| Before I start, if you are truly serious about learning Japanese then you have to start learning Hiragana and Katakana. So go LEARN! Ok so building on last time using the same pattern I'll show you how to state your nationalities or job Nationalities Vocabulary that follows: Igirisu (England), Amerika (United States), -jin (-ese, -ian, person from) (Noun 1) wa (noun 2) desu. Watashi wa Igirisu-jin desu. As for me I'm English Kiku-san wa Amerika-jin desu. Miss Kiku is American. So try telling everyone your nationalities and that of the person above. Oosutoraria-jin (Australian), Burajiru-jin (Brazilian), Kanada-jin (Canadian), Chuugoku-jin (Chinese), Ejiputo-jin (Egyptian), Furansu-jin (French), Doitsu-jin (German), Indoneshia-jin (Indochinese), Itaria-jin (Italian), Nihon-jin (Japanese), Nyuujirando-jin (New Zealandish, lol), Roshia-jin (Russian), Supein-jin (Spanish), Suisu-jin (Swiss), Tai-jin (Tai). Job Vocabulary that follows: Gakusei (student), kokku (chef). (Noun 1) wa (noun 2) desu. Watashi wa kokku desu. As for me i'm a chef. Kiku-san wa gakusei desu. Miss Kiku is a student. So try stating your job and the person aboves job; http://japanese.about.com/library/bl_occupation.htm So again simple, but step by step people! Lesson 3 I'll tell you about "ka" the question marker, and Lesson 4 will be about the particle "no". Oh and I'm not actually a chef... I'm more of a cook but I couldn't find that! lol. |
gibberishlyAug 31, 2007 8:45 AM
| Watashi wa gakusei desu. Kiku-san wa kokku desu. Great lesson, good you started it ^_^ Needed long time ago :D By the way I didn't tell my nationality, because i really don't know how to say Lithuanian in Japanese xD |
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ChunKY said: Watashi wa gakusei desu. Kiku-san wa kokku desu. Great lesson, good you started it ^_^ Needed long time ago :D By the way I didn't tell my nationality, because i really don't know how to say Lithuanian in Japanese xD Lol! When my class starts at the end of the month remind me to ask my teacher for you! |
| Watashi wa burajiru-jin desu. ChunKY-san wa rituania-jin desu ne? Watashi wa gakusei desu. ChunKY-san wa gakusei desu. Well... I'm not sure if this is right, but for me it looks like it's rituania-jin. Just to explain, the ne particle is used for confirmations, like in "ChunKY-san wa rituania-jin desu ne?" "ChunKY-san is lithuanian right?". |
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rzippert said: Well... I'm not sure if this is right, but for me it looks like it's rituania-jin. Just to explain, the ne particle is used for confirmations, like in "ChunKY-san wa rituania-jin desu ne?" "ChunKY-san is lithuanian right?". I was thinking something like that too. I'm insanely bad at changing things into Japanese. I tend to put "o" at the end of everything instead! lol... the scary thing is i'm sometimes right... |
| 私わサイヤ人です。ほんとに。 watashi wa saiya-jin desu. honto ni. |
gzeus said: 私わサイヤ人です。ほんとに。 watashi wa saiya-jin desu. honto ni. Lol, no idea what that is but i'm thinking DBZ! lol. And "Honto ni" - "Yes really"? |
| "honto ni" I think that means "true" "for sure" or smth like that.. :) |
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| Be for warned, I'm a bit of a stickler for adding the vowels where needed, and 'hontou' is really. Watashi wa Kanada-jin desu. gzeus-san wa saiya-jin desu. Watashi wa gakusei desu. gzeus-san wa gakusei desu ka? |
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| はい、学生です。 Hai, gakusei desu. Yeah, I was planning to add a macron there (ō) but I forgot to edit it afterwards. Just wanted to test if the boards can display the text properly. |
YuunagiSep 1, 2007 8:16 PM
| Watashi wa Amerika-jin desu. Tasura-san wa Kanada-jin desu. Watashi wa Gakusei desu. Tasura-san wa Gajusei desu. |
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| Watashi wa Firipiniso-jin (Philippines, I'm not sure if my romaji is correct) desu. Pardon86-san wa Kanada-jin desu. Watashi wa gakusei kagakusha desu. Pardon86-san wa gakusei desu. |
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sweetburntlips said: Watashi wa Firipin-jin (Philippines, I'm not sure if my romaji is correct) desu. *fixed |
gzeus said: sweetburntlips said: Watashi wa Firipin-jin (Philippines, I'm not sure if my romaji is correct) desu. *fixed hey, thanks!! I was thinking of firipin-jin when i first tried. But I thought that it would translate to Philippine, so I added a few letters to make it Philippines, which I am not sure if I was correct. Thank you for that. I really appreciate it. |
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| Sorry to ressurect an older topic but I wanted to add that when referring to nationality you always use 'I' or 'You' even if it's understood who you're talking about. |
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| 私はアメリカ人です。図書館でアルバイトをします。 watashi wa amerikajin desu. toshokan de arubaito wo shimasu わたしは アメリカじん です。 としょかんで アルバイトを します。 I am American. I work part-time at a library. |
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| I put this in Lesson 1 but here goes again. I mentioned then I was not using kanji (yet). わたし わ アメリカ じん です。 がくせい です。 Watashi wa Amerika-jin desu. Gakusei desu. Um, why do you have to use watashi wa for nationality? |
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animedreamer said: I put this in Lesson 1 but here goes again. I mentioned then I was not using kanji (yet). わたし わ アメリカ じん です。 がくせい です。 Watashi wa Amerika-jin desu. Gakusei desu. Um, why do you have to use watashi wa for nationality? You're going to want to use は for the wa particle, not わ。 |
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| 私はフィリピンじんです。 こうこうせいです。 Watashi wa Firipin-jin desu. Kōkō-sei desu. |
| Watashi wa Ueruzu-jin desu. Watashi wa kaishain desu. 私はウェールズじんです。 私は会社員です。 I am Welsh. I am an office worker. |
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| Watashi wa Amerika-jin desu. Watashi wa gakusei desu. I am an American, I am a student. |
MomoHime125Jun 19, 2008 9:31 PM
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| ぼくは13%にっぽんじん, 6%スペインじん, 81%フィリピンです. わたしはがくせいです. Boku wa 13% Nippon-Jin, 6% Spein-Jin, 81% Firipin-Jin desu. Watashi wa gakusei desu. |
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| Watashi wa gakusei desu. I am a student. Watashi wa Oranda-jin desu. I am Dutch. __ kiddemon86-san wa gakusei desu. kiddemon86 is a student. Aizu wa 13% Nippon-jin, 6% Spein-jin, soshite 81% Firipin-jin desu. He is 13% Japanese, 6% Spanish, and 81% Philippine (?) . |
hiinotamaJun 29, 2008 10:53 AM
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| Watashi wa Firipin-jin desu. Software Design Engineer desu. or.... SOFUTOWEA DESAIN INJINIA desu. lol XD |
| 私は、アメリカ人です。カリフォルニアに、私は大学生ですが、今、日本に私は留学生です。 watashi wa, amerikajin desu. kariforunia ni, watashi wa daigakusei desu ga, ima, nihon ni ryuugakusei desu. I'm American. In California, I'm a university student, but right now I'm a foreign-exchange student in Japan. =D (And am excited to be going home in two weeks. ^^;) |
| あたしはアメリカ人です。そして、あたしは高校生です。 I am American and I'm a High School student. |
| Konnichiwa. Watashi wa Serubia- jin desu soshite gakusei desu. Hajimashte? |
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| Konnichiwa minna-san! Watashi wa Oranda-jin desu. Koukousei desu. SabakuNoGaara-san wa Serubia-jin desu soshite gakusei desu. Hello everyone, I'm Dutch and a high school student. SabukaNoGaara is Serbian (or how do you say this? ^^") and a student. |
| It's ok.......... Serbian ( or Serb )............ Arigatougozaimasu, Teddy- san......... Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu............. Thank you, Teddy- san........ Nice to meet you......... |
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| こんにいちは、私は生徒です。中国から来ました。中国人です。 さばくのがあらは セルビアン人（？＾＾）です。 konnichiwa, watashi ha seito desu. chugoku kara kimashita. chuugokujin desu. sabakunogaara ha serbianjin desu. good day, i am a pupil. i come form china, i am chinese. sabakunogaara is a serbian. |
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