Post by Kelly on Dec 1, 2008 22:38:45 GMT -5
Vowel Pronunciation
A - ah (father)
I - ee (eat)
U - oo (pool)
E - eh (bet)
O - oh (open)
Self-Introductions
Basic format:
初めまして。私は＿＿＿＿＿で す。よろしくお願いします。
hajimemashite. watashi wa _______ desu. yoroshiku onegaishimasu.
Listen: Natsuko Kazunori
初めまして。
hajimemashite. Listen. This word comes from a Japanese verb meaning "begin," and signifies something more like, "This is the first time we're meeting." It's usually translated as, "Nice to meet you."
私は＿＿＿＿＿です。
watashi wa _____ desu. Listen. This translates to, "I am _____." Watashi (私), or watakushi, means "I." Wa (は) is a subject marker. It says that watashi is the subject of the sentence. This means that you could say the above sentence out of order as "_____ desu. watashi wa", and watashi would still be the subject of the sentence. Desu is the japanese copula, or "to be" verb. It's the "am" in this sentence.
よろしくお願いします
yoroshiku onegaishimasu Listen. This phrase is hard to translate. The best equivalent I've heard is, "Please be kind to me, as I will to you." Yoroshiku is the adverb form of the adjective yoroshii, which means "good," "OK," or "all right." (The yoroshii --> yoroshiku change is like the Japanese equivalent of changing "quick" to "quickly" in English.) Onegaishimasu is a polite way of saying "please," in the sense that you are asking someone else to do something for you.
Extra-Formal Version:
こちらこそ初めまして。私は _____ です。どうぞよろしくお願いします。
kochira koso hajimemashite. watashi wa _____ desu. douzo yoroshiku onegaishimasu.
Listen: Natsuko Kazunori
こちらこそ
kochira koso Listen. This is only used when replying to someone else's introduction. It can mean "same here" or, "The pleasure is mine." Kochira (こちら) is a polite way of saying "here," "this person," or "this direction." Koso (こそ) is a noun suffix that stresses the word before it, which is, in this case, kochira.
どうぞ
douzo Listen. This can be added to the beginning of yoroshiku onegaishimasu to make it more polite.
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A - ah (father)
I - ee (eat)
U - oo (pool)
E - eh (bet)
O - oh (open)
Self-Introductions
Basic format:
初めまして。私は＿＿＿＿＿で す。よろしくお願いします。
hajimemashite. watashi wa _______ desu. yoroshiku onegaishimasu.
Listen: Natsuko Kazunori
初めまして。
hajimemashite. Listen. This word comes from a Japanese verb meaning "begin," and signifies something more like, "This is the first time we're meeting." It's usually translated as, "Nice to meet you."
私は＿＿＿＿＿です。
watashi wa _____ desu. Listen. This translates to, "I am _____." Watashi (私), or watakushi, means "I." Wa (は) is a subject marker. It says that watashi is the subject of the sentence. This means that you could say the above sentence out of order as "_____ desu. watashi wa", and watashi would still be the subject of the sentence. Desu is the japanese copula, or "to be" verb. It's the "am" in this sentence.
よろしくお願いします
yoroshiku onegaishimasu Listen. This phrase is hard to translate. The best equivalent I've heard is, "Please be kind to me, as I will to you." Yoroshiku is the adverb form of the adjective yoroshii, which means "good," "OK," or "all right." (The yoroshii --> yoroshiku change is like the Japanese equivalent of changing "quick" to "quickly" in English.) Onegaishimasu is a polite way of saying "please," in the sense that you are asking someone else to do something for you.
Extra-Formal Version:
こちらこそ初めまして。私は _____ です。どうぞよろしくお願いします。
kochira koso hajimemashite. watashi wa _____ desu. douzo yoroshiku onegaishimasu.
Listen: Natsuko Kazunori
こちらこそ
kochira koso Listen. This is only used when replying to someone else's introduction. It can mean "same here" or, "The pleasure is mine." Kochira (こちら) is a polite way of saying "here," "this person," or "this direction." Koso (こそ) is a noun suffix that stresses the word before it, which is, in this case, kochira.
どうぞ
douzo Listen. This can be added to the beginning of yoroshiku onegaishimasu to make it more polite.
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