10 minute-a-day Japanese Lesson – 1 Posted by keiko on Jan 22, 2017 in Culture, Grammar
Hi everyone,
Happy New Year to you all, it’s a bit late. I hope everyone had a nice holiday and enjoyed celebrating New Years.
This month, I decided to start a new learning series called, 10-minute-a-day Japanese Lesson in my blog post. This could be some expressions or vocabulary lesson, but something useful for you all to learn and enjoy. The idea is that I would like you to spend 10 minute a day to read through my post. No need to memorize all of them, but find one of them that you think it will be helpful to you, and I would like you to try to remember that one particular expression or vocabulary. That’s all I would like to ask you!
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Today’s topic is all about the New Year’s resolution. Have you already come up with this year’s resolution?
Let’s get the 10-minute learning started!
1.Kotoshino anatano ho-fu wa nandesuka?
==>What is your New Year’s resolution?
今年の 抱負は 何ですか?
ことしの ほうふは なんですか?
2.Watashi no ho-fu wa okane o tameru koto desu.
==> My resolution is to save money.
私の 抱負は お金を 貯めることです。
わたしの ほうふは おかねを ためることです。
3.Watashi no ho-fu wa daietto o suru koto desu.
==>My resolution is to diet.
私の 抱負は ダイエットを すること です。
わたしの ほうふは だいえっとを すること です。
4.Watashi no ho-fu wa kekkon suru koto desu.
==>My resolution is to get married.
私の 抱負は 結婚 すること です。
わたしの ほうふは けっこん すること です。
5.Watashi no ho-fu wa shoshin suru koto desu.
==>My resolution is to get promoted.
私の 抱負は 昇進 すること です。
わたしの ほうふは しょうしん すること です。
6.Watashi no ho-fu wa nihongo o benkyo suru koto desu.
==>My resolution is to study Japanese.
私の 抱負は 日本語を 勉強 することです。
わたしの ほうふは にほんごを べんきょう すること です。
Vocabulary Lesson
Kotoshi: This year (今年、 ことし)
Hofu: Resolution (抱負、ほうふ)
Okane: Money (お金、おかね)
Daietto: Diet (ダイエット、だいえっと)
Shoshin: Promotion (昇進、しょうしん)
Nihongo: Japanese(日本語、にほんご)
Benkyo: to study (勉強、べんきょう)
Stay tuned for the next series of 10 minute-a-day Japanese Lesson.
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Comments:
Watashi wa Kenji desu.:
This looks just like the thing I’ve been wanting and didn’t know it. I spoke Japanese years ago and have had very few reasons to speak it since. It is just so much a part of me that I really feel alive when I hear it or speak it. Wish I were using it again as I am climbing Fujiyama again.
keiko:
@Watashi wa Kenji desu. Hello Kenji san,
It’s never too late to start learning again. So, please don’t give up.![🙂](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/svg/1f642.svg)
It doesn’t come overnight, but your knowledge will grow as you learn one sentence at a time.
Good luck!
Keiko
Amit:
@Watashi wa Kenji desu. Hi Keiko,
Thanks for starting these lessons. Starting to learn Japanese. Will look forward to new sessions every day
Amit:
Hi Keiko,
New to Twitter. Thanks for starting these lessons. Look forward to increasing my knowledge of Japanese. Just starting to learn actually
keiko:
@Amit Hi Amit,
Thanks for your comment. I wish you the best of luck in learning Japanese. Hope you can learn some tips on my site for your learning.
Thanks,
Keiko
khaled:
@Watashi wa Kenji desu.
I’m looking for one learn japanese with me, i just finished hiragana letters.
Two are better than one
mhwe mhwe:
Hi Keiko,
I’m starting to learn Japanese. This really helps me and i do appreciate. Thank you with all my heart for your lesson.
Kannan:
I am learning Nihongo in a laguage school in Chennai-India and your blog lessons compliment the learning.Arigatho Gozaimas and I will continue to learn every day
keiko:
@Kannan Hi Kannan,
Thank you so much for your feedback. I am so glad to hear! Please let me know if there is any particular topic that you are interested.
Keiko
Linda Casey:
Dear Keiko:
Greetings from the Netherlands (though I’m American). There is a word or an expression in Japanese that describes doing something for 10 minutes a day consistently in order to achieve progress in one’s life. Could you please tell me what word that is? Thank you.
Linda
P.S. I love all things Japanese