The NEW lesson 1: starting over

Hey, Benkyonuts!!


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Anyway, I know that it's been a bit since the last post, but I'm gonna make it up to you in just a moment.......


I've got a bunch of really good treats for you coming in from Tumbler and YouTube and Hulu that (I hope) is enough to gain your forgiveness........


But first things first....


I just want to go back over the lessons and simplify them so that it'll be easier to study (benkyo) with.


Ready?!? Here we go!!!




From the first lesson;


Konnichiwa!                     Hello!
O Genki desu ka?             How are you?
Arigato!                            Thank you!
San                                   Mr., Mrs., Miss.
Yamaguchi San                Mr.(Mrs., Miss) Yamaguchi
Sato San                           Mr. (Mrs., Miss) Sato
Iie                                     No
Hai                                   Yes
Iie, kekko desu.                No, thank you-- No, I'm fine, Thank you.
Anata                               You
Anata wa?                        And you?








Sato San: Yamaguchi San! Konnichiwa!
Yamaguchi San: Sato San! Konnichiwa!
Sato San: O genki desu ka?
Yamaguchi San: Hai, genki desu. Anata wa?
Sato San: Genki, arigato.


Now I'm gonna break it into sections. We'll be going into each of the other lessons  bit by bit.




Okay!!! First treat!!!


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Okay, I'll write some things in English and you try to write them in Japanese.
Okay? Go ahead and get you a pen and paper....... I'll wait........




Okay, Ready? Here we go!


Hello! How are you?
I'm fine. And you?
I'm fine, thank you.
No, I'm fine.
Thank you, Mr. Sato.


Alright, I think that's everything. Now let's go over them a few more times out loud. Cover the screen with something before you start..... you ready?


Say, "Hello, Mr. Sato!"








Konnichiwa, Sato San!!








Now say, "Hello, Mr. Yamaguchi!"








Konnichiwa, Yamaguchi San!"








Say, "How are you?"










O genki desu ka?








Say, "I'm fine, and you?"








Genki desu. Anata wa?






Say, "Fine, thank you."








Genki, Arigato.




Okay, I think that's enough. We'll go over more things in the next blog. Okay? Alright.  That's all for now!!!




Ja Mata!!!

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Lesson 8~ Tatemono, shukudai, and the dreaded wo

WARNING!!! If you're new to this blog, Go over some of the other entries!

For example..........

This,

This,

and

This.(they're all in the BLOG ARCHIVE in the side bar--I'm just making it a little bit easier)

And at any rate.....
You're gonna need it!!! (We are doing a little bit of repetition today, though.)

Okay, before we go any further....
Let's break loose for just a little bit!!!

WHOO!!!! YEAH!!!! Ahh, good times.... good times.......

Okay, now that we're all loosened up--

"Shougakusei" o oboetenai ka? Hai? Yoshi!!

Okay, cover your screen............. (Get a paper or something....)

How do you say, "Mr. Yamaguchi is a student" (or rather, an elementary student)? (THINK, NOW.....)

Yamaguchi San wa shougakusei desu.

How about, "Mr. Sato is a student"?

Sato san wa shougakusei desu.

Okay, do you remember the Rule of Thumb I said about  "before" (in the last post)? I said  that if you ever want to point out that something happened before something else, say the subject and put "no mae" after it.

Remember?

What does "asa meshi mae" mean? The idiom I mean.

Piece of Cake

"But then," you ask, "You just said that When I want to say something comes beforehand, that I just have to put 'no mae' after it-- but then there's no 'no' in 'asa meshi mae'!!! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU!!!! WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE COSMOS??!!! WHY IS THE CRUEL UNIVERSE TRYING TO CONFUSE--"

Okay, honey-- calm down!!! It's not the end of the world. Every language has it's exeptions. Besides that, this particular phrase, because it's a figure of speech, doesn't technically count in that rule of thumb--

FACT: "Rule of Thumb" is a figure of speech! How come we don't say, "the rule on MY thumb" or, "the rule on OUR thumb"?

HOW THE HELL SHOULD I KNOW? WE JUST DON'T! That's just how grammar stacked that up over time. It's the same with Japanese phrases. We could say it that way, it just would make you sound like an idiot because that's not how either one of those phrases-- the Japanese one or our english one-- are normally said. Get it?

So, don't worry about "asa meshi mae'. It's fine as it is.

Okay?

Good.

Back to work..............

SSSSSSSSSSSSSoooooooooooooooooo.......................................... *Kitty*

Sorry, got distracted................

What was I say--

 Oh!! Yeah.

So, what did I say was the rule of thumb for "before"?

So how do you say, "before the pen"?

Before we go on;

I've said this before, COVER UP YOUR SCREEN with your hand or a piece of paper and slide the paper down as you go-- that way, you give your brain a fighting chance of actuallly keeping this info!!!! I cannot stress this enough!! I'll wait..........

Did you do it?

I hope so........

So, "Before the pen"? (THINK! THEN MOVE IT....)

Pen no mae

How about, "Before the student"?

Shougakusei no mae

Now, I don't know if you noticed, but in the All-Japanese post I put in some time ago (along with the AWESOME vid from Japanese singing legend, Kanon Wakeshima) I also put in some words I never taught you. One of which we've gone over .......

Oboetenai

Take some time, go ahead an read that over again..............

Done? Good. Now.........

Here's how to say, building.......

Tatemono

Try to say, "before the building".

Tatemono no mae

Say, "Mr. Yamaguchi's building".

Yamaguchi San no tatemono

Can you say, "before Mr. Yamaguchi's building"? (THINK BEFORE YOU LOOK!!!)

Yamaguchi san no tatemono no mae

How about, "before the student's building"?

Shougakusei no tatemono no mae

Okay, now go just below the all Japanese post to the other "asa meshi mae" vid. Go to the vocabulary list.

Kayso, we went over the first two words right? So let's go over the next two......

There's the word for "homework"

Shukudai

and another--

uuummm---

Let's say "complicated" word there

Wo

I'll get to "wo" in a minute.... first, "Shukudai".

Say, "before homework"

Shukudai no mae

Say, "Mr Yamaguchi's homework"

Yamaguchi san no shukudai

Say, "My homework"

Watashi no shukudai

Do you remember how to say "You"?

Anata

How about, "Your"?

Anata no

Now say, "Your homework"

Anata no Shukudai

How'd you do?  Good?

Okay, now..... the dreaded "wo"

To be honest, it's not as bad as I'm making it sound, it's just something we're not used to.

Look just under the vid in this post...... (^^^ up there^^^)

What's the first Japanese thing I wrote?

You see that "o"? It's the same thing.

In the vocabulary list it says, "(direct object marker)". I guess that's the simplest way to put it, but let me break it down for you..........

"oboetenai" is a verb, right?

Putting "o" or "wo" in front of it "directs" the verb at the subject before it.

What does "oboetenai" mean? "Don't remember", right? (cover the screen)

What does, "Yamaguchi San o oboetenai" mean?

I don't remember Mr. Yamaguchi

You're doing this action-- or rather, lack of action-- to Mr. Yamaguchi.

Here's how to say "Water"

Mizu

Do you remember how to say "to drink?"

Nomimasu

"Nomimasu" is the action, right?

"Mizu o nomimasu.' What did I say?

 Drink water

You can also say, "Mizu wo nomimasu". It's the same thing, just slightly different spelling.

So basically in the beginning, when asked I you, "'shougakusei' o oboetenai ka?" I was actually asking you, "Can you not perform [this] action to [this] word?"

So, WITHOUT LOOKING, what are these words in Japanese?

Building

Student

You

water

to drink

And what are the two "direct object markers"?

Okay, I think we've done enough damage.

Of course, you know that we'll be going through this over and over as much as possible, but I still don't want you to get lazy! Keep reading these things until you're SICK of them~!!!!!! I PROMISE  you'll thank me for it later.........

So until we meet again~

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Lesson 7~ Asa, meshi, and mae

Hey, guys!
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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These, I thought, were actually pretty awesome!! You'll be surprised!

I'll have the next post up and running as soon as I can.
Remember "Asa meshi mae"? Yeah, we're gonna be have ALOT of fun with that.

In the meantime, what do you think of this Show? Pretty Geeky, but I like the beginning song!

Lesson 6~ Review and Overview!!! IMPORTANT!!

Warning!! I'f you're new.... STOP!!!! Go to the bottom of this screen and read the other entries!!! You're gonna need it for this.......

KONNICHIWA!!! O genki desu ka? Watashi wa Yamaguchi desu. Anata wa?
Watashi no tomodachi no namae wa Sato demo, Kare wa eki ni ikimasu. "Ikimasu" o oboetenai ka? "Ikimasu" wa nani? Watashi to ("toe") anata wa hoteru ni ikimasu. Hoteru wa ookii? AH! Hoteru wa chiisai, wakarimasu.

Ne, nanika nomimasen ka? Hai? Okay. ( I pour you something to drink) Hai, dozo.
Ne, Eki wa doko desu ka? Ano tatemono wa chiisai desu, ne? Ookii? Okay. Wakarimasu. Watashi no pen wa doko? Ne, pen o mieru ka? Ie? Sa, empitsu ga arimasu ka? Wakarimasen ka?
(you ask me it I want something to drink) Ie, Kekko desu.

Sa, eki ni ikimasu. Sato San wa eki de....... Ja mata!

Okay, here's the thing; you guys have got an assignment-- (for this you'll need a pen and paper--)
1) translate everything you understand into English (And it you like, look up the words you don't)
2) write everything in that little one-sided conversation into hiragana (for the Japanese bits) and Katakana) for the english bits)

For everything you don't know right off the cuff, GO BACK TO THE OTHER POSTS AND LOOK!!! there's nothing wrong with that! As a matter of fact, it's healthy in the learning process.

Now since these posts are starting to pile up, I'm going to start putting in a link that'll take you straight to the blog you can find the answer in, that way, you'll be able to keep track, alright? But you're gonna have to take advantage of it, otherwise you're gonna miss out!

Now in the mean time, here's some study music for you!!!! LOVE YA!!!

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Notes and Videos*1*~ Asa Meshi Mae

Hey,
have a little look at this;



Let's play with that for a little while.

This literally means, "Before Breakfast".
Asa= morning
Meshi= meal
Mae= before

Vocabulary

• 小学生 shougakusei -- elementary school student [小学校 shougakkou elementary school]
• の no -- (possessive marker)
• 宿題 shukudai -- homework
• を wo -- (direct object marker)
• 手伝う tetsudau -- to help
• なんて nante -- such a thing as [used to emphasize how easy the speaker thinks it is; like an exclamation]
• 高校生 koukousei -- high school student [高校 koukou high school]
• の no -- (possessive marker)
• 僕 boku -- I; me
• 高校生の僕 koukousei no boku -- a high school student such as I
• には ni wa -- as for (a high school student such as I)
• 朝飯前 asa meshi mae -- piece of cake
• だ da -- plain form of desu

Let's take the next few entries and look into this, shall we?
This oughta be fun......