Japanese language learning.

AI means "love" and SHITEIRU means "doing", so AISHITEIRU can be directly translated as "LOVING" (verb, not adjective!).

Ahhh. "Yesterday" is KINOU. In the Japanese language, you have to remember which words have long "o"s and which ones don't, because they have different meanings. Also remember that "ou" and "oo" can be spelt as "oh", but "oo" and "ou" are not interchangeable.

KORE literally means "this". :)


Okay, it's difficult to explain the WO, GA, WA, etc because I never took formal classes, and I learned how to use them solely from experience.

WA and GA both mean "is", although you must note that because often Japanese cannot be directly translated into English, there may not necessarily be an "is" in the English equivalent of the phrase.

WO comes right before an action, or a verb. It shows that you are doing something to the object/action/person in the word that comes before the WO; for example, doa wo akeru ---> "open the door".

KA is used to turn any statement into a question, although as you gain experience you will come across situations where KA can be used in slightly different contexts. Again, it's difficult to explain because all this comes with experience, and you'd have to speak the language as much as possible to understand. You're right, there aren't really equivalent words for these articles in English. :)

DESU doesn't have a meaning - many people say it means "is/are", but I think that's wrong. DESU is just an end to a sentence - but when you say DESU GA, you're "ending" a sentence and then going "but...".


Yup, KAZE is "wind". :D

wow.... domoarigato <bows> least I know that much XD
oh that's right, AI....I forgot..... I knew that one -_-;;

yeah I don't get that the library had two books of japanese and in
one there was imouto and the other had imoto....
so I think I'm obviouly being miseducated here XD

and those were the ones I forgot, that I know like off the bat...but don't know if they are right lol

otouto
imouto
okasan
otasan

but I think they are used for when you are talking to another about your own
siblings/family but not directly to them? and san, chan, sama and..uh
there was more- they are honorable......uh things I'm not good with words
sorry.

and I forget the ones you do use for adressing them directly....
oh and that I think I kept calling me older sister onesan me aunt cause you stress the e differently right?

yey I got one right.

this is fun.

When speaking to family members, you address them this way:

Father: otou-chan(san)
Mother: okaa-chan(san)
Grandpa: ojii-chan(san)
Grandma: obaa-chan(san)
Uncle: oji-chan(san)
Aunt: oba-chan(san)
Elder sister: onee-chan(san) / aneki
Elder brother: onii-chan(san) / aniki
Little brother/sister: (by name)


When referring to your family members in the third person, you say:

Father: chichi
Mother: haha
Elder sister: ane
Elder brother: ani
Little sister: imouto
Little brother: otouto



Hope that helped. :)

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Originally Posted by blue_rebel

WA and GA both mean "is", although you must note that because often Japanese cannot be directly translated into English, there may not necessarily be an "is" in the English equivalent of the phrase.

DESU doesn't have a meaning - many people say it means "is/are", but I think that's wrong. DESU is just an end to a sentence - but when you say DESU GA, you're "ending" a sentence and then going "but...".

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I was under the impression that 'wa' was the topic marker, making 'desu/da' the copula of the sentence (is/are). That's what I've heard the most anyway ^^;

I'm tempted to just say, we all know Japanese can't be directly/perfectly translated into English, so let it slide. :p I think I've been stressing for quite some time that like any other language, the only way to find out is to... well, use the language. Even in the Malay language, there is a word for "is/are", but it's not always used.

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Originally Posted by blue_rebel

When speaking to family members, you address them this way:

Father: otou-chan(san)
Mother: okaa-chan(san)
Grandpa: ojii-chan(san)
Grandma: obaa-chan(san)
Uncle: oji-chan(san)
Aunt: oba-chan(san)
Elder sister: onee-chan(san) / aneki
Elder brother: onii-chan(san) / aniki
Little brother/sister: (by name)


When referring to your family members in the third person, you say:

Father: chichi
Mother: haha
Elder sister: ane
Elder brother: ani
Little sister: imouto
Little brother: otouto



Hope that helped. :)

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OH much much arigato.
I know I really want to speak it..... but I don't know enough, and the things I did know- or thought i knew- were wrong or very off, appearently..... I just don't wanna sound like an idiot... or is it baka?
lol

Least I've been calling me older brother by the right name, Praise manga!
the only translator you trust XD.

baka is stupid.
aho is idiot. :)

Be careful not to confuse baka with bakka, which is short for bakkari.

what's bakkari? sounds like a dumb beer they seel here XD
sorry.

hey kuso baka XD I don't know why that is funny..i apologise.
I didn't know Aho was idiot....cool hey......
never mind