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That is a WIN!

Man Rosetta stone is getting confusing now.

Sandwich,Coffee,dog,cat,horse,bike.

Then theres sentences like:

I am walking. I am not walking. (something like that)

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Lesson 1 - 5 Revision:

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Konnichi wa minna! I hope you are all doing fine and doing good in your Japanese study.

Now that we've learnt the first five Japanese characters which are: あ, い, う, え, and お (and also vowels), we are now going to review them B) .

Now, if you still have problems with them, I recommend you write them again (exercise in your textbook). Memorize the order of the strokes, the sound of it (pronunciation), their shape, etc. Easy!

Test

Here we go (these are the romanized version. We want you to change it to it's original Japanese characters):

First...

I

E

A

O

A

Aoi

Ie

Ii

Ou

Kinda lame, but I'll think of the best way in the future :P (it'd be better to do it with audio though... umm, guessing if I could find some Japanese audio on the web suitable for this :rolleyes:).

Did you know that with those characters from which you have learnt, that now you already could read some Japanese words?

Here're some Japanese words having only those 5 characters... tell us if you could read them :P:

  1. 青い = あおい (blue)
  2. 王 = おう (king)
  3. 家 = いえ (house)
  4. いいえ (no)
  5. いい (good; fine)
  6. おい (hey -> I guess you all have heard of 'oi, oi,' in animes a lot (Conan usually says them) :P)

So? Have you mastered the 5 Japanese vowels? Should we move on to next lesson :D?

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  On 1/23/2011 at 5:25 PM, Parkur said:

Too difficult :(

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How's my/our lesson's too difficult? I tried hard to make it easy for everyone e111de78.gif.

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I guess, I'm not a good senpai after all 4fd9f2d3.gif...

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Still editing above th_015_orz-v2.gif

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  On 1/23/2011 at 5:31 PM, Officer Kaoko said:

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How's my/our lesson's too difficult? I tried hard to make it easy for everyone e111de78.gif.

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I guess, I'm not a good senpai after all 4fd9f2d3.gif...

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Still editing above th_015_orz-v2.gif

That's not true, you're awesome, Kao-chan <3

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also, sorry i can't be too involved (not on too often) but once i find a japanese program that i can download that will work with my computer i'll also try to help a bit ^^ i don't really know many japanese words, but i know most of the hiragana... so i can translate things into romaji, i just can't translate into english XD

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  On 1/23/2011 at 2:15 PM, Officer Kaoko said:

Story 'fuikinotou' Page 2:

どこかで、 小さな こえが しました。 『よいしょ、 よいしょ。 おもたいな。』

竹やぶの そばの ふきのとうです。

雪の 下に あたまを 出して、

ゆきを どけようと ふんばって いる とこです。

『よいしょ、 よいしょ。 そとが 見たいな。』

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My translation:

Somewhere, a small voice could be heard. "Heave ho, heave ho. It's heavy."

It was a bud of a fuki near the bamboo forest.

Popping his head up from under the snow,

trying very hard to push the snow away

"Heave ho, heave ho. I want to see the outside."

Please note that よいしょ、 よいしょdoesn't exactly mean heave ho. It's basicly a phrase that describes when the person (or thing) is panting. In this case, the fuki (a japanese plant) is panting from pushing the snow off of him.

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Revision of lesson 1 - 5 has been edited ->

  On 1/23/2011 at 5:40 PM, Cheesus said:

Kaoko your lessons are the best 088.gif

Arigatou, Cheesus-kun... 4fd9f2d3.gif

  On 1/23/2011 at 5:51 PM, Parkur said:

That's not true, you're awesome, Kao-chan <3

Thank you, Parkur <3

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My lessons... are... too difficult...

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  On 1/24/2011 at 12:49 AM, Kiel said:

also, sorry i can't be too involved (not on too often) but once i find a japanese program that i can download that will work with my computer i'll also try to help a bit ^^ i don't really know many japanese words, but i know most of the hiragana... so i can translate things into romaji, i just can't translate into english XD

Check out the links I provided again. Or describe the details. I may be able to help you, Kiel-chan 074.gif.

  On 1/24/2011 at 1:23 AM, Xcommando said:

Watashi wa Tanner-kun.

Kimi no namae wa 'Tanner-kun' desu ka? Utsukushii o-namae 014.gif.

Would you like to join, Xcommando? :D

  On 1/24/2011 at 9:22 AM, Pr1me 101 said:

My translation:

Somewhere, a small voice could be heard. "Heave ho, heave ho. It's heavy."

It was a bud of a fuki near the bamboo forest.

Popping his head up from under the snow,

trying very hard to push the snow away

"Heave ho, heave ho. I want to see the outside."

Please note that よいしょ、 よいしょdoesn't exactly mean heave ho. It's basicly a phrase that describes when the person (or thing) is panting. In this case, the fuki (a japanese plant) is panting from pushing the snow off of him.

Subarashii, Kenny-sensei :o! Your translations are amazing, I love it :D. Domo arigatou...

Ohh, so that's how it was. 'よいしょ、 よいしょ', I asked a native speaker about it, but they said that it doesn't have an English translation. But... if you translate it to 'heave ho, heave ho,' it makes a lot of sense :o . Oh, so 'fuki' is a Japanese plant? I always though it was just a plant :lol: .

All of my wondering questions in my mind about this page (of the story) has been answered :D. Sugoi, Kenny-sensei. Kimi wa saikou! Domou arigatou gozaimashita!

Is it OK if I post the third page :mrgreen: ?

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when downloading it it has this error saying it can't save the file on my computer... for both links... i've tried like 3 times for each link

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Now that we've finished with the vowels' section, let's move on to the next, and this will be 'k' section and which can also be modified to 'g'.

Hiragana: Lesson 6 - 'か' [ka]

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Pronunciation:

'か' = is romanized 'ka'.

Word beginning with 'か':

  1. ぎ (kagi -> key)
  2. 買う = う (kau -> to buy)
  3. 傘 = さ (kasa -> umbrella)
  4. れ (kare -> he)
  5. 風 = ぜ (kaze -> wind)

Stroke order:

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The Hiragana か is made with three strokes:

  1. A horizontal line which turns and ends in a hook facing left.
  2. A curved vertical line that cuts through the first line.
  3. A small curved line on the right.

The Japanese character 'ka か (and the other 4)' can easily be modified/change to 'ga/i/u/e/o' by adding two small little curve at the top on the right (look below).

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Word with 'が':

  1. ひらな (Hiragana -> Japanese characters: hiragana~)
  2. き (gaki = brat; kid)
  3. 'が' is also used for particle indicating a subject. Ex. adding soon.. (we will be introducing the Japanese particles in the future, hopefully. After we finish with the characters~)

Note: You shall write 'か' at least 50 - 100 times in your textbook. If you want, you can also separate them, like write 'か' 70 times and 'が' 30 times :D. Will be going to the next character in a short time ;)

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question:

i know います takes place in the present. But lately i have been having these sentences in my Learning program that give me sentences that do not end in imasu. Im trying to figure out if its past or present tense.

Also. かれわ (kare wa) refers to I as a guy(am i right?) and kanojo wa refers to I as a girl(am i right?). but ive been also getting senteces reffering to kids. i think it was kadomo(かども). Am i right?

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  On 1/24/2011 at 7:51 PM, Kiel said:

when downloading it it has this error saying it can't save the file on my computer... for both links... i've tried like 3 times for each link

Umm... maybe your hard disk is full? Try moving your files (videos, pictures, stories, etc) from disk C (if they were there) to disk: D and try again f529a952.gif. You may have virus in your computer e111de78.gif, take it to CPU shop :(

  On 1/24/2011 at 10:01 PM, Cheesus said:

ka~ Got it :D

Memorized it :P? The shape, the sound, the stroke order, etc?

  On 1/24/2011 at 10:45 PM, Stopwatch said:

@OfficerKaoko err... did you write 'い' instead of 'か' in places on purpose? Anyway, cool lessons :mrgreen:

OMG! Sorry! I use Chrome and it's all like... squares 1b38f9e2.gif. I write them (the Japanese characters) in Njstar and copy-paste it here. Guess that I made the error without noticing. Thank you for pointing it out, Stopwatch-chan :D! And many thanks! Keep up and stay tuned :P~ f529a952.gif

  On 1/24/2011 at 10:58 PM, Xcommando said:

Yes. ^_^

Ohh... sugoi, sugoi *adding Xcommando to the list :D*

  On 1/24/2011 at 11:01 PM, Cheesus said:

question:

i know います takes place in the present. But lately i have been having these sentences in my Learning program that give me sentences that do not end in imasu. Im trying to figure out if its past or present tense.

I figured as much, Cheesus-kun :P.

います is the polite version of 'いる'.

Watashi wa ringo wo tabete iru (plain) -> I am eating apple.

Watashi wa ringo wo tabete imasu (polite) -> I'm eating apple.

Umm... or you probably heard something like (following the example above) watashi wa ringo wo tabeteru (I am eating apple). Another thing that needs to be mentioned about the Te Form + iru is that it is often "slurred" together :P. For example, tabete iru (eating) will sound like tabeteru. In fact, it is even written this way — with the i in iru omitted — in comics and novels where the writer wants to show characters using everyday conversational Japanese :D. I'm sure you've heard of this when characters in anime says, 'wakatteru! (-> I know!)'

I hope this helps :D~ But just in case, let's hear Kenny-sensei's opinion and see what he says :)014.gif.

  On 1/24/2011 at 11:01 PM, Cheesus said:

Also. かれわ (kare wa) refers to I as a guy(am i right?) and kanojo wa refers to I as a girl(am i right?). but ive been also getting senteces reffering to kids. i think it was kadomo(かども). Am i right?

You are right in the first two beginning but I think the third what you are trying to say is こども (kodomo) :P.

Let's wait and hear what Kenny-sensei says :D.

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Hiragana: Lesson 7 - 'き' [ki] & 'ぎ' [gi]

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Pronunciation:

'き' = is romanized 'ki'.

Word beginning with 'き':

  1. 木 = (ki -> tree; wood; timber)
  2. 切る = る (kiru-> to cut)
  3. 着物 = もの (kimono -> Japanese traditional clothing)
  4. きのう (kinou -> yesterday)
  5. きみ (kimi -> you)
  6. 訊く = きく (kiku -> to hear; to listen; to ask; request)

Stroke order:

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Same with the previous lesson, the Japanese character 'ki き (and the other 4)' can easily be modified/change to 'gi 'ぎ'' by adding two small little curve at the top on the right (look below).

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Word with 'ぎ':

右 = みぎ (migi -> right)

Note: You shall write 'き' & 'ぎ' 50 - 100 times in your textbook. If you want, like with the previous lesson, write 'き' 70 times and 'ぎ' 30 times :P. Memorize the shape, the stroke order, the sound, the pronunciation, etc. Oh, and after you do that, write 'か' and 'き' one after each (か, き, か, き, か, き, etc.) 50 times (100 if you have the time).

Will be going to the next character in a short time.

PS. There's another thing with 'き' and 'ぎ'... mmm... but because those certain (や (ya),ゆ (yu), よ (yo)) characters aren't yet introduced, I think we'll discuss it later when we get to know/learn about them first.

Oh, and I (if Kenny-sensei isn't yet available) will be answering the questions above in a short time -> Kaoko-senpai is currently very busy :(.

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