lördag 1 oktober 2011

Chapter one

Kon'nichiwa !!
In today's post I thought to teach you some Japanese. Hope you'll like..


When you meet someone in Japan you probably add words to the end of their names to show respect, here are some examples ..
  • Name -San = a form of politeness, as in English " Mr.Brown, Mrs. Brown or Miss Brown "
  • Name -kun = corresponds to "young man" or "young lady" kun is mostly used for boys.
  • Name -Chan = corresponds to "little sweet" and is mostly used for children or girls.
  • Name -Sama = corresponds to "honorable" or "revered" and is almost too exaggerated politeness.
  • Name -Senpai = corresponds to "they came before us" is used for older people in school just older people, but they must be older than yourselfe.
Here are some examples of how to use these polite phrases:
  • Ayumi -san
  • Hansu -kun
  • Kojima -chan
  • Fujuware -sama
  • Naoki -senpai

Greetings and Apologies:
Here are a few greetings that can be useful.
  • Hello -Kon'nichiwa こんにちは
  • Good morning - Ohayōgozaima おはようございます
  • Gooodnight - Oyasumi おやすみ
  • Goodbye - Sayōnara さようなら
  • Sorry -Sumimasen スミマセン
  • I´m so sorry -Gomen'nasai ごめんなさい
  • No reason -Riyū nashi 理由なし
  • Is okay -Daijōbudesu 大丈夫です

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