Basic Grammer

So, we continued on grammar. After we have a little lesson for kanji and some vocabulary. Now, i will explain about grammer. Its very simple and according to me, easier than english. For example,

"I drink coffee"
In japanese, we got
"watashi wa koohii wo nomu" 「わたしはコーヒーを飲む」

in english pattern : [S] [V] [O]
in japanese pattern: [S] [O] [V]

so different with english isn't it?

and in japanese, there are some particle.

「は」 ha, it pronounced as wa if following a subject. It's for Subject marker
「を」 wo, it pronounced as o. It's for Direct Object Marker
「も」 mo, For too (similar) meaning.
「と」 to, it means and.
「へ」 he, it for direction marker. Not pronounced as he, but e.
「に」ni, for direction or time marker, indirect object marker

Some vocabulary

hello.....

we meet again. this time i will add some vocabulary and its usually used in daily activities.

we start with greeting or aisatsu

おはようございます it mean good morning
こんにいちは　it means good afternoon
こんばんは it means good night

when we introduce our self to the other people, we say

わたしは-your name-です。
-where you come from- からきました
どうぞよろしくおねがいします。

for example:

わたしはしんじです、　アメリカからきました、どうぞよろしくおねがいします。

Day

As i promised, I will explain about the day. First this the kanji we need



on:ニチ, ジツ
kun:ひ, -び, -か
meaning:day, sun, Japan


on:ゲツ, ガツ
kun:つき
meaning:month, moon


on:カ
kun:ひ, -び, ほ-
meaning:fire


on:スイ
kun:みず, みず-
meaning:water


on:ボク, モク
kun:き, こ-
meaning:tree, wood


on:キン, コン, ゴン
kun:かね, かな-, -がね
meaning:gold


on:ド, ト
kun:つち
meaning:soil, earth, ground, Turkey


and we need one more kanji


on:ヨウ
kun:
meaning:weekday

So what we do next is, combining them. And it will be like this

Sunday 日曜日　（にちようび）
Monday　月曜日　（げつようび）
Tuesday　火曜日　（かようび）
Wednesday　水曜日　（すいようび）
Thursday　木曜日　（もくようび）
Friday　金曜日　（きんよううび）
Saturday　土曜日　（どようび）

so that's it. I hope it will be useful to you all.

Month

so, we continued on part 2 of my lesson. We learn about kanji that ussualy used in daily life in Japan. This time about a name of day and month. On my latest post we have learn kanji number, so we combine it with make them with this kanji :


on:ゲツ, ガツ
kun:つき
meaning:month, moon

so for emxample:

we have

一月　it read ichigatsu (いちがつ) it means January.
二月　にがつ "February"
三月　さんがつ "March"
四月　しがつ "April"
五月　ごがつ "May"
六月　ろくがつ "June"
七月　しちがつ "July"
八月　はちがつ "August"
九月　くがつ "September"
十月　じゅうがつ "October"
十一月　じゅういちがつ "November"
十二月　じゅうにがつ "December"

But, now Japanese didn't write the month same as my explanation above. It use a plain number, for example if it is January just １月, just like that.

So it will be continued on my next post. I will post about the name of the day.

じゃ、またねえ

Learn Kanji Number

Before we start learn kanji, there are 2 way to spell a kanji reading. It's Onyomi (音読み) and Kunyomi (訓読み). Onyomi is a chinese reading, it means if 2

kanji becomes one, the reading of that kanji is based on their onyomi. But not always the reading of two kanji based on their onyomi. And i will explain it

later. The second is Kunyomi, kunyomi is a Japanese reading, it means that a kanji can be read and have a meaning on it. It is different with onyomi, if a

single kanji read in onyomi, it hadn't a meaning.

So we start in Kanji of Number, here we go

on:イチ, イツ
kun:ひと-, ひと.つ
meaning: One

on:ニ, ジ
kun:ふた, ふた.つ, ふたた.び
meaning: Two

on:サン, ゾウ
kun:み, み.つ, みっ.つ
meaning: Three

on:シ
kun:よ, よ.つ, よっ.つ, よん
meaning: Four

on:ゴ
kun:いつ, いつ.つ
meaning: five

on:ロク, リク
kun:む, む.つ, むっ.つ, むい
meaning: Six

on:シチ
kun:なな, なな.つ, なの
meaning: Seven

on:ハチ
kun:や, や.つ, やっ.つ, よう
meaning: Eight

on:キュウ, ク
kun:ここの, ここの.つ
meaning: nine

on:ジュウ, ジッ, ジュッ
kun:とお, と
meaning: Ten


Thats it for now. Next time i will add more kanji. じゃ、ここでおわります。

And this is he picture of the origin of katakana


Next, we start to learn kanji. So don't miss it.

Origin of Kana (part 1)

As i promise, i will post the origin of kana. As i said earlier, kana is made from kanji. But with a simplified shape. But it had same spelling and looks like the original form. So i start with hiragana first, here they are: