Monthly Archives: December 2010

Dochira ni taizai saremasuka? : Where are you going to stay? dochira : which ni : at taizai : stay sareru : do (polite and admiring to a person to talk to, “sareru” can not be used for a speaker) … Continue reading →

Kore wa watashi ga chuumonshita mono dewa arimasen. : This is not what I ordered. kore : this watashi : I chuumon : order(noun) suru : do (shi-nai,shi-masu,suru,suru-toki,sure-ba,shi-ro,shiyou,shita) chuumonsuru : order(verb) mono : thing arimasu : is / are arimasen … Continue reading →

Suruna : Don’t do it. suru : do (shi-nai,shi-masu,suru,suru-toki,sure-ba,shiro,shiyou,shita) suru+na : don’t do (imperative) shi-nai + de : don’t do (imperative) PatternC of verb conjugation + “na” means negative imperative sentence. And patternA of verb conjugation +”nai”+”de” means same. Miruna … Continue reading →

Dochira kara desuka . : Where are you from? dochira : where kara : from desuka : is? Dochira kara desuka : where,from,is? : Where are you from? Dochira kara kimashitaka: Where did you come from? kuru : come (ko-nai,ki-masu,kuru,kuru-toki,kure-ba,koi,koyou,kita) … Continue reading →

Every Japanese people , at the beginning of the telephone conversation, says ” moshi-moshi” as an accost word. “Moshi-moshi. Suzuki to moushimasu ga, Tanakasan ni tsunaide itadakemasuka .” (Hello, this is Suzuki speaking. May I speak to Mr. Tanaka.) …to … Continue reading →

Dare mo shiranai. : No one knows. dare : who dare mo …nai : no one …. shiru / shitteiru : know (conjugation : shiranai, shirimasu, shiru, shirutoki,shireba,shire) (conjugation : shitteinai, shitteimasu, shitteiru, shitteirutoki, shitteireba, shitteiro) In above case, ” … Continue reading →

Sore wa shinaide kudasai. : Don’t do that. sore : it, that shinai : don’t do, doesn’t do kudasai : give me shinai de kudasai : don’t do please Here review the conjugation of verbs. suru : do shinai : … Continue reading →

nihongo wo benkyo shitte imasu

You can say… 私の日本語が上手じゃありません。 Watashi no nihongo ga jyozu ja arimasen. (My Japanese is not good.) Or… 私の日本語が下手です。 Watashi no nihongo ga heta desu. (My Japanese is bad.) Since the Japanese culture is very humble, you could say まだまだ日本語をもっと勉強しなくちゃいけません。 Mada … Continue reading →