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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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......

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Here's another that I like. Tell me what you think......
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Lesson 5~ Dozo, Nanika, Nomimasen and brushing up!

WARNING!!! If you're new to this site, start at the beginning!! Back up too the first entry (or whichever entry that has words you don't know) and start there. YOU NEED THE INFO!!!

WUS HATNIN!!! KONNICHWA!!!

Sorry, guys, that I haven't been on in a while, I'm having a few technical difficulties, and need to...... um..... enlighten you all Library Style. Oh, yeah. I know, real stylish, right?

Yeah, I know you're jealous.

So anyway, where were we? I'm trying to remember.......

I remember the last entry was about Hiragana and Katakana, right? okay, well, let's go over that........

Here's are some words-- get a pen and paper out!!

Hai

Ie

Yamaguchi

San

Wa

Arigato

Dozo

Nani

Ka

Nanika

Nomimasu

Nomimasen

Sato

Okay, that's enough of that.

Okay, now look back.

What do you remember?

Well, We know we've gone over hai, ie, Yamaguchi, san--
well, you now what you remember.

But, what don't you recognise?

Let's see..... hm... Dozo is one of them.

Dozo is like saying "go ahead". We'll get to that one in a minute..........

Let's go to Nanika. "Nanika" means "something".

Kayso, someone might be like "whatever-your-name-is san!"
And you'd be all like, "Hai, nanika?"
And Mr. Someone'd be like, "Sato san wa doko desu ka?"
And you'd be all like "wakarimasen!" (that means I don't know).
And Mr. someone'd be like "Kuso!!" (that means crap!! putting it nicely.)

When Mr someone is trying to get your attention and You say, "Hai, nanika?" it basically means, "Yes What is it?" or, "is there something (you want to say)?"

Kayso, Mr. someone's all like, "Oi" (that means "hey") Whatever-your-name-is san!"
What do you say? (GET A PIECE OF PAPER AND COVER YOUR SCREEN.)

Hai, Nanika?

Than Mr. someone'd say, "Sato San wa doko desu ka?"
What do you say?

Wakarimasen

Now. Mr. Someone'll say "Oi! Whatever-you-name-is san!!"
What do you say?

"Hai, Nanika?"

Mr. Someone says, "Nanika nomimasen ka?"
What word don't you understand?

Nomimasen, right?

"Nomimasen" means, "Won't drink" or in this case, "you won't drink".
Okay, look back-- What did Mr. someone say? (THINK-- YOU CAN DO IT.)

"Won't you drink something?"

Look at the word order; "Something you won't drink?" You should know that the subject of the subject comes first.

Now, here's what you say; "Hai, nomimasu!" Translate that to english....... I know you can.....

"Yes! I will drink!"

Okay, one more....  You ask Mr. Someone, "Kore o nomimasu ka?" ("Kore" means "this")What did just say? (YOU CAN DO IT....)

"Can I drink this?"
Then Mr. Someone says, "Dozo." Look back, What did I say this meant?

"Go Ahead."

Now read this;

Me: Oi! Sato San!
You: Hai, nanika?
Me: Nanika nomimasen ka?
You: Hai, nomimasu.
(I pour you something to drink.)
You: Yamaguchi san wa doko desu ka?
Me: Wakarimasen.
You: Hoteru de? ("de" means "at")
Me: Wakarimasen.
You: Kuso!!!
Me: Kare wa anata no tomodachi desu ka?
You: Hai.(To yourself)Kuso!! Kare wa? (that's just a short way of saying "where is he?")
After a minute--
You: AH!! Wakarimasu!! Eki ni ikimasu!
(You get up. In all that time, you hadn't touched your drink. I pick it up.)
Me: Kore o nomimasu ka?
You: Dozo.

Okay, I think that's enough.
Today's assignment; Write that conversation in Hiragana. All the stuff in parentheses you don't have to touch, but I want you to put "Me" and "You" in katakana. It'll help you to get the hang of that as well. And remember, GO OVER ALL OF THIS!! Even the stuff from the other posts!! YOU NEED THE REPETITION!! It's good. It's healthy. It's fluffy. It has essential vitamins and minerals. It changes lives. Embrace it. Hey a kitty.

Okay, that's all for now. I'll have another entry as soon as I can. TTFN!!! Love you!!!*^_^*