Category Archives: Japanese

Tookyoo e ikimashita. I went to Tokyo.

Kaimono ni ikimasu. I’m going shopping.

na-ze or na-ze-wa or dou-shi-te..

takaii desu ne.

Kare wa watashi no inochi o sukutta

Hikōki tsuiraku jiko

Most people would say “Kamera o arigatou”. “Kamera o arigatou gozaimasu” is a little bit more polite, but still not so strange. “Kamera wo arigatou gozaimashita” is like.. you’re really, really, really grateful you got that camera…

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 →