Remember this?
Get used to it..........
Because you're gonna be seeing ALOT of this vid.......
Trust me, you're gonna thank me later.
Okay, so you know what "asa meshi mae" means, right?
Asa = morning
Meshi = meal
Mae = before
Or, "no sweat", "piece of cake". Of course, this is an idiom -- or a figure of speech.
Now, let's work on "mae" for a sec.
Oh!! What about the stuff we went over in that little all-Japanese post? How'd that go over? Did you find out what the words you didn't know?
Well if you didn't, Good!! It's okay if you did, but I was gonna go over them with you anyway......
Well, in the first paragraph, there's "oboetenai". That means "don't remember". And if I remember correctly, I said, "'Ikimasu' o oboetenai ka?" Can you-- Oh, yeah! Cover your screen!! I'll wait..... You ready? Cool. Now......
Ikimasu o oboetenai ka? Can you figure out what I just said? (THINK FIRST!!! YOU CAN DO IT...)
I said, "Do you remember what 'ikimasu' is?" or more literally, "Do you not remember 'ikimasu'?"
Now, go down to the other post with a vid like this one.... do you see where it says "vocabulary?" see the first two words in that list? we're gonna work with just those two today.....
I don't remember if I've gone over this with you benkyonuts, but-- no, wait, I did! Well, anyway, Shougakusei (show-ga-koo-say) means, "elementary school student". [just in case you didn't notice, there's a little link to where you can find "no", just like I promised I'd do.]
Now, let's play with "asa meshi mae"........ First, "meshi".
In case you were too lazy to check, "no" points out possesion of something. Not just things, but other stuff as well.......
Okay, you got your screen covered? Good........
Shougakusei no meshi. What did I just say? (THINK FIRST!!)
(Elementary) student's meal.
Shougakusei no meshi wa ookii. (TAKE YOUR TIME...)
The student's meal is big.
Shougakusei no meshi wa ookii desu ka? (That's the long version. you can just say, "Shougakusei no meshi wa ookii? Just make it sound like a question. NOW, THINK BEFORE YOU MOVE THAT PAPER.)
Is the student's meal big?
You get the picture? Good. Moving on.
Now, you remember just above, when I said that "no" show possesion of other things? Here's what I mean.....
Asa no mae
Can you guess what I said? (THINK....SERIOUSLY, THINK. LOOK AROUND BEFORE YOU LOOK DOWN......)
Before morning
Look at the word order; The morning's before
Actually, I was referring to the TIME before morning..... the time that BELONGS before morning. Get it? Possesion?
Asameshi. What's that?
Breakfast..... duh. But watch this.......
Asa no meshi..... NOW what did I say?
Morning meal! Or rather, MORNING'S meal. The meal that BELONGS to the morning. Get it?
How they're saying it in the vid, it should be spelled as one word technically. It's not wrong, though.
Shougakusei no asameshi (THINK)
The student's breakfast
Asa no Shougakusei (THINK.... YOU CAN DO IT)
The morning's (elementary) student [remember, there's a different name for a high school student]
It also means, "the (elementary) student from this morning"
"Shougakusei no mae".... you think you can figure this out? (I KNOW YOU CAN.....)
Before the student. You understand it? [your place] before the student
*RULE OF THUMB: If you want to point out that something is or comes something or someone, Just say the subject, and then "no mae".
Shogakusaei no mae-- before the student
Sato San no mae-- before Mr. Sato
Yamaguchi San no mae-- Before Mr. Yamaguchi.
Get it? Good.
Now, "Asa meshi mae" o oboetebnai ka? (I'M ASKING YOU..... THINK, NOW....)
"oboetenai" o oboetenai ka? I'm sure you do.............
Okay, I think we've had enough of our daily dose.....
Now, I need you guys to use the hiragana and katakana pages!!!!! You have no idea how important it is to keep up with that as you go.... Keep a journal! Write in it whatever you want, just make sure you're using those words... write about what you're learning, write in english and throw in the words you know in Japanese, or just make a list of all the words you know and mix-n-match! (I'd recommend that last one the best.)
Oh! And remember to watch that vid until you're thoroughly sick of it!! Until you can mouth that sucker....... in your sleep......... and then wake up puking because you've made yourself so sick to death of it..... and then find me and hunt me down for making you listen to it so much that you can't remember how to say much else.........
.....and then I'll say, "ah-ah-ah! But you know that stuff now, don't you?"
and then you thank me while you're choking me.......
I'm not kidding.... watch it!!!
Okay, TTFN!!! ^_^*
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