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Hai. Arigato.
Sensei anata wa nihonjin?
[ This Message was edited by: GOwin on 2005-05-13 02:53 ]
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Posted: 2005-05-13 03:43:35
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Just a little comment if Wazuki sensei don't mind,
When you address a person in authority or someone older than you, "anata" (you) will sound rude. Normally, the formal way of addressing a person is by calling his name or designation. In @Gowin's question for example:
Teacher, are you a Japanese?
should be:
Sensei wa Nihonjin desu ka?
edit: to elaborate
Sensei = Teacher
wa = indicates that the previous word is the subject
Nihonjin = Japanese person (jin = person)
desu = BE (verb) or in this case IS
ka = indicates that the sentence is a question.
I'm sure Wazuki sensei will explain this in his lessons.
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[ This Message was edited by: blackspot on 2005-05-13 03:17 ]
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Posted: 2005-05-13 04:09:46
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sumimasen. domo.
I keep on fogetting about desu ka and "?"
Aren't we supposed to drop the "?" when we use desu ka when writing in romanji.
(I was told that I should forego learning japanese thru romanji and concentrate on kana instead)
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Posted: 2005-05-13 04:13:24
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No i m russian im only 17 and studying japanese for only 1.5 years :) but sure i can chat with japanese people just fine.
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Posted: 2005-05-13 04:36:44
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yup, you're right ka is already like the equivalent of a question mark (?). So a Japanese question (using Japanese characters) that ends in ka is terminated by a Japanese period.
I also think learning Japanese is more effective (and fun IMO) if you learn kana as well, romaji is just necessary to launch you to learning the language.
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Posted: 2005-05-13 04:37:10
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an acceptable, but probably less formal way of asking would be:
nihonjin desu ka [are you japanese?] - assumes you both know you're talking with each other.
or, if you don't want to assume anything
sensei wa nanjin desu ka [Teacher, what is your nationality]
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Posted: 2005-05-13 06:32:52
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On 2005-05-13 01:16:40, GOwin wrote:
I use a laptop with a japanese keyboard layout at home.
The main keys looks like this:
Yeah. My keyboard is Japanese enabled as well. A lot easier than writing.
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Posted: 2005-05-13 11:04:35
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Yes, adding ka to the end of a sentence turns it into a question.
Doko ni ikimasu ka?
I say this to the Japanese tourists I see, which is quite often. I was told that if you do make an attempt to speak to Japanese tourists in there own language it is a nice gesture, one that is not forgotten easily.
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Posted: 2005-05-13 11:09:37
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i wanted to fix something.
It's not komputa
its pccom (probably pronounced Pasacom)
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Posted: 2005-05-13 14:03:32
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minna genki kai
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Posted: 2005-05-16 01:40:48
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