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Post by moderator on Mar 26, 2015 20:20:52 GMT
The Japanese word of the day for March 26, 2015 is...
Aunt - 伯母さん (older than one's parent) - 叔母さん (younger than one's parent)
Romanization: obasan (oh-bah-sahn)
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Post by moderator on Mar 27, 2015 23:56:54 GMT
The Japanese word of the day for March 27, 2015 is...
Friend - 友達 - ともだち
Romanization: tomodachi (toh-moh-dah-chee)
There's a lot of words for "friend", so here's a small list where I tried to indicate the nuance of each word.
A more formal word for a friend is 友人 (yuujin = yoo-jeen : 友 - friend, 人 - person).
Another word that can mean a friend or acquaintance is 知人 (chijin = chee-jeen : 知 - know, 人 - person).
Another word for friend, or companion is 交友 (kouyuu = koh-yoo : 交 - mix, associate, 友 - friend).
A close friend is 親友 (shin'yuu = sheen-yoo : 親 - family, 友 - friend).
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Post by moderator on Mar 28, 2015 20:19:01 GMT
The Japanese word of the day for March 28, 2015 is...
Eat - 食べる - たべる
Romanization: taberu (tah-beh-roo)
Ru verb
I decided to once again go over verbs, and decided to start with the verb, to eat - 食べる (taberu).
Plain: 食べる (taberu)
Plain Past: 食べた (tabeta)
Plain Negative: 食べない (tabenai)
Plain Past Negative: 食べなかった (tabenakatta)
Polite: 食べます (tabemasu)
Polite Past: 食べました (tabemashita)
Polite Negative: 食べません (tabemasen)
Polite Past Negative: 食べませんでした (tabemasen deshita)
A word on ない (nai) - nai is the negative in Japanese, and you'll see it at the ends of verbs to form the negative of that verb, or by itself as the negative of ある (aru - to exist (inanimate objects). The past form of ない (nai) is なかった (nakatta) - the final い (i) is replaced with かった (katta).
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Post by moderator on Mar 29, 2015 19:39:30 GMT
The Japanese word of the day for March 29, 2015 is... Good - 良い、いいRomanization: yoi, ii ( yoh-ee, ee) By itself, yoi is often said as ii. However, it is conjugated as yoi. This is an 'i' adjective, and here are the conjugations: Plain Present: 良い (yoi)Plain Past: 良かった (yokatta)Plain Negative: 良くない (yokunai)Plain Past Negative: 良くなかった (yokunakatta)
Polite Present: 良いです (yoi desu)
Polite Past: 良かったです (yokatta desu)
Polite Negative: 良くないです (yokunai desu)
Polite Past Negative: 良くなかったです (yokunakatta desu)
For the polite form of these adjectives, you merely end your sentence with です (desu). Okay, there are other ways to conjugate it politely, but I just want to keep this simple.  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2015 20:35:09 GMT
i'm missing simple some where ?
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Post by moderator on Mar 29, 2015 20:43:46 GMT
Well, it's about as simple as I can keep the conjugations.  |
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Post by Fritz on Mar 30, 2015 0:07:19 GMT
i'm missing simple some where ? hehe... Korean is just a bad or worse. I generally stick to giving present tense in 3 speech levels for beginners. If I started adding all the cases and tenses, with and without honorifics, each verb's conjugations would fill a whole page. |
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Post by moderator on Mar 30, 2015 20:48:48 GMT
Well, let's see... The Japanese word of the day for March 30, 2015 is... To Fail, Blunder - しくじる
Godan Verb
Romanization: shikijiru (shee-ku- jee-ru) Plain Present: しくじる (shikujiru)Plain Past: しくじった (shikujitta)Plain Negative: しくじらない (shikujiranai)Plain Past Negative: しくじらなかった (shikujiranakatta) ( ) Polite Present: しくじります (shikujirimasu)Polite Past: しくじりました (shikujirimashita)Polite Negative: しくじりません (shikujirimasen)Polite Past Negative: しくじりませんでした (shikujirimasen deshita) (again, ) |
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Post by moderator on Mar 31, 2015 21:09:03 GMT
The Japanese word of the day for March 31, 2015 is...
Flower - 花 - はな
Romanization: hana (ha-na)
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Post by moderator on Apr 1, 2015 20:26:56 GMT
The Japanese word of the day for April 1, 2015 is... Nose - 鼻 - はなRomanization: hana (ha- na) Well, here we go - a homonym! There's this thing in Japanese called pitch accent, which means where the high or low pitch is placed on a word. If you're interested on learning more about it, I'll demonstrate... 花は可愛い。 Ha na wa kawaii desu. In the above sentence I bolded where the high pitch in the sentence is placed. For flower - 花 (hana), the accent is placed on the second syllable. But, for nose - 鼻 (hana), the accent is also placed on the second syllable. For nose, however, the high pitch is placed on whatever particle will come after the word. For example... 鼻は可愛い。 Ha na wa kawaii desu. So... Flower - 花は Ha na wa Nose - 鼻は Ha na waThere's a whole lot more examples out there, but I just thought you guys might find it interesting. |
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Post by moderator on Apr 2, 2015 15:33:17 GMT
The Japanese word of the day for April 2, 2015 is...
Chair - 椅子 - いす
Romanization: isu (ee-su)
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Post by moderator on Apr 3, 2015 20:14:31 GMT
The Japanese word of the day for April 3, 2015 is...
Hair - 髪 - かみ
Romanization: kami (kah-mee)
This is used to refer to the hair on your head. 髪の毛 (kami no ke) is another way to say it.
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Post by moderator on Apr 4, 2015 17:11:58 GMT
The Japanese word of the day for April 4, 2015 is...
Deity - 神 - かみ
Romanization: kami (kah-mee)
This refers to a deity, or a god. To refer to God, he'd be called 神様 (kamisama).
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Post by moderator on Apr 5, 2015 20:28:22 GMT
The Japanese word of the day for April 5, 2015 is...
Easter - イースター
Romanization: iisutaa (ee-su-tah)
A less common way to say Easter is 復活祭 (fukkatsusai : fook-kats-sai). To wish someone a happy Easter, you say: イースターおめでとうございます！ (iisutaa omedetou gozaimasu)
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Post by moderator on Apr 6, 2015 23:19:29 GMT
The Japanese word of the day for April 6, 2015 is...
Egg - 卵 - たまご
Romanization: tamago (tah-mah-goh)
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