Wednesday, July 8, 2009

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Konnichiwa,
Can you say 'It was big' and 'It was short'?
If not go back and reviewNewsletter #9.
Now its time for shopping.
How many of these have you already learned?
English Japanese
antique store kottoya
bakery panya
barber shop tokoya
beauty parlor biyoin
bookstore honya
camera shop kameraya
department store depato
drugstore yakkyoku
electronics store denkiya
florist banaya
grocery store shokuryohinten
hardware store kanamonoya
jewelry store hosekiten
record store rekodeten
show store kutsuya
stationery store bunboguya
supermarket supamaketto
video rental store rentaru bideoya

Sayonara.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

♥9

Konnichiwa,
Can you say 'It is cold' and 'It was cold'?
If not go back and reviewNewsletter #8.
Now its time for more 'It is...' and 'It was...'.
How many of these have you already learned?
English Japanese
It is expensive takai desu
It was expensive takakatta desu
It is cheap yasui desu
It was cheap yasukatta desu
It is big okii desu
It was big okikatta desu
It is small chiisai desu
It was small chiisakatta desu
It is long nagai desu
It was long nagakatta desu
It is short mijikai desu
It was short mijikakatta desu
It is light karui desu
It was light karukatta desu
It is heavy omoi desu
It was heavy omokatta desu
It is enough jubu na desu
It was enough juba deshita

Sayonara

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

♥8

Konnichiwa,
Can you say Red and Yellow?
If not go back and reviewNewsletter #7.
Now its time for 'It is...' and 'It was...'.
How many of these have you already learned?
English Japanese
It is cold samui desu
It was cold samukatta desu
It is hot atsui desu
It was hot atsukatta desu
It is convenient benri desu
It was convenient benri deshita
It is good ii desu
It was good yokatta desu
It is bad warui desu
It was bad warukatta desu
It is pretty kirei desu
It was pretty kirei deshita
It is far toi
It was far tokatta desu
It is near chikai desu
It was near chikakatta desu

Monday, June 22, 2009

♥7

Konnichiwa,
Can you say Monday and November?
If not go back and review Newsletter #6.
Now its time for colors.
How many of these have you already learned?
Japanese English
iro colors
ao blue
aka red
chairo brown
daidaiiro orange
haiiro gray
kiiro yellow
kimidori light green
kuro black
midori green
mizuiro light blue
momoiro pink
murasaki purple
shiro white
Sukina iro wa nan desu ka? What is your favorite color?

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

♥5

Konnichiwa,

Can you say salmon and mushrooms?
If not go back and reviewNewsletter #4.
Now its time for more common phrases that you willneed to know for food.
How many of these have you already learned?

English Japanese
guitar gita
piano piano
saxophone sakkusu
trumpet toranpetto
clarinet kurarinetto
football futto boru
basketball basuketto boru
golf gorufu
soccer sakka
tennis tenisu
business bijinesu
cinema eiga
crafts kogei
culture bunka
dance buyo
history rekishi
student gakusei
businessman bijinesuman
doctor isha
lawyer bengoshi
salesman serusu man

Sayonara

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

♥4

Can you say 'excuse me' & 'How are you?'?
If not go back and review Newsletter #3.

Now its time for more common phrases that you willneed to know for food.
How many of these have you already learned?

English Japanese
tuna maguro
sole hirame
shrimp ebi
squid ika
octopus tako
oysters kaki
clam hamaguri
chicken tori
rice raisu
pickles oshink
oliver reba
legs momo
mushrooms shiitake
bell pepper piiman
pork buta
potatoes poteto
asparagus asupara
kelp konbu
salmon sake
salt shio
pepper kosho
garlic ninniku
white bread-shoku pan
whole wheat bread-genmai pan

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

♥3

Konnichiwa Dabian,


Can you say yes & no?
If not go back and reviewNewsletter #2.

Now its time for more common phrases that you will need to know.
How many of these have you already learned?

How are you? O-genki desu ka? (oh-GEN-kee dess-KAH?)
Fine, thank you. Genki desu. (GEN-kee dess)
What is your name? O-namae wa nan desu ka? (oh-NAH-mah-eh wah NAHN dess-KAH?)
My name is ____ . Watashi no namae wa ____ desu. (wah-TAH-shee no nah-mah-eh wa ____ dess)
Nice to meet you. Hajimemashite. (hah-jee-meh-MOSH-teh)
Excuse me. Sumimasen. (soo-mee-mah-sen)
I'm sorry. Gomen-nasai. (goh-men-nah-sigh)
I can't speak Japanese [well]. Nihongo [yoku] hanasemasen. (nee-hohn-goh [yo-koo] hah-nah-seh-mah-sen)
Do you speak English? Eigo o hanasemasuka? (AY-goh oh hah-nah-seh-moss-KAH?)
Is there someone here who speaks English? Dareka eigo o hanasemasuka? (dah-reh-kah AY-goh oh hah-nah-seh-moss-KAH?)
Help! Tasukete! (tah-soo-keh-teh!)
Look out! Abunai! (ah-boo-NIGH!)
Where is the toilet? Toire wa doko desu ka? (toy-reh wah DOH-koh dess kah?) *must learn this.. XD



Good Luck!

♥2

Do you know your numbers now?
If not review Newsletter #1.
Now its time for some common phrases that you willneed to know.
How many of these have you already learned?

Hello. Konnichiwa. (kon-nee-chee-WAH)
Yes. Hai. (HIGH) No. Iie. (EE-eh)
Goodbye. (long-term)
Sayonara. (sa-YOH-nah-rah)
Goodbye. (informal)
Sore dewa. (SOH-reh deh-wah)
Good morning. Ohayo gozaimasu. (oh-hah-YOH go-zigh-moss)
Good evening. Konbanwa. (kohm-bahn-wah)
Good night (to sleep) Oyasuminasai. (oh-yah-soo-mee-nah-sigh)
Please. (request) Onegai shimasu. (oh-neh-gigh shee-moss)
Please. (offer) Dozo. (DOH-zo)
Thank you. Domo arigato. (doh-moh ah-ree-GAH-toh)
You're welcome. Do itashi mashite. (doh EE-tah-shee mosh-teh)
I don't understand. Wakarimasen. (wah-kah-ree-mah-sen)

Good Luck!

♥1

Let's start with the numbers, these are generally easy to learn and are used often.

Number Japanese
1 ichi
2 ni
3 san
4 yon; shi
5 go
6 roku
7 nana; shichi
8 hachi
9 kyu; ku
10 ju
11 ju-ichi
12 ju-ni
13 ju-san
20 ni-ju
21 ni-ju-ichi
100 hyaku
200 ni-hyaku
1000 sen
2000 ni-sen

As you can see the numbers all follow a patternso that you should now be able to fill in thegaps in the list.
Good Luck!