Japanese Language Blog
Menu
Search

Archive for 'Grammar'

Vegetable Vocabulary Posted by 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…

Continue Reading

Days of the Month Part 2 Posted by 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…

Continue Reading

Days of the Month Posted by 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)…

Continue Reading

Japanese Months Posted by 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…

Continue Reading

Hiragana and Katakana Practice Posted by 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)…

Continue Reading

Japanese Time Posted by 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…

Continue Reading

Japanese Grammar: The no (の) particle Posted by 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…

Continue Reading

Older posts
Newer posts