すみません！I have been a bit too busy for the summer and as such, I haven't been able to post, nor prepare anything recently. Currently my trip in フランス isn't going all too well and today I found out that my power adapter is on the verge of failing, which means that at some time, my laptop will not receive any more power and I will once again be without a computer for some time (I don't know when but it will happen soon, or I will arrive back in アメリカ and be able to get a new one). Anyways, so off with the pessimism and on with the optimisim! I am again preparing the final post of the three part series for verb conjugations and that will be posted soon!
I'm sorry that I can't do much more than that but I will be posting soon.
じゃまた
Friday, July 23, 2010
Sunday, July 18, 2010
I'm Back!
So I'm unable to use my laptop still as I just got back from this lovely beach city, Biarritz. I am however able to post from blogger still while I'm on my iPhone. This is going to help out much until I get my power cable back.
As a side note, I'm preparing a new post and I am positive that it will be ready for publishing tomorrow. So until then, でわまった
As a side note, I'm preparing a new post and I am positive that it will be ready for publishing tomorrow. So until then, でわまった
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Vacation
I'm going to be leaving for Biarritz on Saturday so I will say that I'm not going to be able to post anything as there isn't internet there. As well I have left my power cord at my friends house so my laptop will not be able to power itself unless I find a cord somewhere... Otherwise, no more computer for a week!
Now for a long good-bye: さようなら (sayounara)
Now for a long good-bye: さようなら (sayounara)
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
きょうはすいようびです。
I'm going to deviate from the verbs for a day as it isn't yet prepared. For today, I'm going to teach something that is useful in everyday circumstances. I'm going to start teaching some kanji!
This means that we can start replacing multiple characters with one chinese character!
For example: わたし becomes 私
The only difference between using kanji si that they are read the same way as they would be in hiragana.
So lets start learning kanji!
Remember that these kanji have the same reading as they would normally in hiragana.
As I have yet to teach numbers other than in the vocabulary lis, here it goes along with the kanji.
1 いち 一 (ichi)
2 に 二 (ni)
3 さん 三 (san)
4 よん/し 四 (yon/shi)
5 ご 五 (go)
6 ろく 六 (roku)
7 なな/しち 七 (nana/shichi)
8 はち 八 (hachi)
9 きゅう 九 (kyuu)
10 じゅう 十 (jyuu)
11 じゅういち 十一 (jyuuichi)
12 じゅうに 十二 (jyuuni)
13 じゅうさん 十三 (jyuusan)
14 じゅうよん 十四 (jyuuyon)
15 じゅうご 十五 (jyuugo)
16 じゅうろく 十六 (jyuuroku)
17 じゅうなな 十七 (jyuunana)
18 じゅうはち 十八 (jyuuhachi)
19 じゅうきゅう 十九 (jyuukyuu)
20 にじゅう 二十 (nijyuu)
30 さんじゅう 三十 (sanjyuu)
40 よんじゅう 四十 (yonjyuu)
50 ごじゅう 五十 (gojyuu)
60 ろくじゅう 六十 (rokujyuu)
70 ななじゅう 七十 (nanajyuu)
80 はちじゅう 八十 (hachijyuu)
90 きゅうじゅう 九十 (kyuujyuu)
100 ひゃく 百 (hyaku)
200 にひゃく 二百 (nihyaku)
300 さんびゃく 三百 (sanbyaku)
400 よんひゃく 四百 (yonhyaku)
500 ごひゃく 五百 (gohyaku)
600 ろっぴゃく 六百 (roppyaku)
700 ななひゃく 七百 (nanahyaku)
800 はっぴゃく 八百 (happyaku)
900 きゅうひゃく 九百 (kyuuhyaku)
1,000 せん 千 (sen)
2,000 にせん 二千 (nisen)
3,000 さんぜん 三千 (sanzen)
4,000 よんせん 四千 (yonsen)
5,000 ごせん 五千 (gosen)
6,000 ろくせん 六千 (rokusen)
7,000 ななせん 七千 (nanasen)
8,000 はっせん 八千 (hassen)
9,000 きゅうせん 九千 (kyuusen)
10,000 いちまん 一万 (ichiman)
20,000 にまん 二万 (niman)
30,000 さんまん 三万 (sanman)
40,000 よんまん 四万 (yonman)
50,000 ごまん 五万 (goman)
60,000 ろくまん 六万 (rokuman)
70,000 ななまん 七万 (nanaman)
80,000 はちまん 八万 (hachiman)
90,000 きゅうまん 九万 (kyuuman)
100,000 じゅうまん 十万 (jyuuman)
So for counting, you start with the largest number and continue to go down till the smallest number.
For example:
Write out 93,825
きゅうまんさんぜんはっぴゃくにじゅうご or in kanji 九万三千八百二十五
And when you have numbers that are higher than 10,000 just use 10 then 10,000 such that it says ten ten-thousands.
So I leave you with the first set of kanji and until next time, おやすみなさい！
This means that we can start replacing multiple characters with one chinese character!
For example: わたし becomes 私
The only difference between using kanji si that they are read the same way as they would be in hiragana.
So lets start learning kanji!
Remember that these kanji have the same reading as they would normally in hiragana.
As I have yet to teach numbers other than in the vocabulary lis, here it goes along with the kanji.
1 いち 一 (ichi)
2 に 二 (ni)
3 さん 三 (san)
4 よん/し 四 (yon/shi)
5 ご 五 (go)
6 ろく 六 (roku)
7 なな/しち 七 (nana/shichi)
8 はち 八 (hachi)
9 きゅう 九 (kyuu)
10 じゅう 十 (jyuu)
11 じゅういち 十一 (jyuuichi)
12 じゅうに 十二 (jyuuni)
13 じゅうさん 十三 (jyuusan)
14 じゅうよん 十四 (jyuuyon)
15 じゅうご 十五 (jyuugo)
16 じゅうろく 十六 (jyuuroku)
17 じゅうなな 十七 (jyuunana)
18 じゅうはち 十八 (jyuuhachi)
19 じゅうきゅう 十九 (jyuukyuu)
20 にじゅう 二十 (nijyuu)
30 さんじゅう 三十 (sanjyuu)
40 よんじゅう 四十 (yonjyuu)
50 ごじゅう 五十 (gojyuu)
60 ろくじゅう 六十 (rokujyuu)
70 ななじゅう 七十 (nanajyuu)
80 はちじゅう 八十 (hachijyuu)
90 きゅうじゅう 九十 (kyuujyuu)
100 ひゃく 百 (hyaku)
200 にひゃく 二百 (nihyaku)
300 さんびゃく 三百 (sanbyaku)
400 よんひゃく 四百 (yonhyaku)
500 ごひゃく 五百 (gohyaku)
600 ろっぴゃく 六百 (roppyaku)
700 ななひゃく 七百 (nanahyaku)
800 はっぴゃく 八百 (happyaku)
900 きゅうひゃく 九百 (kyuuhyaku)
1,000 せん 千 (sen)
2,000 にせん 二千 (nisen)
3,000 さんぜん 三千 (sanzen)
4,000 よんせん 四千 (yonsen)
5,000 ごせん 五千 (gosen)
6,000 ろくせん 六千 (rokusen)
7,000 ななせん 七千 (nanasen)
8,000 はっせん 八千 (hassen)
9,000 きゅうせん 九千 (kyuusen)
10,000 いちまん 一万 (ichiman)
20,000 にまん 二万 (niman)
30,000 さんまん 三万 (sanman)
40,000 よんまん 四万 (yonman)
50,000 ごまん 五万 (goman)
60,000 ろくまん 六万 (rokuman)
70,000 ななまん 七万 (nanaman)
80,000 はちまん 八万 (hachiman)
90,000 きゅうまん 九万 (kyuuman)
100,000 じゅうまん 十万 (jyuuman)
So for counting, you start with the largest number and continue to go down till the smallest number.
For example:
Write out 93,825
きゅうまんさんぜんはっぴゃくにじゅうご or in kanji 九万三千八百二十五
And when you have numbers that are higher than 10,000 just use 10 then 10,000 such that it says ten ten-thousands.
So I leave you with the first set of kanji and until next time, おやすみなさい！
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Vocabulary Page is Up!
So As some people may notice but now there is a toolbar on the website for the page on vocabulary words. There you'll find all the words that were mentioned before in earlier posts and I'll keep updating it often with more words and more words.
Hope all is well!
Hope all is well!
Monday, July 5, 2010
わたし は フランス で いきます。
So I left off with the the ability to find the root for a few verbs and how to conjugate them in their present forms. How about to put them in a sentence? That is what this post is for. The parts that are needed to make the sentences with verbs are particles. These particles differ in the verbs that are being used.
Lets get started!
で is the particle that indicates where the the event is taking place described by the verb like so:
うち で にほんご を べんきょうします。
This is translated to At my house, I study japanese
わたし は きさてん で いきます。
I will go to a coffee shop.
に is a particle with two meanings that I know of at the moment. 1) describing the goal as which things are going and 2) noting the time at which things take place
1)
わたし は うち に かえります。
わたし は かっこう に いきません。
2)
わたし は いちじ に うち で かえります。
じゅうにじ に にほんご を べんきょうします。
きゅうじ に ばんごはん を たべます。
に is very useful to describe time and what to do.
Finally we have the most used particle of all: を (which is pronounced as "o")
This particle denounces the direct object of which the verb of the sentence is affecting.
テレビ を みます。
にく を たべます。
にほんご を べんきょうします。
So that concludes the particles. Now for the formula of a sentence...
I'm going to list out the formulas for different cases.
1) X は Y です
Person は Time に Place で Direct Object を Verb
2)マルクさん は じゅうじ に がっこう で ええご を べんきょうします。
Mark studies english language at 9 oclock at school.
Now I know that I have gone over how to form basic sentences with verbs along with the particles involved.
We can practice making sentences and filing in the correct particles with the selected words:
1) メーアリさん ほん きさてん さんじ よみます
2) フランクさん うち はちじはん いきます
3) ロバト スウジ とかあさん なまえ
I'm sorry that I haven't posted much vocabulary recently. Here's a lot to make up for it:
Britain - イギリス
Australia オーストラリア
Korea かんこく
France フランス
China ちゅごく
science かがく
computer コンピューター
politics せいじ
doctor いしゃ
high school student こうこうせい
graduate student だいがくいんせい
college student だいがくせい
this one これ
that one それ
which one どれ
this この
that その
where どこ
who だれ
delicious おいしい
meat にく
vegetabl やさい
fish さかな
menu メニュー
cafe きっさてん
library としょかん
I still have yet to figure out how to get a subsite to make specifically for vocabulary so that I wouldn't have to do this in each post...
Anyways, じゃまた
This is translated to At my house, I study japanese
わたし は きさてん で いきます。
I will go to a coffee shop.
に is a particle with two meanings that I know of at the moment. 1) describing the goal as which things are going and 2) noting the time at which things take place
1)
わたし は うち に かえります。
わたし は かっこう に いきません。
2)
わたし は いちじ に うち で かえります。
じゅうにじ に にほんご を べんきょうします。
きゅうじ に ばんごはん を たべます。
に is very useful to describe time and what to do.
Finally we have the most used particle of all: を (which is pronounced as "o")
This particle denounces the direct object of which the verb of the sentence is affecting.
テレビ を みます。
にく を たべます。
にほんご を べんきょうします。
So that concludes the particles. Now for the formula of a sentence...
I'm going to list out the formulas for different cases.
1) X は Y です
Person は Time に Place で Direct Object を Verb
2)マルクさん は じゅうじ に がっこう で ええご を べんきょうします。
Mark studies english language at 9 oclock at school.
Now I know that I have gone over how to form basic sentences with verbs along with the particles involved.
We can practice making sentences and filing in the correct particles with the selected words:
1) メーアリさん ほん きさてん さんじ よみます
2) フランクさん うち はちじはん いきます
3) ロバト スウジ とかあさん なまえ
I'm sorry that I haven't posted much vocabulary recently. Here's a lot to make up for it:
Britain - イギリス
Australia オーストラリア
Korea かんこく
France フランス
China ちゅごく
science かがく
computer コンピューター
politics せいじ
doctor いしゃ
high school student こうこうせい
graduate student だいがくいんせい
college student だいがくせい
this one これ
that one それ
which one どれ
this この
that その
where どこ
who だれ
delicious おいしい
meat にく
vegetabl やさい
fish さかな
menu メニュー
cafe きっさてん
library としょかん
I still have yet to figure out how to get a subsite to make specifically for vocabulary so that I wouldn't have to do this in each post...
Anyways, じゃまた
Sunday, July 4, 2010
なつやすみ！
おはようございます！わたし は ガブリエル です。それ は なつやすみ です。わたし は フランス で いきました。
This is what I am aiming to teach in three posts or less.
Translation: Good morning! I am Gabriel. It's summer vacation. I left for France.
Starting off with what was already taught, WE can say simple phrases with time, statements, and simple questions.
So how about saying phrases with actual verbs? That is what I am aiming to teach in this post and the future posts.
Today I will start off with the first definition of verbs.
There are three types of verbs: -ru verbs, -u verbs, and then irregular verbs.
The difference between the verbs is how they end. Here is a list on some verbs to start off with:
So these are called forms. The forms listed here are called dictionary forms. They are rarely ever seen in spoken にほんご because they are solely to be used when searching for the verbs in the dictionary. The spoken and written forms that I know of are present and past (both negative and positive).
Let's get cracking!
Today I will go over how to conjugate in the present form.
〜う verbs are very simple: All that is done is take the last syllable and shift it to the 〜い form and then add ます at the end to show it is positive present.
Example:
いく (to go) - く + き + ます = いきます (going)
Used in a sentence: わたし は フランス で いきます。
*Whenever you use a verb, you will not use です to end the sentence as the verb is ending the statement
〜る verbs are similar in what we do with 〜う verbs except a minor change. The thing we change is take out the 〜る and add ます.
Example:
たべる (to eat) - る + ます = たべます (eating)
Irregular verbs are similar in who to take the root.
They are the exceptions as their dictionary forms look the same to 〜る verbs. They are only exceptions.
What needs to happen is this:
take the る out and change the last syllable to the 〜い form of the verb and add ます
Example:
べんきょうする - る - す + し + ます = べんきょうします (studying)
So this concludes how to find the root of the verbs in the three categories and conjugate them into the present affirmitive.
Now for the present negative.
All you have to do is take the present affirmative and replace ます with ません like so:
いきます - ます + ません = いきません
There is a nother post being prepared on how to use verbs in sentences but for now I'll leave with a base on sentence forming with verbs. Till next time!
じゃまた
This is what I am aiming to teach in three posts or less.
Translation: Good morning! I am Gabriel. It's summer vacation. I left for France.
Starting off with what was already taught, WE can say simple phrases with time, statements, and simple questions.
So how about saying phrases with actual verbs? That is what I am aiming to teach in this post and the future posts.
Today I will start off with the first definition of verbs.
There are three types of verbs: -ru verbs, -u verbs, and then irregular verbs.
The difference between the verbs is how they end. Here is a list on some verbs to start off with:
| 〜る | 〜う | Irregular Verbs |
| おきる (to get up) | いく(to go) | べんきょうする (to study) |
| たべる (to eat) | かえる (to return) | する (to do) |
| ねる (to sleep) | きく (to listen; to hear) | くる (to come (destination, use に,へ) |
| みる (to see) | のむ (to drink) |
So these are called forms. The forms listed here are called dictionary forms. They are rarely ever seen in spoken にほんご because they are solely to be used when searching for the verbs in the dictionary. The spoken and written forms that I know of are present and past (both negative and positive).
Let's get cracking!
Today I will go over how to conjugate in the present form.
〜う verbs are very simple: All that is done is take the last syllable and shift it to the 〜い form and then add ます at the end to show it is positive present.
Example:
いく (to go) - く + き + ます = いきます (going)
Used in a sentence: わたし は フランス で いきます。
*Whenever you use a verb, you will not use です to end the sentence as the verb is ending the statement
〜る verbs are similar in what we do with 〜う verbs except a minor change. The thing we change is take out the 〜る and add ます.
Example:
たべる (to eat) - る + ます = たべます (eating)
Irregular verbs are similar in who to take the root.
They are the exceptions as their dictionary forms look the same to 〜る verbs. They are only exceptions.
What needs to happen is this:
take the る out and change the last syllable to the 〜い form of the verb and add ます
Example:
べんきょうする - る - す + し + ます = べんきょうします (studying)
So this concludes how to find the root of the verbs in the three categories and conjugate them into the present affirmitive.
Now for the present negative.
All you have to do is take the present affirmative and replace ます with ません like so:
いきます - ます + ません = いきません
There is a nother post being prepared on how to use verbs in sentences but for now I'll leave with a base on sentence forming with verbs. Till next time!
じゃまた
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