Shacho = President
Hisho = Secretary
Kaishain = Employee
Komuin = Civil Servant
Tenin = Shop Assistant
Kekan / keishatsukan = Policeman
Gunjin = Soldier
Pairotto = Pilot
Suchuwado = Flight Steward
Suchuwadesu = Flight Stewardess
Sencho = Captain / ship
Senin = Crew
Riyoshi = Biyoshi = Barber, Hairdresser
Ryorinin = (kokku) = cook
Daiku = Carpenter
Kameraman = Cameraman
Gishi ( Enjinia) = Engineer
bengoshi = lawyer
Gaka = Artist
Ongakuka = Musician
Seijika = Politician
Kechikuka = Architect
Jitsugyoka = Businessman
Shonin (Shobanin) Merchant(trader)
Gakucho = Dean, Chancellor
Kyoju = Professor
Koshi = Lecturer
Joshu = Assistant
Doryo = Collegue
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
BunpO = Grammar
1. (a) "Desu"
It is similiar to "is" "are', "am" etc. in english
Watashi wa sensei desu
I am a teacher
Kono hito wa gakusei desu
This person is a student
(b) "ja arimasen"
The negative of "desu".
It denotes "not" in English
Watashi wa sensei ja arimasen
i am not a teacher
Sono hito wa gakusei ja arimasen
That person is not student
2. (a) "ka"
"ka" denotes a question.
Anata wa sensei desu ka?
Are you a teacher?
It is similiar to "is" "are', "am" etc. in english
Watashi wa sensei desu
I am a teacher
Kono hito wa gakusei desu
This person is a student
(b) "ja arimasen"
The negative of "desu".
It denotes "not" in English
Watashi wa sensei ja arimasen
i am not a teacher
Sono hito wa gakusei ja arimasen
That person is not student
2. (a) "ka"
"ka" denotes a question.
Anata wa sensei desu ka?
Are you a teacher?
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Nichijo seikatsu Kaiwa = Daily life Conversation
Irasshaimase >> Welcome
Dozo haite kuadsai >> Please Enter
Dozo Ohairi kudasai >> Please come in
Dozo suwate kudasai
Dozo Okake kudasai ...>> Please sit down
Dozo Kochirae kudasai >> this way, please
chotto matte kudasai
^
Shosho omachi kudasai... >> Just a moment, please
Omatase shimashita >>>sorry to keep you waiting
Do shimashita ka? >> What is the matter? (with you )
Dare desuka ?/ Donata Desuka? >>who is it?
Nan Desuka? >> what is it ?
Doko desuka ? >> where is it ?
Dochira Desuka ? >>>Which is it ?
Naze Desuka?/ Doshita Desuka ? >> why is it so?
Honto desuka? >> Is it true ?
Honto ja arimasen >> It is not true
Anata wa isogashii desuka? / oisogashiidesuka? >> Are you busy?
Anata wa hima desuka?/ Ohima desuka? >> Are you free?
Hajimemashite, Watashi wa fukada desu .Dozo Yoroshiku onegaishimasu.>> i am fukada, i am so glad to meet you .
Dozo haite kuadsai >> Please Enter
Dozo Ohairi kudasai >> Please come in
Dozo suwate kudasai
Dozo Okake kudasai ...>> Please sit down
Dozo Kochirae kudasai >> this way, please
chotto matte kudasai
^
Shosho omachi kudasai... >> Just a moment, please
Omatase shimashita >>>sorry to keep you waiting
Do shimashita ka? >> What is the matter? (with you )
Dare desuka ?/ Donata Desuka? >>who is it?
Nan Desuka? >> what is it ?
Doko desuka ? >> where is it ?
Dochira Desuka ? >>>Which is it ?
Naze Desuka?/ Doshita Desuka ? >> why is it so?
Honto desuka? >> Is it true ?
Honto ja arimasen >> It is not true
Anata wa isogashii desuka? / oisogashiidesuka? >> Are you busy?
Anata wa hima desuka?/ Ohima desuka? >> Are you free?
Hajimemashite, Watashi wa fukada desu .Dozo Yoroshiku onegaishimasu.>> i am fukada, i am so glad to meet you .
Saturday, July 5, 2008
kazu=yen
Number Japanese
100 hyaku
200 ni-hyaku
300 san-byaku
400 yon-hyaku
500 go-hyaku
600 rop-pyaku
700 nana-hyaku
800 hap-pyaku
900 kyu-hyaku
1,000 sen
2,000 ni-sen
3,000 san-zen
4,000 yon-sen
5,000 go-sen
6,000 roku-sen
7,000 nana-sen
8,000 has-sen
9,000 kyu-sen
10000 ichiman
20000 ni man
30000 san man
40000 yon man
50000 go man
60000 roku man
70000 nana man
80000 hachi man
90000 kyu man
Thursday, July 3, 2008
About Japanese Language
The Japanese Language
Language family: [disputed] > Japonic
Official language: Japan, Palau (on the island of Angaur)
Number of speakers: NATIVE: 126 million / 2nd: 1 million TOTAL: 127 million
Japanese, known to native speakers as Nihongo, is spoken by 127 million people, most of whom reside in Japan, though significant Japanese-speaking emigrant populations live in the US and Brazil and other countries. It is the 9th most commonly spoken language on the planet.
Origins & influences.
The exact origins of the Japanese language are unknown; only one other language group, the Ryukyuan languages, is substantiated as being related. Though Japanese shares grammatical similarities with Korean and some lexical affinities with Austronesian languages, no genetic relationship with either of these language groups can be proven. Although not historically related to Chinese, Japanese is heavily influenced by Chinese through 1500 years of cultural and language contact. Linguistic influences are evident in vocabulary and grammatical similarities as well as in the Japanese system of writing, which consists of a mixture of kanji and kana characters borrowed from the Chinese.
Writing system.
1945 Chinese kanji characters -- collectively called "Joyo Kanji" -- are considered basic for daily use in Japanese. These kanji ideographs designate the content words in Japanese: nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Meanings are further modified through the additional use of kana. The 50 syllabic characters are the grammatical functional words, such as conjunctions, particles, inflectional endings. Kana can be either hiragana or katakana characters, the former of which is most widely used. Traditionally these characters are written vertically, from right to left, but today texts are often written horizontally from left to right to accommodate the inclusion of English and other foreign words. Romaji, a phonetic system that uses the Roman alphabet, is used as well at times.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1, in Japanese
The standard language & its dialects.
The mountainous topography and numerous small, isolated islands have fostered the development of many distinct dialects, some of which are mutually unintelligible. The language varieties are grouped into Eastern, Western, and sometimes also Kyushu dialects, but there are even many variations within these groupings. The languages spoken in the Ryukyuan Islands lying even farther to the southwest represent a fourth grouping that is nowadays considered by linguists to be a separate language (Ryukyu) rather than a variation of Japanese.
The standard form of the Japanese language is based on the dialect of Tokyo and is referred to as hyojungo. This standard form has been taught to children on a widespread basis since compulsory education was introduced in 1886. Modern communication and transportation technologies have also led to the spread of this standard form. For this reason, as is the case with the languages of many technologically advanced countries, finer distinctions among dialects are slowly and gradually disappearing.
Grammar.
Japanese sentences follow Subject-Object-Verb word order, which means the verb typically occurs at the end of the sentence. Subject pronouns may be omitted if they are understood from context. Japanese has only two verb tenses, past and present, and the number of irregular verbs in the language is small.
Unlike in many European languages, Japanese nouns lack both gender and number, and articles do not accompany nouns. Instead noun functions are indicated through the use of particles. These particles serve such roles as marking sentence subjects and objects, and expressing relationships between sentence components, much like prepositions do in English. Such particles are different from English prepositions, however, in that they follow rather than precede the nouns they mark.
Politeness, formality, and hierarchical relationships are codified in the grammatical system of Japanese. Factors such as age, experience, job, the speaker's intention, and even the speaker's gender can influence whether one should use the plain form, the simple polite form, or honorific language or humble language in any given situation. These forms are characterized by differing verb conjugations and noun prefixes and suffixes. Though a loosening of formality has been evident among the younger generation over the past few decades, it is clear that this system will not disappear anytime soon.
Learning Japanese.
In terms of enrollment, Japanese is the 6th most commonly learned language in the United States. Hundreds of 1000s of Koreans, Chinese, and Australians are also learning Japanese. Growing interest in Japanese is fueled by the country's economic prosperity - it has the 2nd largest GDP in the world - and the spread of such pop culture trends like anime and manga.
Japanese Words in English.
Japanese words that have been absorbed into the English language more often than not describe cultural imports from Japan. Some examples are: bonsai, sushi, geisha, gingko, hibachi, haiku, judo, futon, tamari, ninja, tsunami, Akita.
Language family: [disputed] > Japonic
Official language: Japan, Palau (on the island of Angaur)
Number of speakers: NATIVE: 126 million / 2nd: 1 million TOTAL: 127 million
Japanese, known to native speakers as Nihongo, is spoken by 127 million people, most of whom reside in Japan, though significant Japanese-speaking emigrant populations live in the US and Brazil and other countries. It is the 9th most commonly spoken language on the planet.
Origins & influences.
The exact origins of the Japanese language are unknown; only one other language group, the Ryukyuan languages, is substantiated as being related. Though Japanese shares grammatical similarities with Korean and some lexical affinities with Austronesian languages, no genetic relationship with either of these language groups can be proven. Although not historically related to Chinese, Japanese is heavily influenced by Chinese through 1500 years of cultural and language contact. Linguistic influences are evident in vocabulary and grammatical similarities as well as in the Japanese system of writing, which consists of a mixture of kanji and kana characters borrowed from the Chinese.
Writing system.
1945 Chinese kanji characters -- collectively called "Joyo Kanji" -- are considered basic for daily use in Japanese. These kanji ideographs designate the content words in Japanese: nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Meanings are further modified through the additional use of kana. The 50 syllabic characters are the grammatical functional words, such as conjunctions, particles, inflectional endings. Kana can be either hiragana or katakana characters, the former of which is most widely used. Traditionally these characters are written vertically, from right to left, but today texts are often written horizontally from left to right to accommodate the inclusion of English and other foreign words. Romaji, a phonetic system that uses the Roman alphabet, is used as well at times.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1, in Japanese
The standard language & its dialects.
The mountainous topography and numerous small, isolated islands have fostered the development of many distinct dialects, some of which are mutually unintelligible. The language varieties are grouped into Eastern, Western, and sometimes also Kyushu dialects, but there are even many variations within these groupings. The languages spoken in the Ryukyuan Islands lying even farther to the southwest represent a fourth grouping that is nowadays considered by linguists to be a separate language (Ryukyu) rather than a variation of Japanese.
The standard form of the Japanese language is based on the dialect of Tokyo and is referred to as hyojungo. This standard form has been taught to children on a widespread basis since compulsory education was introduced in 1886. Modern communication and transportation technologies have also led to the spread of this standard form. For this reason, as is the case with the languages of many technologically advanced countries, finer distinctions among dialects are slowly and gradually disappearing.
Grammar.
Japanese sentences follow Subject-Object-Verb word order, which means the verb typically occurs at the end of the sentence. Subject pronouns may be omitted if they are understood from context. Japanese has only two verb tenses, past and present, and the number of irregular verbs in the language is small.
Unlike in many European languages, Japanese nouns lack both gender and number, and articles do not accompany nouns. Instead noun functions are indicated through the use of particles. These particles serve such roles as marking sentence subjects and objects, and expressing relationships between sentence components, much like prepositions do in English. Such particles are different from English prepositions, however, in that they follow rather than precede the nouns they mark.
Politeness, formality, and hierarchical relationships are codified in the grammatical system of Japanese. Factors such as age, experience, job, the speaker's intention, and even the speaker's gender can influence whether one should use the plain form, the simple polite form, or honorific language or humble language in any given situation. These forms are characterized by differing verb conjugations and noun prefixes and suffixes. Though a loosening of formality has been evident among the younger generation over the past few decades, it is clear that this system will not disappear anytime soon.
Learning Japanese.
In terms of enrollment, Japanese is the 6th most commonly learned language in the United States. Hundreds of 1000s of Koreans, Chinese, and Australians are also learning Japanese. Growing interest in Japanese is fueled by the country's economic prosperity - it has the 2nd largest GDP in the world - and the spread of such pop culture trends like anime and manga.
Japanese Words in English.
Japanese words that have been absorbed into the English language more often than not describe cultural imports from Japan. Some examples are: bonsai, sushi, geisha, gingko, hibachi, haiku, judo, futon, tamari, ninja, tsunami, Akita.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Monday, June 16, 2008
DAY= nichi
Learn Easy Japanese {Day} [nichi]
nichi yo bi = Sunday
getsu yo bi = Monday
ka yo bi = Tuesday
sui yo bi = Wednesday
moku yo bi = Thursday
kin yo bi = Friday
do yo bi = Saturday
Kyo wa moku yo bi desu.
today is friday.
kyo wa nan nichi desuka.
today is which day?
nichi yo bi = Sunday
getsu yo bi = Monday
ka yo bi = Tuesday
sui yo bi = Wednesday
moku yo bi = Thursday
kin yo bi = Friday
do yo bi = Saturday
Kyo wa moku yo bi desu.
today is friday.
kyo wa nan nichi desuka.
today is which day?
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