Mystichuntress's Japanese: Visiting the Hospital by mystichuntress, literature
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Mystichuntress's Japanese: Visiting the Hospital
Visiting the Hospital
In case you are ever sick in Japan, here are some words and phrases which will help. The "Body Parts" vocabulary list will also be useful.
びょうき です。 - Byouki desu.
I am sick.
いたい! - Itai!
Ouch / It hurts
Body partが いたい です。 - Body part ga itai desu.
My Body part hurts.
Body partに けがを します。 - Body part ni kega-o shima
Mystichuntress's Japanese Tutorial: Body Parts by mystichuntress, literature
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Mystichuntress's Japanese Tutorial: Body Parts
Body parts
This vocabulary list goes well with the "Visiting the Hospital" lesson.
からだ - Karada
Body
からだの ぶぶん - Karada no bubun
Body parts
せ - Se
Height
トムくんは せが ひくい です。 - Tomu-kun wa se ga hikui desu.
Tom is short. (Use ひくい [hikui - low] and not みじかい [mijikai - short] to say someone is short)
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Mystichuntress's Japanese Tutorial: Calendar by mystichuntress, literature
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Mystichuntress's Japanese Tutorial: Calendar
Calendar
The calendar in Japanese is not as straightforward as it is in English. The kanji is easy enough to understand - you just put the number in front of the kanji for "day" or for "month" in order to represent what day or month you want to express. It's the reading that is hard.
The date is given using the biggest units first, followed by the smaller units. (Or the more general to the more specific)
i.e. year, month, day.
You may have already come across this earlier with examples such as:
けさ はちじ じゅうごふん - kesa hachi ji jyuu gofun
8.15 this mo
Mystichuntress's Japanese Tutorial: Random Phrases by mystichuntress, literature
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Mystichuntress's Japanese Tutorial: Random Phrases
Random phrases
I have compiled a list of random phrases you will probably never use. I'm pretty certain they are grammatically correct, but sometimes, jokes don't work in another language...
Have fun with these. Even though I have no idea of the circumstances in which you will use these...
If you are interested in learning a particular structure I have use, feel free to ask, and I will make a lesson for it.
しまった
Shimatta!
Dammit!
わたしは ドイツごを はなせません。
Watashi-wa Doitsu-go o hanas
Mystichuntress's Japanese Tutorial: Animals by mystichuntress, literature
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Mystichuntress's Japanese Tutorial: Animals
Animals どうぶつ
Everyone likes to talk about what pets they have, what animal is their favourite, etc. Here is a list of the animals I know. I may have missed a few though... If you'd like to learn the names for insects, please check the "Insects" vocabulary list.
But before I get to that, I thought the Zodiac was worth mentioning.
Zodiac, じゅうにし
In Western Countries, the zodiac we use are based on the constellations i.e. Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces. The Japanese also have a zodiac, but their's h
Mystichuntress's Japanese Tutorial: Numbers by mystichuntress, literature
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Mystichuntress's Japanese Tutorial: Numbers
Numbers
The numbers are quite basic, formed in a similar way to Chinese. This is due to the fact there are two counting systems. One is Japanese and the other is derived from Chinese.
The Chinese set can be used to count forever, although when used for counting objects, they are combined with the correct counter. (Counters are used to count objects - there are many!) The Japanese set only reaches ten and can be used to count objects which do not have a specific counter designated to them.
Japanese Set
The -つ numbers
1. ひとつ - hitotsu
2. ふたつ - futatsu
3. みっつ - mittsu
Mystichuntress's Japanese Tutorial: List of verbs by mystichuntress, literature
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Mystichuntress's Japanese Tutorial: List of verbs
List of common verbs
Verbs in Japanese come in many different forms as they do in English. Just as there are transitive, intransitive, weak, strong and irregular verbs in English, they also appear in Japanese. Japanese divide their verbs into three distinct groups: いちだん (ichi-dan), ごだん (go-dan), and irregular verbs.
I will go into detail in a later lesson what this means and how to tell verbs apart. For the time being, here are 3 lists of verbs already divided into the appropriate groups. This is so that those who already understand the different verb types can find them easily. I have listed