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can someone please explain to me how to look up verbs in a japanese dictionary?

I'm just wondering why certain Japanese characters are written in Chinese. I'm a Chinese and I really want to learn how to speak Japanese, can my knowledge about the Chinese language help me?

frost_ivy wrote:I'm just wondering why certain Japanese characters are written in Chinese. I'm a Chinese and I really want to learn how to speak Japanese, can my knowledge about the Chinese language help me?

There are three main ways to writing Japanese: hiragana and katakana: the phonetical way, and kanji: derived from Chinese characters. Knowing Chinese should help you with the meaning, but you would still need to learn the pronunciation.

jun_shun wrote:what is hi and hello in japanese?
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Awwwww, I'm sorry I'm late. Monday has passed.... :mecry:

Hmmm. Was this for your homework assignment or something of such nature? :crazy:

hi............i just wanna ask what does 'IMA WARI' means?.....thanks.... :victory:

hptm wrote:
say "sa" alone.it maybe the mean that agree with somebody's idea after a fashion.the true is i am not interesting in the idea or i know it equivocally.
eg:@@A:”ޏ—‚ÍãY—í‚Å‚µ‚傤I(kanojo ha kirei deshou) = is she pretty?
B:‚³ (sa) = maybe
because it is a simple reply,it is inexplicit itself.
eg: Tom and John were playing football,and they broke the window.their mother qustioned:"Tom,is you broke?"
Tom:"sa" = it is true by and large
it's my opinion,i can not insure right,sorry!

in my japanese textbook, there is also a "sa" in a dialogue, n my teacher told us that it means " i dont know " in the context..

like A:–Ø‘º‚³‚ñ‚Ɖiˆä‚³‚ñ‚Í‚Ç‚±‚Å‚·‚©B

@@@B:‚³‚ BBB

suave_yamapi wrote:can someone please explain to me how to look up verbs in a japanese dictionary?

in order to find verbs, you have to know their dictionary form (Ž«‘Œ`j.
eg. the dictionay form of H‚ׂ܂·itabemasu)@is H‚ׂé(taberu)Bit is sometimes difficult to tell how to change the verbs into dictionary from, so one way is to memorise them..

there are 3 grps of dictionary forms..

group 1:
“Ç‚Ý‚Ü‚·(yomimasu)@|@“Ç‚Þ(yomu)
ˆù‚Ý‚Ü‚·(nomimasu)@|@ˆù‚Þ(nomu)

grp 1 verbs have the masu removed n the ~i changed to ~u, like yomimasu changed to yomu.

group 2:
H‚ׂ܂·(tabemasu)@|@H‚ׂé(taberu)
Œ©‚Ü‚·(mimasu)@|@Œ©‚é(miru)

grp 2 verbs have the masu removed and a ru is added

group 3:
there are only two as far as i know..
‚µ‚Ü‚·(shimasu)@|@‚·‚é(suru)
—ˆ‚Ü‚·(kimasu)@|@—ˆ‚é(kuru)

these are special n the only way is to memorise them.. :mrgreen:


hope this will help xD :victory: :victory:

i need some help here too :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

i am looking for a japanese dictionary n wonder if there's any recommendations.. i have been studying japanese for almost a year and a half and would like to know what type of dictionary i should get. :bonk:

also, do i need a kanji dictionary or is a furigana one enough??

hi i posted it in separate topics thingy and i didnt realise to post it here so im sorry to take up space but here are my questions:
i want to travel to japan and meet people:
“ú–{‚ɍs‚Á‚ĐlX‚ɉ‚½‚¢‚Å‚·B@can u say ni ikitai de hitobito ni aimasu. ?
and when you say but in a sentence like:
ƒP[ƒL‚ð‚½‚×‚Ü‚·‚ª‚Ü‚¸‚¢‚Å‚·B@@
what if you change the tense of eat?
can you say :
¶‚Ì‹›‚ðH‚ׂ܂¹‚ñ‚ªŽhg‚ðH‚ׂĂ݂½‚¢‚Å‚·B@@can you change the verb and still add ga or do u have to start a new sentence and say demo?
and when u say :
this room is not spacious and it is a bit dirty:
‚±‚Ì•”‰®‚͍L‚È‚­‚Ä‚¿‚傤‚Æ‚«‚½‚È‚¢‚Å‚·B
is that the right way to join adj in the negative?
saying hiro + nakute ?
and for na adj. u say kirei jaanai de rite?
hopefully soemone can answer my questions!!
thank u !!
p.s how do u use hitobito again?

Hi, what is the romaji word for ‘å–ì? I typed Ono but it came out ¬–ìH@What's the word for salty?

squarepegs wrote:Hi, what is the romaji word for ‘å–ì? I typed Ono but it came out ¬–ìH@What is the word for salty?

OONO ‚¨‚¨‚Ì

Salty - SHOPPAI , KARAI

I.Love.Rock wrote:

OONO ‚¨‚¨‚Ì

Salty - SHOPPAI , KARAI

Thanks. :woot:

karai also means spicy?

I gotta question. This was on my japanese quiz yesterday and I didn't quite know how to answer it.

"I must learn Japanese"

Nihongo________

We were learning BA form and BA form of a word in sentences an if this then that right???

I need review this lesson again :sweat:

squarepegs wrote:

Thanks. :woot:

karai also means spicy?

yeah

Spicy - KARAI , OTSU

K.T.Tran wrote:I gotta question. This was on my japanese quiz yesterday and I didn't quite know how to answer it.

"I must learn Japanese"

Nihongo________

We were learning BA form and BA form of a word in sentences an if this then that right???

I need review this lesson again :sweat:

I think the answer was probably:

“ú–{Œê‚ðK‚í‚È‚¯‚ê‚Î(or Šo‚¦‚È‚¯‚ê‚Î)‚È‚è‚Ü‚¹‚ñB
(Nihongo wo narawanakereba (or oboenakereba) narimasen.

HTH,

‘‰¤š

Thanks kokuou :bow: :bow: :bow:

K.T.Tran wrote:Thanks kokuou :bow: :bow: :bow:

i know huh? it's nice to have a fluent language speaker on this board :dancing:

Hello! I'm in need of anyone who could send me a list of random, everyday japanese words. Like, what hello, hey, wait and others mean/written in Japanese.
Thank you!

Kori wrote:Hello! I'm in need of anyone who could send me a list of random, everyday japanese words. Like, what hello, hey, wait and others mean/written in Japanese.
Thank you!

I would suggest you search for this on the internet...there is a WEALTH of information on the Internet....and if you get really really desperate you can always buy a phrase book from a bookstore...

try searching the Internet via Google using, "Common Japanese Phrases" or something like that....

I think it would be virtually impossible for you NOT to find what you're looking for.

Good luck.