TLOATC - Learning Japanese!

Listening To: Airship Pirate - Abney Park
Mood: Tiiired. x.o
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Cosplay: Reaper!Neku - The World Ends With You
Complete: 70%
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METROCON IN: 7 DAYS :O

Hokay, so I've decided that since I'm learning Japanese, I should add a little bit at the bottom about what I'm learning, so that you can learn, too. I've just started learning, so I'll just put a list of vocab and basic conjugation rules for now.

In other news, dad's taking us to get the last of our stuff tomorrow (I still need to alter Katie's pants, do her shoes, finish my shoes, and put the fabric/buttons on my pants.
Oh, and paint the headphones, which are not going down without a fight, I think. xD)

Anyhoo, This was just a little update, so here's your japanese lesson, you silly Americans!
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JAPANESENESS:::

Part I: Vocab
NUMBERS:
Ichi - 1
Ni - 2
San - 3
*Yon/Shi - 4
Go - 5
Roku - 6
*Nana/Shichi - 7
Hachi - 8
Ku - 9
Juu - 10
(For numbers 11-19, It's juu+number. So 11 is juuichi, 12 is juuni, ect)
* These numbers have two forms. The second form listed used to be the common one, however, since they were references to death opr something, they changed it. You would only use shi and shichi for months.

MONTHS:
Ichigatsu - January
Nigatsu - February
Sangatsu - March
Shigatsu - April
Gogatsu - May
Rokugatsu - June
Shichigatsu - July
Hachigatsu - August
Kugatsu - September
Juugatsu - October
Juuichigatsu - November
Juunigatsu - December
(Hopefully, you get the pattern here. Number + gatsu = month.)

ORDINAL NUMBERS:
Add -daime for ordinal numbers. Use the ore common form of four and seven for these.
Ichidaime - First
Nidaime - Second
Sandaime - Third
Yondaime - Fourth
ectect. >D

Part II: Grammar
I only know how to use ha (wa) for now, so if I get some of this wrong, don't kill me.
As far as I know, this is the pattern for a simple sentence:
(Subject) wa (Adjective/Noun) desu.
For example:
-Ringo ha midori desu.
--The apple is green.
('Ha' is normally pronounced 'wa')
-Watashi ha neko desu.
--I am a cat.
-Anata ha kowai desu.
--You are scary. o__o
'Ha' points to the subject, and will always go after it. 'Desu' is sort of like is, and will go after what the subject is.
Oftentimes, if it's obvious, japanese people will leave out the subject. For example:
-Dai kirai! (I hate you!)
-... Kowai desu. .3.;; (You're scary. D:)

Part III: Verbs and Conjugation:
Okay. There are three types of verbs, which we will divide into groups to make conjugation easier.
Group one: Verbs that end with ~u
For example:
-hansu - To speak
-kaku - to write
-kiku - to listen
-matsu - to wait
-nomu - to drink
Group two: Verbs that end with ~iru and ~eru
Ex:
-Kiru - To wear
-Miru - To see
-Okiru - To get up
- Oriru - To get off
-Shinjiru - To believe
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-Akeru - To open
-Ageru - To give
-Neru - To sleep
-Taberu - To eat
Group 3: Irregular verbs
There are only two of these. Kuru (to come) and Suru (to do). However, the verb 'suru' is added on to many nouns. For example:
Benkyosuru: To study
Ryokosuru: To travel
Yushutsusuru: To export
Dansusuru: To dance
Shanpuusuru: To shampoo


Okai~ O-jamashimashita! (I'm going to leave now!)
Memorize these (Remember to keep the verbs in groups!) and next time, I'll teach you the 'alphabet' (Hiragana) and how to conjugate these.

Sayonara!