Nihongo Lessons

**BIRARU** · Subject: Nihongo Lessons Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:11 pm

Konnichi wa mina san ^^

I will put here every lesson we take so everyone can study it online ( e-Learning Wink

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Lesson 1 : INTRODUCTION + HIRAGANA TABLE 1 ==> HERE
Lesson 2 : HIRAGANA TABLE 1+2 ==> Part1 of 2
Lesson 3 : HIRAGANA TABLE 3 + WORDS TABLE 1 ==> Part1 of 3
Lesson 4 : Words TABLE 1+2 ==> Part1 of 2
Lesson 5 : WORDS TABLE 2 + DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS + POSSESSION + WEEKDAYS ==> Part1 of 2
Lesson 6 : SENTENCE STRUCTURE 1 ( Nouns & Adj. ) ==> Part1 of 5
Lesson 7 : SENTENCE STRUCTURE 2 ( Nouns & Adj. in past , negative & neg. past ) ==> Part1 of 5
Lesson 8 : SENTENCE STRUCTURE 3 ( VERBS ) ==> Part1 of 2

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**BIRARU** · Subject: Re: Nihongo Lessons Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:24 pm

1st Lesson
19-3-2008

INTRODUCTION + HIRAGANA table 1

The Japanese Language has 4 writing systems :

HIRAGANA : the most common one let's say ; we will start learning its letters with some example and their pronunciation ^^

KATAKANA : it's for writing the foreign words like country names or our names ^^;

ROMAJI : writing the japanese words by using English letters , like this ( nihongo , minna , konnichi wa ) Smile

KANJI : the most interesting writing system in Japanese Very Happy

, it's a chinese "symbols" representing meanings and has more than one reading , we will not talk about KANJI in our course ^^

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In Japanese there are 5 vowels :

あ ( a )
い ( i )
う ( u )
え ( e )
お ( o )

Some examples :

あい = ai = love
あおい = aoi = blue
いいえ = iie = no
うえ = ue = up
あう = au = to meet
いう = iu = to say

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The ( K ) column :

か ( ka )
き ( ki )
く ( ku )
け ( ke )
こ ( ko )

Some examples :

き = ki = tree
かく = kaku = to write
きく = kiku = to hear
あかい = akai = red
おおきい = ookii = big

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The ( S ) column :

さ ( sa )
し ( shi )
す ( su )
せ ( se )
そ ( so )

Some examples :

すし = sushi = japanese food ==> for more information : Here
さけ = sake = japanese wine
あさ = asa = morning
そう = sou = so , really
せかい = sekai = world

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The ( T ) column :

た ( ta )
ち ( chi )
つ ( tsu )
て ( te )
と ( to )

Some examples :

て = te = hand
つき = tsuki = moon
とし = toshi = year
おとこ = otoko = man
ちいさい = chiisai = small

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The ( N ) column :

な ( na )
に ( ni )
ぬ ( nu )
ね ( ne )
の ( no )

Some examples :

なに = nani = what
あなた = anata = you ( singular )
かたな = katana = japanese sword
ねこ = neko = cat
いぬ = inu = dog

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Another general words :

にほん , にっぽん = nihon , nippon = Japan

せんせい = sensei = teacher ( important word Razz

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みんな = minna = everybody
どうぞ = douzo = تفضل

おつかれさま = otsukare sama = thank you for your efforts ( يعطيك العافية ) .

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End of lesson 1
I hope you've enjoyed it ^^

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**Admin** · Subject: Re: Nihongo Lessons Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:49 pm

WOW,, bira~ru sensei ,, great jop ,,

thanx a lot
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and u have 2 tell the students about the forum ,, kwaies l2no a5er mrra ma ntbhoo ,,

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**BIRARU** · Subject: Re: Nihongo Lessons Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:51 pm

I told them about the forum at the end of the last lecture ^^

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**Admin** · Subject: Re: Nihongo Lessons Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:56 pm

yea but they all was already stand up ,,

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**YzN** · Subject: Re: Nihongo Lessons Sun Mar 23, 2008 4:01 am

Great job Bira~ru-sensei !

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**BIRARU** · Subject: Re: Nihongo Lessons Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:16 pm

I'm very sorry minna for not posting the new lesson , I have exams on thursday and saturday so I will write the lesson after that in sha' ALLAH ^^

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**YzN** · Subject: Re: Nihongo Lessons Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:29 pm

Ganbatte Bira~ru-san !

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abu radi · Number of posts: 1 Registration date: 2008-03-18

Thank you so much about this great job Bira~ru-sensei cheers

we are very proud of you you are great sensei.

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**BIRARU** · Subject: Re: Nihongo Lessons Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:07 pm

YzN san
ganbarimasu ^^

Abu radi san
douitashimashite Embarassed

, I'm very happy to know you ^^

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**BIRARU** · Subject: Re: Nihongo Lessons Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:29 pm

Konnichi wa minna ^^

Sorry for being late .. this is the 2nd lesson Smile

2nd lesson
24-3-2008

HIRAGANA TABLE 1 + 2

Let's complete the first hiragana table :

The ( H ) column :

は ( Ha )
ひ ( Hi )
ふ ( Fu )
へ ( He )
ほ ( Ho )

Some examples :

はな = hana = flower
はし= hashi = chopsticks
ほし = hoshi = star
ひと = hito = person

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The ( M ) column :

ま ( ma )
み ( mi )
む ( mu )
め ( me )
も ( mo )

Some examples :

め = me = eye
かみ = kami = god
きもの = kimono = a japanese clothes
まほう = mahou = magic
もり = mori = forest
むり = muri = impossible

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The ( Y ) column :

や ( ya )

ゆ ( yu )

よ ( yo )

Some examples :

やま = yama = mountain
ようこそ = youkoso = welcome ( أهلاً وسهلاً )
ふゆ = fuyu = winter
ゆき = yuki = snow
へや = heya = room

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The ( R ) column :

ら ( ra )
り ( ri )
る ( ru )
れ ( re )
ろ ( ro )

Some examples :

そら = sora = sky
とり = tori = bird
やきとり = yakitori = roast fowl ( يعني مشاوي )
からて = karate = a japanese sport
きれい = kirei = beautiful
きらい = kirai = hate , dislike

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The ( W ) column & ( N ) :

わ ( wa )

を ( wo )　==> it's not letter , it's a particle , there's no words including "wo" .

ん ( n )

Some examples :

へいわ = heiwa = peace ( not : one piece Razz

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ほん = hon = book
えん = en = yen ( the japanese currency )
しつもん = shitsumon = question
せんせい = sensei = teacher ( it can be used also for doctors )

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Note : be careful .. notice the difference between some letters like ( ね ne , れ re , わ wa ) , ( る ru , ろ ro ) , ( ぬ nu , め me ) , ( さ sa , き ki , ち chi ) and ( は ha , ほ ho , ま ma ) .

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つづく

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**BIRARU** · Subject: Re: Nihongo Lessons Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:31 pm

HIRAGANA TABLE 2

There are some letters we can add to it dakuten ( ゛ ) or maru ( °) to form new letter like the table below :

が ( ga )
ぎ ( gi )
ぐ ( gu )
げ ( ge )
ご ( go )
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ざ ( za )
じ ( ji )
ず ( zu )
ぜ ( ze )
ぞ ( zo )
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だ ( da )
ぢ ( ji )
づ ( dzu )
で ( de )
ど ( do )
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ば ( ba )
び ( bi )
ぶ ( bu )
べ ( be )
ぼ ( bo )
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ぱ ( pa )
ぴ ( pi )
ぷ ( pu )
ぺ ( pe )
ぽ ( po )

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Notes :

1)
usually when you hear ( ji ) it's ( じ ) , it's rare to find a word
contain ( ぢ ) ... for example ( ちぢむ = chi ji mu = to shrink ) .

2) only ( H ) column we can use "maru" with it to form ( P ) column .

Notice the small tsu ( っ ) which doubles the letter after it :

もと = moto = origin
もっと = motto = more

another example : やっぱり = yappari = as I thought

and the normal tsu ( つ ) like the famous word ( つづく = tsu dzu ku = to be continued ) ^^

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End of lesson 2
I hope you've enjoyed it ^^
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see you tomorrow in lecture 3

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**BIRARU** · Subject: Re: Nihongo Lessons Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:44 pm

konnichi wa minna ^^

3rd lesson
31-3-2008

HIRAGANA TABLE 3 + WORDS TABLE 1

The combinations between ( i ) row & ( Y ) column :

If we write ( きや ) then it's ( kiya ) , but if we write it as small ( きゃ ) it will be ( kya ) and so ...

examples :

ひゃ = hya
にゅ = nyu
りょ = ryo
みゃ = mya
ぎゃ = gya
びょ = byo
ぴゅ = pya

for the three columns ( sh , ch , j ) they differs a little like this :

しゃ = sha
しゅ = shu
しょ = sho
ちゃ = cha
ちゅ = chu
ちょ = cho
じゃ = ja
じゅ = ju
じょ = jo

Some examples :

としょかん = toshokan = library
ひゃく = hyaku = one hundred
びょういん = byouin = hospital
おちゃ = ocha = green tea
ぎゅうにゅう = gyuunyuu = milk
べんきょうします　= benkyoushimasu = to study

つづく

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**BIRARU** · Subject: Re: Nihongo Lessons Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:32 am

Lesson 3 - part 2

Now let's move to the first half of the first words sheet ^^

Here we have some general common japanese words :

おはよう = ohayou = good morning = صباح الخير
to make it more formal : おはようございます = ohayou gozaimsu
gozaimasu means ( to exist ) but we will not use it in this meaning ; we use after some words to make more polite and more formal as we will see in the other examples .

こんにち　は = konnichi wa = good day = مرحباً ، يوماً سعيداً
here we used ( は ) but we read it ( wa ) because this letter comes after the subject ( الفاعل ) to be like the particles ( is , are , am ) , we will describe this later in sha' ALLAH , the kanji of ( kon ) refers to ( this ) and ( nichi ) means ( day ) ; so the meaning of the sentence is ( this day is ) and it's mean ( good day ) ^^
note : even if it's "day" ; we can use it at night also or at any time , it became like the word ( مرحباً ) .

こんばん　は = konban wa = good night = مساء الخير
the same we can say here , but ( ban ) means ( night ) so the sentence means ( good night ) , and we use it just at night ^^

さようなら or さよなら = sayounara or sayonara = good bye = مع السلامة
we can use even if it's not a farewell , see the word ( mata ne ) in the next lesson .

おやすみなさい = oyasuminasai = good night ( going to sleep ) = تصبح على خير
the word ( yasumi ) means ( rest ) and the prefix ( o ) is honourable ( see the notes below ) .. so the sentence means that I wish a good rest for the one that I'm talking with him , the suffix ( nasai ) usually is an polite suffix comes after verbs when a boss ( for example ) talks politely to the people lower than him , but this word anyone can use with anyone , we can also say ( oyasumi ) .

つづく

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**BIRARU** · Subject: Re: Nihongo Lessons Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:34 am

Lesson 3 - part 3

ありがとうございます = arigatou gozaimasu = thanks = شكراً
( arigatou ) means ( thanks ) , we said that gozaimasu make it more polite so it's like ( thanks very much , شكراً جزيلاً )

どういたしまして = douitashimashite = to reply on "arigatou" = عفواً
when replying on thanks we can just say ( iie iie ) but for more formality use this word even it's so long ^^

すみません = sumimasen = excuse me = المعذرة

おねがいします = onegaishimasu = please = من فضلك
we use when asking for something , the word ( onegai ) alone means ( begging ) more than just asking , see the notes below for the meaning of ( shimasu ) .

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Additional notes :

1) the prefix ( o ) is an honourable prefix comes in some words for more politeness and respect , for example ( ohayou , ocha , oyasumi , onegai , ogenki , otsukaresama , ... ) . there's another honourable prefix like it which is ( go ) like the words ( gohan = meal or rice ) and ( gozaimasu ) .

2) we can use ( doumo ) which means ( thanks , really ) with arigatou to be ( doumo arigatou = شكراً جزيلاً ) , we can also say ( doumo arigatou gozaimasu ) which is more formal and polite and more thankful ^^

3) the word ( shimasu ) is a verb means ( to do ) so we can use it like this :
benkyou = study ==> benkyoushimasu = to do study ( i.e to study )
onegai = please , request , beg ==> onegaishimasu = please , to do a request .

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End of lesson 3
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