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Vegetable Vocabulary Posted by Ginny on Jun 28, 2009
Here is a vocabulary list containing some items you’ll probably see in a Japanese grocery store. やさい – vegetable たまねぎ – onion トマト – tomato ブロッコリー – brocolli レタス – lettuce きゅうり – cucumber ポテト – potato にんじん – carrot まめ – bean ほうれんそう – spinach だいこん – radish ズッキーニ – zucchini ししとう – green…
Days of the Month Part 2 Posted by Ginny on Jun 25, 2009
Day 16 : じゅうろくにち (juurokunichi) Day 17 : じゅうしちにち (juushichinichi) Day 18: じゅうはちにち (juuhachinichi) Day 19 : じゅうくにち (juukunichi) Day 20 : はつか (hatsuka) Day 21 : にじゅういちにち (nijuuichinichi) Day 22 : にじゅうににち (nijuuninichi) Day 23 : にじゅうさんにち (nijuusannichi) Day 24 : にじゅうよっか (nijuuyokka) Day 25 : にじゅうごにち (nijuugonichi) Day 26 : にじゅうろくにち (nijuurokunichi) Day…
Days of the Month Posted by Ginny on Jun 22, 2009
Day 1 : ついたち (tsuitachi) Day 2 : ふつか (futsuka) Day 3 : みっか (mikka) Day 4 : よっか (yokka) Day 5 : いつか (itsuka) Day 6 : むいか (muika) Day 7 : なのか (nanoka) Day 8 : ようか (yooka) Day 9 : ここのか (kokonoka) Day 10 : とおか (tooka) Day 11 : じゅういちにち (juuichinichi)…
Japanese Months Posted by Ginny on Jun 13, 2009
January: ichigatsu (一月)(いちがつ) February: nigatsu (二月) (にがつ) March: sangatsu (三月) (さんがつ) April: shigatsu (四月) (しがつ) May: gogatsu (五月) (ごがつ) June: rokugatsu (六月) (ろくがつ) July: shichigatsu (七月) (しちがつ) August: hachigatsu (八月) (はちがつ) September: kugatsu (九月) (くがつ) October: juugatsu (十月) (じゅうがつ) November: juuichigatsu (十一月) (じゅういちがつ) December: juunigatsu (十二月) (じゅうにがつ) The months are pretty straightforward. All you have to do is place the number of the month with the…
Hiragana and Katakana Practice Posted by Ginny on May 20, 2009
Ok, so let’s do some hiragana (ひらがな) and katakana (かたかな) practice. First I’ll give you all the characters you need to do for this exercise. Just remember that the hiragana (ひらがな) is writen first. The katakana (かたかな) is provided after the hiragana (ひらがな) a – (あ)(ア) i – (い)(イ) u – (う)(ウ) e – (え)(エ)…
Japanese Time Posted by Ginny on Apr 3, 2009
If you want to say it’s one o’clock, just add the number one and ji (じ). Here are some examples: 1 : いち. 1 o’clock : いちじ. 2 : に. 2 o’clock : にじ. 3 : さん. 3 o’clock : さんじ. 4 : よん or し or よ. 4 o’clock : よじ. Note: only よじ will…
Japanese Grammar: The no (の) particle Posted by Ginny on Mar 10, 2009
When you want to say “my name” or “his friend” how will you say it in Japanese? In order to complete this exercise you’ll need to know the Japanese possessive called no (の). Take a look at this sentence: watashi no namae (わたし の なまえ). Notice that the no (の) goes between the word watashi…