Ha, Hi, Fu, He, Ho....What you chucklin' 'bout?

こんにちは、

Today has been alright. But I really can't wait to start learning more Japanese! :D

Review:
ーーーーーなたさかあ
　ー　ーーにちしきい
　ーーーーうつすくう
　ー　ーーねてせけえ
ーーーーーのとそこお
ー

So we've learned all this, practiced combining some characters to make words, and are over half way done with the basic Hiragana system. Right on! Let's get going shall we?

は:When trying to say ha, think of the ha ha form of laughter.
ひ:Hi is pronounced closer to he, as in he or she, a gender definitive.
ふ:Fu can be sounded out like foot or food. Just cut it short and that's close.
へ:He is also similar to the laughter or snicker he he.
ほ:When thinking of ho, think of Santa and his jolly demeanor. :)

ーーーーはなたさかあ
　ー　ーひにちしきい
　ーーーふうつすくう
　ー　ーへねてせけえ
ーーーーほのとそこお
ー



There's only a すこし (sukoshi:little) bit left to get down now. Great work! Your moving right along.

Since I have a bit of free time today, I'm going to make a tutorial on how you can start writing にほんごが (japanese language) The が is ga, a particle like wa or ne. We haven't covered particles yet so don't worry too much. We'll cover that at a later date. Just know for now that, が is used when your talking about japanese, as in the language.

Find out more about particles, here.

JWoTD:
Kanji:
質問Hiragana: しつもん
Romaji: shitsumon
Definition: a question; an interrogation; a inquiry
Site: Click here for more information on the JWoTD



I'll throw up the tutorial later today, maybe tomorrow. Hope to see you then.

じゃまた。


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Na, Ni, Nu, Ne, No...no she didn't!

(Good Afternoon)
こんにちは、

I hope everyone has had a good afternoon so far. It's getting close to application time for my Undergraduate scholarship to Japan. I'm getting excited, hopefully I have a shot. Anyway, lets learn some Japanese.

Let's get started shall we?

Review:

ーーーーーーたさかあ
　ー　ーーーちしきい
　ーーーーーつすくう
　ー　ーーーてせけえ
ーーーーーーとそこお
ー

な (Na), sounds like the na when you sing and fill in words, the a is pronounced soft rather than hard.　に (Ni), sounds like knee. Really easy one.　う (Nu), think of something new.　ね (Ne), sounds like the ne, in net.　の (No), this one is easy. Just say it as you would in English.

ーーーーーなたさかあ
　ー　ーーにちしきい
　ーーーーうつすくう
　ー　ーーねてせけえ
ーーーーーのとそこお
ー

Easy, huh? If your having trouble remembering what the characters look like, try repeatedly writing them down. It's a pain, but it does work.

JWoTD:
Kanji: 得意
Hiragana: とくい
Romaji: tokui
Definition: pride; triumph; one's forte
Site: Click here for more information on the JWoTD

One last thing for today, go to the google language tools. (Here) Then set it up for Japanese, and then English. Now type in some of the characters you know. Please have your language bar set up to hiragana or visit this site to turn you romaji into hiragana. Then copy and paste into the google translator. Try different combonations and see what you get.

Examples:

のこ= Buttress
つての= The influence
ちき= Childishness

Thanks for your time and hope this helped. :)


じゃまた。


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Ta, Chi, Tsu, Te, To...to. We're Not In Kansas Anymore?

(Good evening)
こんばんは、

I hope everyone's doing well. My time is short right now so let's get started; shall we?

Heres a review:

ーーーーーーーさかあ
　ー　ーーーーしきい
　ーーーーーーすくう
　ー　ーーーーせけえ
ーーーーーーーそこお
ー


Today we'll be covering た (Ta)、ち (Chi)、つ (Tsu)、て(Te)、と(To)。た reminds me of ta da! Without the da of course. ち is pretty easy for most folks but if your having trouble, think cheese without the -se at the end. つ as in tsunami. It looks like a wave so that one is easy. てsounds like the te in tennis. と is sounded out just like your big and little toe's. :P

Ok, so we did a quick run down on the "T" consonants. Here's what we have as of now.

ーーーーーーたさかあ
　ー　ーーーちしきい
　ーーーーーつすくう
　ー　ーーーてせけえ
ーーーーーーとそこお
ー


JWoTD:
Kanji: 途端
Hiragana: とたん
Romaji: totan
Definition: just as; in the act of; the moment
Site: Click here for more information on the JWoTD

I'm sorry for the rush in this lesson but I should probably get to studying for my class. Hope you all have a good day tomarrow and be safe.


じゃまた。


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