Re: The Japanese thread

by KazumaSB Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:09 pm

Lunar Wolf wrote:then.. what does Deska mean? or it sounds like Desu but Deska

Well 'ka' has several different meanings, but when it is used at the end like with desu ka, it indicates a question. Basically it's like a spoken question mark.

So phrases like, nan desu ka, means what is it?

by KazumaSB Sat Oct 15, 2011 8:47 pm

Word of the Day:

Tenki (てんき) - it means weather.
It sounds like: ten-kee

by KazumaSB Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:53 pm

Word of the day:

Hitsuji (ひつじ) - it means sheep.
It sounds like: hee-tsoo-jee (the tsoo sound like the 'tsu' in the word tsunami, which is a Japanese word by the way).

by KazumaSB Tue Oct 18, 2011 7:53 pm

Word of the Day:

Niwatori (にわとり) - it's the word for the animal 'chicken'.
It sounds like: Nee-wah-toh-ree.

by **Momo Neko** Wed Oct 19, 2011 2:26 pm

haha Toby from Naruto runs like a Niwatori!~XD

by **Lunar Wolf** Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:18 pm

yes he does!!! O: I miss that game!

I MISS YOU!!!! TT~TT

by KazumaSB Thu Oct 20, 2011 6:46 pm

Haha, that's funny. Yeah Toby does kind of run like a niwatori.

Luna, what game are you referring to? The japanese animal game?

by KazumaSB Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:27 pm

Word of the Day:

Kami (かみ) - the three most common meanings for this word are, 'god', 'paper', and 'the hair on your head'.
It sounds like: Kah-mee.

by KazumaSB Sun Oct 23, 2011 7:54 pm

Word of the Day:

Saru (さる) - it is the word for monkey.
It sounds like: Sah-roo.

by KazumaSB Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:51 pm

Word of the day:

Owari (おわり) - it means the end.
It sounds like: Oh-wah-ree.

by KazumaSB Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:39 pm

Unfortunately I am going to end posting new words to this topic. I have been busy with a lot of things lately, not just work but with other things I decided to do outside of that. One of the things is my decision to learn Greek, plus I am writing books which takes a lot of time.

I don't think it will matter too much as all of you seem busy too, and all the things I post here can be learned from other sources. I will post some links following this if you want to learn more on your own. Of course I will always be willing to answer any questions about the language if I can do so. Very Happy

Here are links for learning Nihongo; not that any of you really need more school-work, haha Very Happy

, but just in case you want to poke around and learn some on your own, here you go!

http://www.learn-japanese.info/
Good site for vocabulary and grammar.

http://jisho.org/
Japanese dictionary.

http://www.manythings.org/japanese/jlpt/
Japanese Language Proficiency Test quizzes.

http://www.realkana.com/
Great site to learn those Hiragana and Katakana symbols. This is the place I used years back to learn them.

There are many other good sites if you google Learn Japanese.

Well if you have any questions you can still post them in this thread, otherwise:
Domo Arigatou Gozaimasu, Minasan. Very Happy

Owari desu.

by **Momo Neko** Fri Nov 04, 2011 6:50 pm

aw ok D: and we were talking about the Naruto Shippuden game for the playstation3 :]

by KazumaSB Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:10 pm

Momo Neko wrote:aw ok D: and we were talking about the Naruto Shippuden game for the playstation3 :]

I'm sorry, maybe I'll post a fews words occasionally... and thanks for clearing up the thing about the game.

by **Momo Neko** Sat Nov 05, 2011 6:56 pm

no problem;D and cool about the japanese words they really do help me:]

by KazumaSB Sun Nov 06, 2011 7:11 pm

Okay. I will sneak a quick word/lesson in every once in a while then. Very Happy

The symbol く is the syllable 'ku', and the symbol ま is the syllable 'ma'.
Together くま spells 'kuma', which is the word for bear.
It sounds like koo-mah.

by **Momo Neko** Mon Nov 07, 2011 2:28 pm

Kuma is bear i did not know that.... hey whats duck? Surprised

by KazumaSB Mon Nov 07, 2011 4:55 pm

Nogamo is the word for wild duck.
It sounds like No-gah-mow (mow as in mowing the lawn, sorry I can't think of a better way to say what it sounds like. The o in the mo is long).

And Kogamo is the word for duckling or baby duck.
It sounds like Ko-gah-mow (same as above with the mowing).

Magamo is the word for a mallard duck.
It sounds like Mah-gah-mow (same as above).

by **Momo Neko** Tue Nov 08, 2011 1:19 pm

hehe thanks^-^

by KazumaSB Tue Nov 08, 2011 4:57 pm

You're welcome. =)

by **Momo Neko** Wed Nov 09, 2011 1:53 pm

what about raccon?

by **Kit Kat** Thu Nov 10, 2011 3:40 pm

TAIYAKI= delicious ;]

by KazumaSB Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:33 pm

Hey Kat. It's good to see you post again. Smile

You've eaten Taiyaki before? Cool. I haven't tried any yet. They look tasty...Im gonna have to buy some one of these days.

by KazumaSB Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:37 pm

Momo Neko wrote:what about raccon?

Tanuki is the name for their native raccoon animal.
It sounds like Tahn-oo-kee

by **Momo Neko** Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:34 pm

i'm a Tanuki and ...um whats frog o.o

by KazumaSB Fri Nov 11, 2011 3:51 pm

Kaeru is for frog.
It sounds kind of like Keye-roo if I remember right.

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