yeah i understand that.
so what lesson are you on?

I am on the lesson 4 of kantan kana's katakana's lessons. I might go back and restart the katakana lessons cause I don't remember them xD

aww.
havent been studying those as much?
and have u been writing any?

yea
since I know my Hiragana what I do is write a katakana row then do the hiragana next to it so I know its the same sound :3

BUT I am having problems with the katakana

that's smart ^^

which ones?
and how so?

also quick question - i used a different email for jpod thinger and if i download all the stuff, will it disappear frm itunes after i am no longer a premium member?
and i mean through their podcast thingy.

I still have their stuff on the podcast..

then again I moved all i could from the podcast folder ahahaha xD

lol.
that's what i was planning on doing.
did you have to reupload everything later?

mm no.

its similar to how the library works

like when a song gets moved and iTunes cant find it ouo,

oh i see.
the question i want to know though is can u access it if u put it back or even copy it back to the original file AFTER the trial is up.

yes i think you can. once its on your computer its yours

i think your able to redowload it too if you lose it.. not too sure on that though

ok sweet.
i will make a duplicate of it somewhere jic but thank u ^^
im using their intermediate and advanced audio stuff.
really good. ^^

anyways, nap time!

xD I listed to their absolute beginner stuff ouo its how I learned no was possessive <3

that's good! ^^

well good job! ^^

thank you :3

Since I have numbers listed up on my white board.. can you help me choose a um.. kanji of the week? ouo,

yw.

and so kanji of the numbers?
or a basic basic kanji?

basic kanji ouo


and how would you write 11-19 in kanji? i'm not sure i'm doing this part right ^^,

well what i used to think was it was stacked but its not.
you know the vocabulary for it?
jyuu ichi
十　　一
十一　＾＾

and basic kanji:
tree
ki
き
木

what do you mean by stacked?

and from what you showed me it looks like I'm writing them right ouo

and I'll start with ki ^-^

i used to try to write the 10 & 1 kanji in one kanji.
like the 10 part on top, then the 1 part on bottom.
doesn't work that way. xDDD

sweet!
i am going to be busy until wednesday and wednesday i will post up arimasu and imasu.
sorry for the delay already but i forgot i had TESOL on saturday

my ipad can change language such as it would be kanji if I switched my keyboard language

you mean like this?

十
一

ouo?

yeah thats what i mean dk.
but i would right it as ONE kanji.
and that is a mistake.
but the way u wrote it there is when u r writing vertically.

@echo:
as does my ipod.
its a very handy tool if u have a japanese dictionary on it and u want to search quickly

Now for today's lesson:

あります　(Arimasu) and います　(Imasu)

Learning to use our first verbs - あります and　います - requires that we also know a little bit more about them. Specifically, these two verbs are NOT object verbs. This means that they do not use the particle を　(wo) in their sentences to make sense. There are other things such as compounding sentences and whatnot but that is for a MUCH later time. For now, we will use the subject particle が to indicate what we are talking about.

For example, we will use the word 誰/だれ (dare) which means "who" for the います　example.

The sentence is: だれがいますか？ Dare ga imasu ka? Who is there?

います (imasu) does not mean "there" it means to exist. But います (imasu) is only used for living things such as humans and animals.

あります (arimasu) then means to exist but for non-living things. Things like books, computers, etc etc.

This is important. Because you cannot confuse the two. It is very apparent which one should be used. Now the sentence structure as I said goes (subject)+が+います・あります. It all depends on what you want to say.

Now some of you might be wondering why you would use あります・います vs です.　Let me show you two sentences using the same subject.

ほんです. Hon desu. It is a book.

ほんがあります. Hon ga arimasu. A book exists. (There is a book.)

You see the difference? It actually is a completely different way of saying things. It's like you point to a book and say "It is a book" or you look around and say "There is a book."

It sounds strange, I know. But its how it works. Later on you can add counters for how many of something there is or places using different particles. For now, just practice using the nouns we have already learned using います・あります.

皆消えた(-_-)

I got sick again (remember to add translations :3)

Still pretty sick but I have a question about On/Kun readings of Kanji OxO

How do I know which On/Kun I use when reading D:

getsu, gatsu / tsuki are pretty easy so far.. but the kanji for sun.. gets confusing ono it shows up twice in the momotaru story... first time it meant one thing the second time another thing.. thanks to the kana next it it so far i know which reading i was 'reading' but.. what if I come across a kanji with multiple On/Kun readings and they dont have the kana there @-@


I know the Kanji for:
River
Mountain
Tree
Forest
Moon
Sun
Money

^-^!


OOOH speaking of 'okane'

I took a look at a manga cover Okane ga nai! at the end of nai there was a small つ next to it x.x,

お金がない
(No Money)

I can't figure out how they got the mini つ there D:

I know a little Japanese and I have practice writing some words in Japanese as well. I even used some of it to create my cosplay outfits.

:3 I hope this thread can help you learn more! ouo

I'm Halfway through the Katakana! ouo almost has all the kana down pat ^-^ *spins around*

I'm getting a BIG white board and a smaller one soon OnO

I learned a little bit of Japanese through some apps for my ipod. It's kind of hard to learn without a teacher and just through an app, but so far I can say a few things

try japanesepop101 their videos and audio lessons are REALLY helpful ... at least for me.. its whats worked best so far..

Thanks to them I am almost finished learning my Kana and I know a few Kanji.. though I'm gonna need to review their one set of Kanji lessons..

the one Kanji they said meant 'bright' .. my Kanji a Day pack says its something else >x< and that bright has a different kanji x.x, other then that i'm doing good.. I got the days of the week, all 12 months and numbers 1-12 memorized xD

I just downloaded it :) I'm hoping it gets a little easier to understand. They don't teach Japanese at my school, only spanish and german, so currently this is the only way I can learn it

My school was Spanish and French.. and the only way to get into a foreign language class was to get good grades in English class.. which I failed in xD my grammar is so bad.

is it easy to learn other languages

No not really.

It depends on how good you are at learning and IQ's and what not

Aw I'm sorry to hear that.
Are you feeling better now?

And sorry for disappearing.
I did after everyone else did.
But I'm also battling finding a job teaching overseas and a long standing battle of depression at the same time.

As for On/Kun... it deals with vocabulary mostly.
Memorize it.
But after you speak it and listen to it for some time, you will recognize it if you say it outloud.
It will sound funny to you.
That's how I normally find out.
But I also make mistakes.
I make sure to pronounce it with someone I know or I use the kanji to romaji converter I have bookmarked.
And you learn that sometimes it isn't either the on/kun reading.
sometimes its a specific kanji combo that is special to only that combo.
and don't worry about coming across something that you may not be able to read - it happens to me ALL the time.
it's part of learning the culture and language.
All I can tell you is to ask questions.
That's the best way to go about it.

And congrats!!
That's good so far! =D

so you mean "お金がないっ"?
If so it means "No money!"
It shows an abrupt stop to be more precise but a lot of times people substitute in an exclamation mark for it.

@kyza/tetra:
welcome!
if you have a question, please feel free to message me or skype me.
my name on skype is shinkamalei as well.
It may take a little time since I am busy but I will do my best to answer it the best I can.
And if I can't answer it, I will ask my friends from Japan.

oo so thats what the small tsu at the end is ment for ouo thanks! that threw me for a loop there xD

Another thing I came across when watching an anime.

I'm watching Cardcaptor Sakura right now .

onoin the theme song I kept hearing yuke but the lyric on the screen said ike.. so I googled it oxo

in romaji the part where they go "tonde tonde tonde yuke, KO-I-SHI-TE-RU" but in the kanji/hiragana version it has ike there x.x
飛んで飛んで飛んでいけ
see? ono "いけ" is at the end! ike!
but the romaji version has yuke.. =/ yu looks nothing like i 3< yu looks like a fish ono ゆ see ouo ish a fishy

- the way its subtitled doesnt look like a fansub though =/

no problem.

and also - love that show xDD
it was so much fun to watch when i was a kid.

and it is yuke.
the one you went to was not correct.
almost ALL sides i went to put yuke.
So I think it was just the websites.
because it definitely was yuke.
There is no mistaking it.

http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/ccsakura/ccscycm.htm
here is one example.
there are many others that show it.
but that is the japanese opening and even in that it says yuke.

xD thats where i was at I love anime lyrics.. oxo its where i go when I want to learn the lyrics ;w;

in the kanji it said ike which is why i'm lost. So I'm right and not hearing things =w= good.

xD thats where i was at I love anime lyrics.. oxo its where i go when I want to learn the lyrics ;w;

in the kanji it said ike which is why i'm lost. So I'm right and not hearing things =w= good.