn. The good news is the system itself is rather simple, as far as memorizing certain rules. Unlike the more complex verb conjugation of other languages, Japanese verbs do not have a different form to indicate the person (first-, second, and third-person), the number (singular and plural), or gender.

In Japanese, there are two types of verbs, the Godan verbs and the Ichidan verbs.

These two group of verbs do have there differences.

Goudan verbs end with ~u.

Where as Ichidan verbs end with ~iru, or ~eru.

There are some exceptions to this rule, however, which I will go through.

There is also a third verb group known as the irregular verb group,

only containing the two verbs, kuru (to come) and suru (to do).

The verb "suru" is probably the most often used verb in Japanese. It is used as "to do," "to make," or "to cost". It is also combined with many nouns (of Chinese or Western origin) to make them into verbs. These examples will be shown later.

Okay, firstly, Goudan verbs!:

• hanasu （話す） - to speak
• kaku （書く） - to write
• kiku （聞く） - to listen
• matsu （待つ） - to wait
• nomu （飲む） - to drink

And here are the exceptions for the goudan-verbs:

• hairu （入る） - to enter
• hashiru （走る） - to run
• iru （いる） - to need
• kaeru （帰る） - to return
• kagiru （限る） - to limit
• kiru （切る） - to cut
• shaberu （しゃべる） - to chatter
• shiru （知る） - to know

Group 2 verbs, Ichidan-

• kiru （着る） - to wear
• miru （見る） - to see
• okiru （起きる） - to get up
• oriru （降りる） - to get off
• shinjiru （信じる） - to believe
• akeru （開ける） - to open
• ageru （あげる） - to give
• deru （出る） - to go out
• neru （寝る） - to sleep
• taberu （食べる） - to eat

The verb "suru" is probably the most often used verb in Japanese. It is used as "to do," "to make," or "to cost". It is also combined with many nouns (of Chinese or Western origin) to make them into verbs. Here are some examples.

• benkyousuru （勉強する） - to study
• ryokousuru （旅行する） - to travel
• yushutsusuru （輸出する） - to export
• dansusuru （ダンスする） - to dance
• shanpuusuru （シャンプーする） - to shampoo

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In Japanese sentences are structed SOV (Subject Object Verb)

Sometimes the subject is just implied in Japanese and is not actually used.

This occurs if:

The subjects been told already in a previous sentence,

Or it's just so obvious that you wouldn't need to know the subject.

Unlike in English, there are particles in Japanese.

In Japanese particles usually establish the subject, or objective and give it sense.

In Japanese all adjectives end with i.

MASU - for present tense
MASHITA - for past tense
MASEN - for present negative
MASEN DESHITA - for past negative

Thank you for reading this lesson!

This lesson is EXTREMELY important, so

if you've taken it in, wow! You're Japanese

will really really improve!

Omedetto gozaimasu! (Congratulations!)

Human anatomy

Konbanwa mina-san!

Jeremi desu yo!

Human anatomy lesson!

Today's lesson will be about the words which are used for body parts, the human anatomy! Okaaay, so let's begin by learning some of the basic words for certain parts of the body! (Sorry for the overdue blog, have been so busy lately with school and working lately :) )

The best way to memorise the following words is to point to the part of your body which corresponds to that word, you memorise it really quickly that way!

Head- Atama.

Eye- me

Nose- Hana

Lips- Kuchibiru (Or, mouth, which is just kuchi)

Face- Kao

Eyelash- Matsuge

Eyebrow- Mayu

Eyelid- Mabuta

Ear- Mimi

Forehead- Hitai

Teeth- Ha

Tongue- Shita

Jaw- Ago

Neck- Kubi

Shoulder- Kata

Arm- Ude

Elbow- Hiji

Hand- Te

Finger- Yubi

Nail- Tsume

Chest- Mune

Back- Senaka

Stomach- Onaka

Foot, leg- Ashi

Knee- Hiza

Ankle- Ashikubi

Heel- Kakato

Toe- Tsumasaki

Make an activity out of memorising these words, make sure to use repetiton and gestures to quickly remember all of these useful words! I learned these words in about 10 minutes by doing this! It's an amazing method, even if it does make you feel like your at kindergarten again!

Ja mata!

Jeremi desu yo!