Learning basic Japanese (Nihongo, 日本語)

Hi people, today I will be giving a lesson on Nihongo (Japanese Language). This is lesson one so I think I should start with greetings :).

Now in English language, you can say Hello to people, where in Japanese language, there isn't a word that means Hello (exept for on the phone coming up). So instead of one word, I would tell you Good Morning, Good Afternoon and Good Evening :).

Good Morning-

Ohayoo gozaimusu (the "u" is silent) おはようございます

Good Afternoon-

Konichiwa (sounds familiar?) こんにちは

Good evening-

Konbanwa こんばんは

HELLO (only used on the phone)-

Moshi moshi こんにちは

How do you do-

Hajimemashite どのようにすればよい

That's lesson one everyone thanks :thumbup:

P.S Please don't try make a Japanese conversation with me, not fully learnt yet :P


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Hey everyone and welcome to lesson two of nihongo (Japanese Language) :). Today we will be learning abour farewells :D. But first let's recap on greetings:

Good Morning-

Ohayoo gozaimusu (the "u" is silent) おはようございます

Good Afternoon-

Konichiwa (sounds familiar?) こんにちは

Good evening-

Konbanwa こんばんは

HELLO (only used on the phone)-

Moshi moshi こんにちは

How do you do-

Hajimemashite どのようにすればよい

Okay now let's do farewells :D.

Goodbye-

Sayoonara さようなら

See you-

Ja mata を参照してください

See you tommorow-

Mata ashita (pronounced mata-ushta) 明日を参照してください

Good night-

Oyasuminasai おやすみなさい


And that is the end of lesson two! :w00t:

Have fun!

Err ok lol... though if anyone actually wanted to learn Japanese, pretty sure they would just Google it and learn more than 5 words.

COOL STORY BRO!

Random thread by the way.

hajimemashite is a lot more formal than how do you do but ive only been to japan...

hmm i tried sounding thoese words out and i sounded boss xD makes me wanna learn japanese

Man... I'm sure every animetard in the history of japanophilia has at one time or another tried to learn japanese. Until the next episode of whatever anime they're watching comes out.

What's the cool one now? Naruto? One Piece?

I Use Rosetta stone that's pretty good for learning, i picked up tons within hours, but i haven't used it lately so i don't remember as much. But recommend it for any language.

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hmm i tried sounding thoese words out and i sounded boss xD makes me wanna learn japanese

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Lol, I'll probably make another lesson on more:P

i'd like to request this is moved to the otaku section, its a lot more relevant there.
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Originally Posted by Ramuthra

i'd like to request this is moved to the otaku section, its a lot more relevant there.
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Thanks Ramuthra, wasn't to sure were to post lol :P:

yeah i took japanese for a whole year and i think i flunked it ? what did i get out of it u ask?

Watashi no namae wa Briano desu and other stuff i forgot.... nO WONDER I FAILED..

oh and btw it's Nihongo

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Originally Posted by brianobb

yeah i took japanese for a whole year and i think i flunked it ? what did i get out of it u ask?

Watashi no namae wa Briano desu and other stuff i forgot.... nO WONDER I FAILED..

oh and btw it's Nihongo

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Oh crap typo xP

Merged thread/post, as there really was no need for 2 threads, also changed the title.

And not bad for some basics :P