Japanese language -
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Hello. こんにちは。 Kon nichi wa
description
a verrry verry simple presentation about the Japanese language just an idea about it xp Afra
Transcript of Japanese language -
Hello.こんにちは。Kon nichi wa
Afra <3
combination with a Chinese character. loan words from Western languages
You can find kanji, hiragana, and katakana used in the same sentence.
Eex: 投資 (invest),闘志 (fighting spirit), 凍死 (frozen to death), 唐詩 (poems written in Tang Dynasty) . 党史 (history of a political party)
can all be written as とうし (toushi) in Hiragana.
non-Chinese loanwords (e.g. カメラ (kamera) for ‘camera’)
and scientific names (e.g. イ ヌ instead of 犬 or いぬ
(dog).
あ い う え おa i u e o
Father Pin Pull Pet Octopus
Sounds as “'Th', 'R', 'F‘ “ etc. Does not exist in Japanese which make the pronunciation of a Japanese
who speaks English difficult.
English : Naomi uses a computer
Japanese : Naomi-ga Konpyuuta-o tukau.
Subject Verb Object
Words Order:
Naomi computer use Subject Object Verb
case markers
* The Japanese verb does not indicate number or gender.
Hello. こんにちは。 (Kon nichi wa)
How are you? お元気ですか。(O-genki desu ka?)
Hello.こんにちは。 (Kon nichi wa)
Fine, thank you. 元気です。ありがとう。(Genki desu. Arigatō.)
My name is Haruko Momoi . 私の名前は 桃井はるこ です。
(Watashi no namae wa Halko Momoi desu.)
What is your name?お名前は何ですか。(O-namae wa nan desu ka? )
Thank you.ありがとう。
Have a nice day.良い一日を。
Arigatō.
Yoi ichinichi o.
