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Japanese Lessons

The Basics are as follows!

Basic Japanese phrases :

Hello -Konnichiwa. (kon-nee-chee-WAH)

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)

Please. (request) -Onegai shimasu. (oh-neh-gigh shee-moss)

Please. (offer) - Dōzo. (DOH-zo)

Thank you. - Dōmo arigatō. (doh-moh ah-ree-GAH-toh)

You're welcome. - Dō itashi mashite. (doh EE-tah-shee mosh-teh)

Yes. - Hai. (HIGH)

No. - Iie. (EE-eh)

Excuse me. - Sumimasen. (soo-mee-mah-sen)

I'm sorry. - Gomen-nasai. (goh-men-nah-sigh)

If you would like to learn the alphabets then i will display them here!

HIRAGANA (For Basic japanese words)

Japanese Lessons - Soul Anime

KATAKANA (For foreign words e.g. glass)

Japanese Lessons - Soul Anime

In katakana if you take the word computer and turn it into japanese it would be as follows

コンピュータ See if you can find the letters that belong to the word in the katakana table above!

Remember that the japanese use little circles and " shaped icons to change the sound of a letter! for example: ピ with the little circle on top is BI but without it it will sound as HI. This is a skill that can be explained else where better than here so search on the web for the in between bits.

KOMBIYUTA Translated literally into Romaji (Romaji is the alphabet in japanese where english words are changed are changed into japanese but keep their english letters. This is also true for japanese words. Japanese children are taught romaji from an early age so they will understand you if you write in romaji.

These are the basics that will be helpful to you if your watching japanese animes, remeber! this is not necessary so don't learn it unless you really want to impress you friends!

There is another form of alphabet called KANJI this is a very difficult and complicated alphabet which consists of thousands of letters, Each letter has a meaning for Example:

山= yama in japanese which litterally translates as mountain

As you can probably guess, this is the hardest alphabet to learn and you will need a proper japanese teacher to teach you this and years of learning and practice!

Thankyou I hope this insite to the japanese language was interesting! Happy japanese learning!

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