Anata wa hiroi to kirekunai desu. you are big and ugly. or Anata wa hirokunai to kirei desu. you are small and pretty take your pick!
Bu-buu! Go to the bottom of the class! I know this is the useful phrases thread, but since there isn’t a serious learning thread (there was one from Levi…? On the General Forum but it didn’t really get off the ground or move over to here), let’s hit a few adjective basics. There are two kinds of adjectives in Japanese: -ii/-oi adj and -na adj. The –ii adj are for ‘Japanese words’ i.e. kunyomi (traditional Japanese words, OR Japanese readings of the Chinese character) tho they often have Chinese characters too. Examples include: Omoshiroi (interesting/funny) 面白い Ookii (big) 大きい Hiroi (wide) 広い Utsukushii (beautiful) 美しい If there is a kanji for them, it is usually (though not always – see omoshiroi above!) only represented by one kanji. The –na adj are for ‘foreign’ words, though this misleading as it includes all of the Chinese compound (two or more) kanji adj with the onyomi (traditional Japanese reading of the Chinese pronunciation). Examples include: *****urei(na) (rude) 失礼（な） Kirei(na) (pretty) 綺麗（な） Kawaii(na) (cute) 可愛い（な） (this has two ‘ii’s in English transcription, but notice one of those ‘i’s comes from the kanji and the other is hiragana – it’s an exception and is a ‘-na’ adj.) Most of these are represented by two kanji. Thus: Anata ha ookii desu. (you are big) Anata ha kirei desu. (you are pretty) Simple enough. BUUUT… When you join two or more adjectives it uses this pattern: -ii adj – lose one ‘i’ and add ‘kute’ -na adj – lose the ‘na’ and add ‘de’ Soooo: Anata ha ookikute kirei desu. (you are big and pretty) Anata ha kirei de ookii desu. (you are pretty and big) OK? The negative is also different for the two forms. Polite: -ii – lose one ‘i’ and gain ‘kunai desu’ -na – lose the ‘na’ and gain ‘de(w)ha arimasen’ Normal: -ii – lose one ‘i’ and gain ‘kunai da’ -na – lose the ‘na’ and gain ‘de(w)ha nai / janai’ So, Budo-paladin’s answer is completely back-to-front. Plus, you wouldn’t use ‘anata’: technically, if the listener knows you are speaking to him/her, you don’t use a subject at all. Plus if it’s an insult you would use ‘Omae’ or really bad ‘temae / temee’ and probably drop the ‘ha’.
I could swear something just flew over my head...oh yes there it is Good post Mr Punch. Maybe it would be an idea to make a new thread for "Basic Grammar"(?)
Steve, It may have been in a Japanese grammer book..But all the words were out of order and on different pages, so that when you rearranged them they could form that sentance...See what I mean?You're not thinking shinobi-ish enough mate.... "****, Japanese, speak, you, an, like..." See what I mean?
Well, those are all great phrases, but for the sake of accesibility, i'll sum it up for you.(oh, and stay a little more on topic lol, I had to go through 4 pages to get here) A tip for those of you who are brand new at this, all of the romanji will be in pairs of 2 or 3, except for the vowels. and the pairs of 2 are V/C pairs. Here is a useful summary of whats been said so far(that is useful)And some things that have not that I can think of off the top of my head. A lot of the previous statements aren't very useful as everyday stuff, unless you live in a place where Nihongo is needed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These are sweet, and to the point, very important. Victoria Ohayou (Gozaimasu) - Good morning konban wa - Good evening (said when meeting someone) oyasumi (nasai) - Good night (said when departing) hajimemashite - I'm please to meet you, how do you do? (doumo) arigato (gozaimasu) - Thank you (add words in () to increase politeness) dou itashimashite - You're welcome, don't mention it (o)genki (desu ka)? - How are you? (lit. are you well?) of course, Konichi wa - good day “excuse me”or “sumimasen”( these can get confusing for beginners, since different forms apply to different situations, Sumimasen is more to get attention, but the "Oh, excuse me!" as in pardon me would be like Gomen nasai. *****urei Shimasu Is good, but I would use it more for if I was late to something.) Douzo: its like please take this. kudasai: please, add when you are asking for something Doumo: By itself, it is very useful, and is one of the most commonly used words in Nihongo. It means thanks. Or it's a very impromptu excuse me, like if you bump into someone, but I wouldn't use it like that since gomen nasai is more understood. (strange how that works) AND HOW COULD YOU FORGET THESE: Hai:Yes, or Ee:less crisp, like Yea Iee:No ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These aren't AS useful, but are nice. This one is nice, but not very useful in very basic, everyday useage. jujitsuka07 I, me..................watashi I, me..................boku (I)(M) my.....................watashi-no mine...................watashi-no mono you (si.)..............anata (F) you (pl.)..............anata-tachi your (si.).............anata-no your (pl.).............anata-tachi-no yours (si.)............anata-no mono yours (pl.)............anata-tachi-no mono we,us..................watashi-tachi our......................watashi-tachi-no ours....................watashi-tachi-no mono he.......................kare his (insert object)...kare no (insert object) his (i.e 'That house is his.")...kare-no mono she, her................kanojo her (insert object)..kanojo-no (insert object) hers.....................kanojo-no mono they,them.............karera their.....................karera-no theirs...................karera-no mono Places: ie............................house apaato/manshon.........apartment/flat depaato....................department store supaa.......................supermarket byooin......................hospital kusuriya....................pharmacy honya.......................bookstore panya.......................bakery kyokai.......................church shinden/otera.............temple/Buddhist temple kaigan.......................beach/shore eigakan.....................movie theater toshokan...................library kuukou......................airport eki............................station and room lol: Heya.(looks like these are from a book) mae..........................front ushiro........................behind ue............................on, top ****a.........................under naka.........................in, inside soto.........................outside tonari........................next door yoko.........................beside soba.........................near chikaku......................near aida..........................between mukou.......................beyond Examples: (thing)-no mae ni.........in front of the (thing) (thing)-no ura ni..........behind the (thing) (thing)-no chikaku........near the (thing) (thing)-no touku..........far from the (thing) (thing)-no tonari desu...next to the (thing) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These are accually pretty nice. gohan.............cooked rice men/udon........kinds of noodles gyuuniku.........beef toriniku...........chicken sakana............fish ninjin..............carrot kyabetsu.........cabbage moyashi...........bamboo shoot toumorokoshi....corn ringo...............apple suika...............Jap.-style watermelon buudou............grape ichigo..............strawberry nashi...............pear piza.................pizza hanbaagaa.......hamburger chiizu..............cheese sake................rice wine gyuunyuu.........milk mizu................water ocha...............green/eastern tea kocha..............black/western tea koohii..............coffie jyuusu.............juice souda..............soda Here's something basic and fun: Let's say you like rice A LOT(this in neat form) "Watashi(or watakushi) wa Gohan(or other thing) ga (totemo:very)daisuki(like A LOT, or you can use Suki, if you just enjoy it) desu." So, Watashi wa Gohan ga totemo daisuki desu: I REALLY LOVE cooked rice. If you want to tune it down, take out totemo and use Suki...Okay, back to basics. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm skipping the rest, since it would be redundant to repeat technicalities. I forgot to add a bunch, but I doubt as a beginner in America you would use them a lot anyways. I'll leave you with this: A SIMPLE introduction setup: Let us say it is 1pm. these also need corresponding answers: Konichi wa (good day) watashi wa (your name here) desu. (I am xxx, also something like Namae wa xxx desu would work too) Hajimemashite (nice to meet you, with a bit of how are you mixed in) Douzo yoroishiku (let's be good to eachother) Of course, that format needs much filler work, but for now stick to basic phrases, and if you really want to learn Japanese, start studying hard. (It can be quite hard to learn when you are not imersed in it) Arigatou Gozaimasu, Mina-san Douzo yoroishiku`
Quite a good post, but for a couple of things: The word is Romaji, not Romanji. Your spellings are inconsistant: e.g. kyoukai is the correct spelling for church rather than kyokai which you wrote. It's 'yoroshiku', not 'yoroishiku'. I've rarely heard 'douzo yoroshiku': it's very casual. 'Yoroshiku onegaishimasu' is safer. The whole section on personal pronuons should be used with care. 'Anata' , 'boku' and 'kanojo' etc are a minefield. I'll write a longer post on the grammar thread about it at some point later.
BTW, seriously, did any of that fly over your head, or was it just you couldn't be arsed to read it all!? If so, which parts? (Actually you should probably reply on the grammar thread so this one doesn't get any more derailed)
XD, I knew I would pay for the use of copy and paste....sorry I missed that eyesore. Hrmm...Maybe the whole language could be put on here...(just hiragana and katakana, just as a starter for people interested in the language) One thing, as you get more into the language, you will want to write in anything but romaji, Romaji is bad for your eyes... >.>
Ganbarimashou Ganbarimashou!! or similar variations like ganbaree!! (for men/blokey chicks) Meaning something like, Let's do it! or Let's try our best! Let's go all out! Japanese people love it when you say this, by showing determination, energy and enthusiasm you can earn a lotta friends, and if they giggle it means they kinda think you're sweet but funny. Making people laugh's an invaluable skill, really.
