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Quote: Originally Posted by aquitori Lil'dude, just noticed your signature, you took Bob Winkler's name off?

I dont know, maybe I should put it back on, after all he did teach me so much that I can never thank him for.

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Quote: Originally Posted by lilhelper I dont know, maybe I should put it back on, after all he did teach me so much that I can never thank him for.

OK....

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Quote: Originally Posted by aquitori OK....

I was just upset to stop learning

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Quote: Originally Posted by lilhelper I was just upset to stop learning

Always remember, to learn from a mentor is a privilage and an honor. So, dont diss the ones who have helped you so much...

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Quote: Originally Posted by aquitori Always remember, to learn from a mentor is a privilage and an honor. So, dont diss the ones who have helped you so much...

Yea, this was something I had to ponder on about for a long while. He has done so much for me, lent me a book, taught me loads of stuff that would take years to pick up on my own. I feel bad that I would even do something like that, but I did, and the only way to redeem myself would be to learn from this experience and become a better person because of it.
I wish I could keep learning from him, but he says I am not ready for this yet. I think I am, I have the munchies for more knowledge. I want to keep studying koi, and never stop. My so called impatience is holding me back from learning more in bobs eyes. I dont think I am impatient, I think I am just eager.

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Japanese Lesson 6

Nihongo Dialogue:

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Ken: Konnichiwa! Genki desu ka?
Yuka: Hai, Genki desu. Kyo wa tanjoubi desu.
Ken: Wa! Anata wa Nansai desu ka?
Yuka: Watashi wa Jyu-Roku sai desu.

Ken: Ah, so desu ka?
Yuka: Hai.
Ken: Arigato.
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Please translate the above Dialogue with the vocabulary below.



Learning Japanese for foreigners can be a mind-boggling game. As you know, Japanese is different from English. Learning more complicated phrases, and sentence stuructures are a bit puzzling, to understand these, a foreign mind (English speaker or any other language other than Japanese) must sum it all up and then one would be able to know what they are saying. It is not like in English at all when one can predict what another says, at least not this stage of fluency. Japanese is well known for its notorious Counters, for almost everything. Here is an example: Watashi wa sanjusan sai desu desu. Which means, “I am 33 years old”; sai is used as a counter for Years of age. One could relate by thinking if their language has counters or not. Here are just a few, Head of cattle, Years old, 33 glasses, etc. The thing that sets English apart from Japanese are one must use these counters, opposed to in America; one could totally forget the counters and still communicate correctly. In Japan if one does not know the counter, they must use a generalized counter. Here is a list of the majority of the counters in Japanese. http://www.trussel.com/jcount.htm#a



Now we will learn the counting in Japanese, you may already know 1-10 but 11 and up are a little bit harder, but there is a pattern as there is in English.
1-Ichi
2-Ni
3-San
4-Shi; Yon
5-Go
6-Roku
7-Shichi
8-Hachi
9-Kyu
10-Ju
11-Ju-ichi
12-Ju-ni
13-Ju-san
14-Ju-yon
15- Ju-go
16-Ju- Roku
17- Ju-Shichi
18-Ju-Hachi
19- Ju-Kyuu
20-Niju
30-Sanju
40-Yonju
50-Goju
60- rokuju
70- Nanaju
80- Hachiju
90- Kyuuju
100- Hyaku
110- Hyakuju
120-Hyakuniju
130- Hyakusanju
140- hyakuyonju
150- Hyakugoju
160- Hyakurokuju
170- Hyakushichiju
180-Hyakuhachiju
190-Hyakukyuju
200- Nihyaku
300- Sanbyaku
400- Yonhyaku
500- Gobyaku
600- Rokuhyaku
700- Shichibyaku
800- HachiByaku
1,000-Sen
2,000-Nisen
3,000-Sansen
4,000-Yonsen
10,000-Ichiman
100,000-Juman
1,000,000-Hyakuman
10,000,000- Senman
100,000,000-Ichioku

If you read through all of this, you will be able to see the Pattern, somewhat like English.
I suggest you memorize how to count from 1-100; you could even memorize the entire list if you want to.
I know this is diving in a bit hard, but you all need to understand that learning the foreign language Japanese will be difficult, and is said to be one of the hardest languages in the world, personally I have to disagree, it is probably in between, hardness and easiness. The one thing one must do is become familiar with the basics and then you could add to your vocabulary, as a child may do in Japan.

Vocabulary

Tanjoubi- Birthday
Kyo- Today
Kinoo- Yesterday
Ashita- Tomorrow
Asa- Morning
Hiru- Afternoon
Ban- Afternoon.
Nan/Nani- what
Sai- year
Tanjoubi- Birthday
Genki desu ka- How are you
Genki desu- Good
Genki- Good spirits.

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So is this thread dead or something?

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We are all just sitting here waiting for you.

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Quote: Originally Posted by carolyn swanson We are all just sitting here waiting for you.

Im here , and have been here all along. I asked for everyone to translate the Japanese lesson 6, I think that is the correct lesson, but no one has replied.