Trying to learn Japanese

[Vaprice]

光 (히카리)

ビルのすき間で気づかれずに　咲いていた名もない花
비루노 스키마데 키즈카레즈니 사이테이타 나모나이 하나
빌딩의 틈에서 눈치채지 못하게 피어있던 이름도 없는 꽃

今年も季節が巡っては　白い雪舞い降りる
코토시모 키세츠가 메굿테와 시로이 유키 마이오리루
올해도 계절이 돌아와 흰 눈이 춤추듯 떨어져내려

いつまでも空を見上げ続けてた
이츠마데모 소라오 미아게 츠즈케테타
언제까지나 하늘을 계속 올려다보았어

揺れる木漏れ日探していた　
유레루 코모레비 사가시테타
흔들리는 나뭇잎 사이로 비치는 햇빛을 찾고 있었어

手を伸ばすほど切なくて
테오 노바스 호도 세츠나쿠테
손을 뻗을 수록 안타까워서

震える夢を包むように　優しい風が吹き抜ける
후루에루 유메오 츠츠무요-니 야사시이 카제가 후키누케루
떨리는 꿈을 감싸안듯이 다정한 바람이 스쳐지나가

生まれた訳さえ分からずに　ざわめきに埋もれてる
우마레타 와케사에 와카라즈니 자와메키니 우모레테루
태어난 이유마저 모른 채 웅성거림속에 파묻히고 있어

このまま枯れゆく定めだと　知りながらも信じてた
코노마마 카레유쿠 사다메타도 시리나가라모 신지테타
이대로 시들어가게 될 운명이란걸 알면서도 믿었어

誰かが両手をそっと差し伸べた
다레카가 료-테오 솟토 사시노베타
누군가가 양손을 살며시 내밀었어

あふれる涙こぼれるほどに　輝く明日が待っている
아후레루 나미다 코보레루 호도니 카가야쿠 아스가 맛테이루
넘치는 눈물이 흘러넘칠 정도로 빛나는 내일이 기다리고 있어

諦めながら生きてくよりも　信じることで救われる
아키라메나가라 이키테쿠요리모 신지루 코토데 츠쿠와레루
단념하며 살아가는 것 보다도 믿는 것으로 구원받아

生まれた奇跡誇れるように　どんな過去でも抱きしめる
우마레타 키세키 호코레루요-니 돈나 카코데모 다키시메루
생겨난 기적을 자랑할 수 있도록 어떤 과거라도 꼭 껴안아

雲のすき間が広がるように　心の迷い晴れてゆく
쿠모노 스키마가 히로가루요-니 코코로노 마요이 하레테유쿠
구름의 틈이 넓어지는것 처럼 마음의 방황도 개어가

揺れる木漏れ日探していた　
유레루 코모레비 사가시테타
흔들리는 나뭇잎 사이로 비치는 햇빛을 찾고 있었어

手を伸ばすほど切なくて
테오 노바스 호도 세츠나쿠테
손을 뻗을 수록 안타까워서

震える夢を包むように　優しい風が吹き抜ける Yeah
후루에루 유메오 츠츠무요-니 야사시이 카제가 후키누케루 Yeah
떨리는 꿈을 감싸안듯이 다정한 바람이 스쳐지나가 Yeah

[Blue-Fire]

hm...why are there so many squares???and thanks,rubah

[Chemical]

In the case of Watashi, be careful.

Watashi - I (feminin)
Boku - I (masculin)

Watashi/Boku wa (name) desu
My name is.....

Ohayao Gozaimasu
Good morning

Moskoshi
A little more

Nihango
Japanese

Donno O bangowa?
What is your number?

Yeah. I took Japanese for a year... but that and counting is all I really recall.
You should know that there are 4 different alphabets for the Japanese.

Romaji - the only one you'll be able to read at this point because it uses (roman) english characters (ie... a,b,c,d,e...)
Hiragana - Most common... like: あ etc...
Katakana - I believe this is the alphabet used for foreign words...like (American) etc... though it's all symbols.
Kanji- Appropriates Chinese symbols for words instead having to use the longer hiragana alphabet.

They don't have many individual letters It's all:

ha, hi, hu, he, ho
sa, shi, su, se, so
ta, chi, tsu, te, to
ma, mi, mu, me, mo

...etc. etc. so... for instance.

ne - ko (two syllabals, two symbols) to make the word "cat."

Yeah, and katakana is also a symbol based alphabet foreign to english.... it's probably one of the easiest ways to point out japanese.

Aside from the alphabets the Japanese rely on the Chinese symbols for full words. so one symbol will be moon... another symbol will be school... this is to avoid much longer and complicated looking sentances.

...And I'm tapped.

Oh:

あ a い i う u え e お o
か ka き ki く ku け ke こ ko
さ sa し shi す su せ se そ so
た ta ち chi つ tsu て te と to
な na に ni ぬ nu ね ne の no
は ha* ひ hi ふ fu へ he ほ ho
ま ma み mi む mu め me も mo
や ya ゆ yu よ yo
ら ra り ri る ru れ re ろ ro
わ wa を wo
ん n
が ga ぎ gi ぐ gu げ ge ご go
ざ za じ ji ず zu ぜ ze ぞ zo
だ da ぢ ji づ zu で de ど do
ば ba び bi ぶ bu べ be ぼ bo
ぱ pa ぴ pi ぷ pu ぺ pe ぽ po
きゃ kya きゅ kyu きょ kyo
しゃ sha しゅ shu しょ sho
ちゃ cha ちゅ chu ちょ cho
にゃ nya にゅ nyu にょ nyo
ひゃ hya ひゅ hyu ひょ hyo
みゃ mya みゅ myu みょ myo
りゃ rya りゅ ryu りょ ryo
ぎゃ gya ぎゅ gyu ぎょ gyo
じゃ ja じゅ ju じょ jo
ぢゃ ja ぢゅ ju ぢょ jo
びゃ bya びゅ byu びょ byo
ぴゃ pya ぴゅ pyu ぴょpyo
(Hiragana Alphabet ^)

So, by cleverly using this alphabet you can decipher stuff.
IE.

quote: CBC
わたしわけんたです
= watashu wa kenta desu

(though really.. he should have said)
ぼくわけんたです

[Blue-Fire]

uh...huh....my brain hurts now...

[Rinoa_Heartillly]

If you want to be able to type japanese characters, download the Japanese IME (input-method editor) from microsoft:P
ぁ　ぁ　ぁ　
(la la la)
(that was awful)

Actually that hiragana character is pronounced, "A" or "Ah"

The easiest way to learn Japanese is to hear loads of music of Japanese and read the lyrics kanji as you listen to get fimilar with it. Also, buy programs that teach, and books too. That's the way I sorta learned it.

[Yooniece]

You may want to take a class. If you have the passion for it, you can take a lot away from learning from a Japanese teacher. I'm part Japanese, raised with first generation parents, and it still took Japanese classes to make me fluent. It's too intricate and complex a language to learn to read/write/speak on a forum. Nihongo no benkyou wa muzukashii da... ganbatte yo =)

[Blue-Fire]

uh huh...well, i CANT take classes b/c there are none around here.and i already used books and tapes and they didnt work...well, they kinda worked. i only learned how to say "excuse me" out of 9 tapes! so, those suggestions wont work. thanks anyways

[oceanfr]

its hard, keep listening to stuff yea, and try Maktos

[Rengori]

Try watching anime in Japanese with English subtitles. You can figure out a lot of stuff by picking it apart and then separating it.

[oceanfr]

Na anime is not so good for learning, if you want to learn watch JDrama or variety shows, as its a good way to figure out sentence pacing and pronunciation, since guests on variety shows speak informally and realistically. Though picking up a manga would be helpful as well.

[Monster Hunt]

quote: CBC
わたしわけんたです
= watashu wa kenta desu

(though really.. he should have said)
ぼくわけんたです

Yep that's right except for the "wa" for some reason you use a "ha" (は) instead . There's other stuff that's like that too. apart from that Chemical covered it all!

[ScottNUMBERS]

Quen = Cannot eat

Quinas name is a japanease play on words too but I forgot what it means.

[Chemical]

Yep that's right except for the "wa" for some reason you use a "ha" (は) instead . There's other stuff that's like that too. apart from that Chemical covered it all!

Really? Why's that? It always sounds like wa, atleast.

By the way. I was eating sushi today and on my sticks it said:

atemoto

What does that mean?

"Good eats" ?

[Blue-Fire]

uh...huh...

[Social Moon Firesky]

I'm learning Japanese too! Believe me, having a tutor makes everything so much easier!

Ohayo = Good morning. (If you're being polite, add 'gozaimasu' on the end) *Pronounced 'go-zai-mass'*

Konnichiwa = Hello/Good day. *Kon-neechee-wa*

Kombanwa = Good evening. *Kom-ban-wa*

Watashi wa <Your name> desu = My name is... (If you're a boy, you can say 'boku' instead of 'watashi', or if you're a girl, you can say 'atashi' instead. I say 'atashi') *Wa-ta-shee-wa- <Your name> -dess*

Nandemo tabemasu = I eat everything. (I found this incredibly useful when I went to Japan) *Nan-deh-mo-ta-beh-mass*