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[suave_yamapi]

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

[frost_ivy]

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?

[dochira]

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.

[ahochaude]

jun_shun wrote:

what is hi and hello in japanese?

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[ahochaude]

Awwwww, I'm sorry I'm late. Monday has passed....

Hmmm. Was this for your homework assignment or something of such nature?
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[iez]

hi............i just wanna ask what does 'IMA WARI' means?.....thanks....
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---LeT GOD dEaL wItH tHe ThiNgs tHeY Do---

[houseki]

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����Y��ł��傤�I(kanojo ha kirei deshou) = is she pretty? B:�� (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:�ؑ�����Ɖi�䂳��͂ǂ��ł����B

�@�@�@B:�����B�B�B

[houseki]

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 (�����`�j.
eg. the dictionay form of �H�ׂ܂��itabemasu)�@is �H�ׂ�(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:
�ǂ݂܂�(yomimasu)�@�|�@�ǂ�(yomu)
���݂܂�(nomimasu)�@�|�@����(nomu)

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

group 2:
�H�ׂ܂�(tabemasu)�@�|�@�H�ׂ�(taberu)
���܂�(mimasu)�@�|�@����(miru)

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

group 3:
there are only two as far as i know..
���܂�(shimasu)�@�|�@����(suru)
���܂�(kimasu)�@�|�@����(kuru)

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


hope this will help xD

[houseki]

i need some help here too

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.

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

[jdoramacrave]

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:
���{�ɍs���Đl�X�ɉ�����ł��B�@can u say ni ikitai de hitobito ni aimasu. ?
and when you say but in a sentence like:
�P�[�L�����ׂ܂����܂����ł��B�@�@
what if you change the tense of eat?
can you say :
���̋���H�ׂ܂��񂪎h�g��H�ׂĂ݂����ł��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:
���̕����͍L�Ȃ��Ă��傤�Ƃ����Ȃ��ł��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?

[squarepegs]

Hi, what is the romaji word for ���? I typed Ono but it came out ����H�@What's the word for salty?

[I.Love.Rock]

squarepegs wrote:

Hi, what is the romaji word for ���? I typed Ono but it came out ����H�@What is the word for salty?

OONO ������

Salty - SHOPPAI , KARAI

[squarepegs]

I.Love.Rock wrote:

OONO ������ Salty - SHOPPAI , KARAI

Thanks.

karai also means spicy?

[K.T.Tran]

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
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[I.Love.Rock]

squarepegs wrote:

Thanks. karai also means spicy?

yeah

Spicy - KARAI , OTSU

[kokuou]

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

I think the answer was probably:

���{����K��Ȃ����(or �o���Ȃ����)�Ȃ�܂���B
(Nihongo wo narawanakereba (or oboenakereba) narimasen.

HTH,

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[K.T.Tran]

Thanks kokuou
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[Tu_triky]

K.T.Tran wrote:

Thanks kokuou

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

[Kori]

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!

[Tu_triky]

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.