"I" わたし（私）- the neutral and most standard say to say "I". It is polite, but not overly polite, so it is a fit-all self identifier. わたくし（私）- a more formal way to say わたし, and is used in very formal situations for males, and normal-ish / formal situations for females. あたし -very feminine, and probably shouldn't… Continue reading The many ways to say “I” and “you”
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Using Names
You can put names in those A/B spots as well.Ex: Koichi-san is a teacherこういちさんはせんせいです。 When saying someone else's name, you'll add さん to be polite. 1-2 stroke kanji Common Japanese Nouns 1-20
What is a particle? / “First” Particle は
A particle is a word that usually holds sentences together (am, is, are, and, etc...) は is pronounce like わ. は would be used as am/is/are depending on tense in the sentence. ぶどうはくがまのです。Grapes are fruitsSo it would be in the format AはB。 For the sake of having examples, here's a snippet of text from TextFugu… Continue reading What is a particle? / “First” Particle は
I’m back! Memory recall
Hello! I finally feel well enough that I'm not wholly thinking about my mouth pain. So, recalling what I've learned. です（Desu） - it isじゃありません（Jaarimasen） - it is notでした (Deshita) - it wasじゃありませんでした (Jaarimasen deshita) - it was notYou can add か (ka) to the end of them to turn them into questions, 何ですか？
じゃありませんでした(it was not)
Just something I recall from the other day when I was reading ahead. いいえ、ねこ。じゃありませんでした。犬でした。 No, it was not a cat. It was a dog. Again, the (i) in deshita is "silent" so it's pronounced like desh-ta
So I got my tooth pulled
Yesterday, I broke my tooth and they pulled the loose piece and today they had to pull the rest. Hopefully once my pain subsides I'll be back with some learning. It's like this, but mouth.
It was (でした)
Pronounced desh-ta (no I sound) https://videopress.com/v/ZOxSzwT7?preloadContent=metadata Ahhhhhh 🤐😬😳 Eep. Please don't judge too harshly. That was the best way I could work on pronunciation and remembering things. Next up will be combining the past with the negative, but it's 10:30 on, EST and Im going to bed!
On’yomi & Kun’yomi
On'yomi is the Chinese pronunciation of the kanji as it was imported to Japan. There's often multiple on'yomi per kanji. You usually only need to learn one or two per kanji. Kun'yomi is the native Japanese words that have been attached to kanji as it was imported from China.
Day 3
😛 犬ですか？いいえ、犬じゃありません。猫です。 Translation: is it a dog? No, it is not a dog. It is a cat. Learning currently じゃありません(jaarimasen) which is 'it is not.' As usual, the sentence structure is backwards, where sentences would literally translate to Dog, it? No, dog it is not. Cat it is.
ブログですか？
はい、ブログです。 Haha, okay. Season 1 is gone and I've proceeded onto season 2. It starts with learning how to ask questions in Japanese and saying yes in Japanese. Adding か to the end of です turns it into a question. You can also use はい (yes) to answer them. (random thought insertion) Does Anki have… Continue reading ブログですか？
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