Mina-san, Konbanwa.
Jeremi desu.
Today's lesson: Communication.
How's the Japanese revision going, guys? Hopefully all is well!
The content of today's lesson will be based on communicating and expressing emotions.
We will learn a lot of useful verbs, and some nouns.
Yet again, this lesson is suitable for any individual willing to learn Japanese! ( Reading previous blog posts is reccomended).
Well, Gokooun o inorimasu! ( Good luck !)
Learning new vocabulary (Now integrated with sentences after each word)
To speak- Hanasu (Hanashimasu)
Hanasu- To speakHanashimasu- Nihongo ga hanashimasu ka?- Are you able to speak Japanese?
(Nihongo- Japanese, hanashimasu- to speak, ka- to question)
Hanasu- Eigo ga hanasu omoidashimashita- I remember speaking English.
(Eigo- English, hanasu- speak (Not at end of sentence), omoidashimashita- Present tense of the verb "to remember")
HANASU - TO SPEAK / TALK
は な す- Hanasu
To laugh- Warau (Waraimasu)
Warau (Waraimasu) - To laughWaraimasu- Itsumo waraimasu ka?- Do you always laugh?
(Itsumo- always, waraimasu-to laugh, ka- indicating quesiton)
Warau- Warau ga dekimasu ka?- Are you able to laugh?
(Warau-laugh, ga-connecting warau to dekimasu, dekimasu- to be able to)
WARAU / WARAIMASU- TO LAUGH
WARAU- わらう
An agreement- Kyootei, A contract- Keiyaku.
Kyootei- An agreement (typically verbal).
Keiyaku- A contract (legally binding document).Keiyaku- Doko wa keiyaku desu ka? (Where is the contract?)
(Doko-where, wa- particle like is, keiyaku- contract, desu ka- polite indicating question)
KEIYAKU and KYOOTEI= CONTRACT and AGREEMENT.
KEIYAKU- けいやく
KYOOTEI- きょおてい
To hug- In Japanese, there is a gairaigo version of hug which is used just as much as it's Japanese counter part in a lot of situations. It's good to learn both.
Gairaigo
(Noun) Hug- Hagu
(Verb) To hug- Hagu suru
Non-gairaigo
Noun) Hug- Hoyou
(verb) Hug- Hoyousuru.
To wave- The Japanese word for waving (as in the social gesture), is Tewofuru . (The Japanese word for a physical wave is typically Nami (Think about the word Tsunami) )
I waved my hands before!- Tewofuru deshita!
Thanks for reading my bite sized lesson!
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Great site! Would love to hear about your personal exchange experience soon, though!
ReplyDeleteJust as a reference, it's Nihongo wo hanashimasu ka. You can't use the particle 'ga' because of the verb-use.
Examples:
うまく英語を話すことができる学生はいない。
Umaki eigo wo hanasu koto ga dekiru gakusei ha inai.
There are no students who can speak Japanese well.
あの外国人は何と流暢に日本語を話すのでしょう.
Ano gaikokujin ha nanto ryuuchyou ni nihongo wo hanasuno deshou.
That foreigner speaks Japanese really fluently.
You can use 'ga' when hanasu becomes a noun, for example:
カナダの一部ではフランス語が話されている.
Kanada no ichibu de wa furansugo ga hanasarete iru.
French is spoken in a part of Canada.