Easy Japanese Now: Language

Lesson 7

か = ka It is said like ka in "ka a do doo do"

き= ki It is said like key.

く= ku It is said like the "coo" in raccoon

け= ke It is said like cay.

こ= ko said like "co" in cobra.

Lesson 6

We are starting the Japanese alphabet. There are 51 letters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4XNx6r04SU

あ = a It is said as the "a" in father

い = i It is said as the "i" in Indigo

う = u It is said as the "oo" in room.

え= e It is said as the "e" in egg.

お= o It is said as the "o" in ok.

Lesson 5

ichi 1

いち

ni 2

に

san 3

さん

shi/yon 4

し/よん

go 5

ご

roku 6

ろく

nana/shichi 7

　なな/ しち

hachi 8

はち

kyu 9

く

juu 10

じゅう

Lesson 4

Getsuyobi                                                     Monday
げつようび
Kayobi                                                         Tuesday
かようび
Suiyobi                                                        Wednesday
すいようび
Mokuyobi                                                    Thursday
もくようび
Kin'yobi                                                          Friday
きんようび
Doyobi                                                           Saturday
どようび
Nichiyobi Sunday
にちようび

Lesson 3

Kuroi    black
くろい
Aoi blue
あおい
Chairo                                                                    brown
ちゃいろ
Haiiro                                                                      gray
はいいろ
Midori    green
みどり
Pinku                                                                     Pink
ぴんく

Orenji                                                                      Orange
おれんじ
Murasaki                                                                purple
むらさき
Akai                                                                         red
あかい
Mizuiro                                                              Light blue
みずいろ
Shiro                                                                       white
しろ
Kiiro    yellow
きいろ

Lesson 2

arigatou                                                            Thanks
ありがとう

arigatou gozaimasu                                        Thanks a lot!
ありがとうございます

dou itashimashite                                            Your welcome
どういたしまして

ki o tsukete                                                       Take care
きをつけて

gomen nasai                                                            Sorry
ごめんなさい

Sumimasen                                                             Pardon me
すみません

Itadakimasu                                                      bon appetit
いただきます

Gochisousama deshita               Thank you for the meal.
ごちそうさまでした

Ogenki desuka?                                                  How are you doing?
おげんきですか
Hai, genki desu                                                      I am fine.
はい, げんきです
Iie,genki dewa arimasen                                        I am not fine.
いいえ,げんきでわありません

Lesson 1

The Japanese language has 3 alphabets. They are hiragana, katakana, and Kanji. Hiragana is the 1st one you should be learning. There are 51 letters in this alphabet. For the first few lessons I will use another system called romaji which is Japanese written with Latin letters. Now I will show you greetings and good byes.
Konnichi wa                                                       Good afternoon
こんにちは
Ohayōgozaimasu                                                Good Morning
おはようございます

Konbanwa                                                            Good Night
こんばんは
Oyasuminasai                                         Good Night ( as in going to bed)
おやすみなさい
Oyasumin                                                              Night ( less formal)
おやすみ
Sayonara                                                               Good Bye
さよなら
The next lesson will be basic phrases. I am planning on making youtube videos to go along with this blog.