I was starting to learn japanese and i had this little book thingy but these big meanies threw it in the dirt and it like cost me $15 and i tried learning itr of the internet but it's soooo confusing so will some nice japanese person mind teaching it to me pleasssssssssssssssssssse peace everyone

1 to 10

Itchi
Ni
San
Shi
Go
Roku
Nana
Hatchi
Ku
Ju

Wakarimas = Understand
watashi = I
Shidoni = City
Konban Wa = goodnight (i think)
Aishteru = Love


whole lot more... just dont remember :/

http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/index.php?...topic=42965&hl=

It's incomplete, but have fun.


Mr Tree that's a little wrong though.

Ai $hiteiru = I love you/Loving

That "shidoni" part I don't get either. "Shidonii" is Sydney in Japanese.

You combined the counting numbers with the amount numbers...they're two different sets.

Set one:
1 ichi
2 ni
3 san
4 shi
5 go
6 roku
7 shichi
8 hachi
9 kyuu
10 juu

Set two
1 hito (tsu)
2 futa (tsu)
3 mi (tsu)
4 yo (tsu)
5 itsu (tsu)
6 mu (tsu)
7 nana (tsu)
8 ya (tsu)
9 kokono (tsu)
10 to

LOl random numbers and stuff hahhaha hrm.....

Hey thanx French Vanilla now i know the colours numbers and writing veeeery interesting

ironic cuz my mom taught me how to count in japanese even though we're not japanese. obviously comes in handy when visiting. also this:

basics when visiting:

hajimema$hite: its meaning is like to our "nice to meet you"
or how do you do
"watashi no namae wa (name) desu" : my name is (name).

konnichiwa is only used when saying "good day or afternoon"
good morning: oh hayo goza imasu.

watashi wa kankokujin desu: i am korean. (i think thats how it goes)

and whatever nationality you are you can insert it in like this:

watashi wa ______ jin desu. koreans have a specific japanese name = kankoku jin. jin means person.

but for americans= amerika jin. or japanese people tend to classify all foreigners as "gaijin"

oh well its been so long.....

and i was taught by a white guy

i was told 4 was sometimes changed to yon instead of shi because it means death like in Chinese....

never heard about the second set of numbers :/

i was told shidoni was city... what an idiot never thought he actually meant Sydney 2

thanks French

All you need to know is BANZAI.

chotto matte - wait a moment/sec

Kuso yarou - you're very lovely

just remember

"nihongo no hanamasen"

and

"watashi wa nihongo saberemasen"

and they will excuse your crude japanese

^Huh? Wakarimasen.

You can say like "Nihongo ga hanasemasen", "Nihongo ga dekimasen", or like what I like best "Nihongo ha dame (desu)." (I can't speak Japanese worth a damn."

Download Pimsleur's Speak and Understand Japanese....take 30 mintues a day.....then TALK to real Japanese.....

i could never understand the difference between "wa" and "ga"

and also "ikimasu", "kimasu", and "kaerimasu"

"Wa" is roughly saying "About (something)/As for..."
Anata wa? = What about you?

"Ga" is like saying "but..." or stressing something.
Anata ga = But you....(on the other hand)
Oshiri ga! = MY BUTT!!!!

I don't know why you confuse those three verbs though. Did you learn them at the same time?

Baka Yaro Na

well i learned that they were center oriented...

so that means....

ikimasu = going
kimasu = coming
kaerimasu = returning (home)

right?

damn, i learned this so long ago....

Right....
What is center oriented?

baka= idiot

http://www.angelfire.com/anime4/jslang/jibiki.htm

Best link ever for someone who wants to learn slang in Japanese.

anyone else learned japanese in HS? i need a larger vocab

you shouldn't do that

so...what does it REALLY mean?

^an insult

kuso can be loosely translated as sh!t

yarou is slang for guy, but in a deragatory manner

I could teach you English. NO miXed cApitals in wOrds lol 2