I’ve been taking an extended break from my TextFugu studies to kind of help myself slow down with studying. So I’ve been going through the Elementary Japanese book and taking (handwritten, ugh) notes. So there will be a lot of probably short blog updates coming so that I don’t post one huge one sorry not sorry.
すみません(formal) I’m sorry/excuse me
すいません(less formal) I’m sorry/excuse me
あっoops/oh
do not use さん(san) when referring to self or with your teachers name.
ごせんもnperson your speaking to major
せんもんreferring to your own major
- In conversation speaker will visually pause and the listener can injected with these to signal their attentiveness
ええuh-huh
はいyes
あ、そうですかoh is that so, oh I see
negative form of ですis:
ではありませn(formal)
じゃありません(informal)