Japanese is said to be an "SOV language," meaning that the typical order of clause elements in a sentence is "subject, object, verb." English, on the other hand, is an "SVO language," meaning that sentences tend to take a "subject, verb, object" order. Let's turn back to our previous example to see how this works: USING THE CORRECT GRAMMAR Japanese: ちちが すしを つくる sub obj verb English: [My father] [makes] [sushi] sub verb obj しゅだい ぶったい どし 45
Japanese: わたしわ ほんを よみます。 (Watashi wa hon o yomimasu.) sub obj verb English: I read the book.” sub verb obj しゅだい ぶったい どし USING THE CORRECT GRAMMAR 46
Japanese: りなわ りんごを たべる (Rina wa ringo o taberu.) sub obj verb English: Rina eats an apple sub verb obj しゅだい ぶったい どし USING THE CORRECT GRAMMAR 47
ENGLISH JAPANESE HIRAGANA How are you? Ogenkidesuka? おげんきですか？ I’m fine. Watashi wa genkidesu.わたしわ げんきです。 What's your name? Anata no namae wa nanidesu ka? あなたの なまえわ なに ですか？ My name is Diyana. Watashinonamaeha diyanadesu. わたのなまえは ディヤナ です。 What is this? Korewa nandesuka? これわ なんですか？ This is a Japanese food. Kore wa nipponshokudes. これわ にぽん しょくで す。 How much is this? Kore wa ikuradesu ka? これわ いくらですか？ This is one hundred yen. Kore wa hyakuendesu これわ ひゃくえんす BASIC JAPANESE WORDS AND APPLYING HIRAGANA WRITING. Now we will learn the basic greetings and phrases when meeting someone. 48
ENGLISH JAPANESE HIRAGANA Long time no see hisashiburi desune ひさしぶり ですね Do you understand? Wakarimasu ka? わかりますか So sorry Gomennasai ごめんなさい I'm from Malaysia Marēshia kara kimashita マレーシア から きまし た I am a teacher Watashi wa kyōshidesu わたしわ きょうしです I am a student Watashi wa gakuseidesu わたしわ がくせいです Good Job Yoku dekita よくできた Congratulation Omedeto gozaimasu おめでとう ございます Happy birthday Tanjobi omedeto gozaimasu たんじょび おめでとう ございます BASIC JAPANESE WORDS AND APPLYING HIRAGANA WRITING. Now we will learn the basic greetings and phrases when meeting someone. 49
BASIC JAPANESE WORDS AND APPLYING HIRAGANA WRITING. We will learn some common words and the sentence that match it. ENGLISH JAPANESE HIRAGANA What Nani なに What's that? Are wa nanideshou? あれわ なにでしょう？ Do you have? Arimasuka? ありますか？ Do you have free wifi? Muryo no wifi wa arimasuka? むゆおの Wi-Fiわ ありますか？ Like Suki すき I like it Watashiwa sorega sukidesu わたしわ それが すき で す Where Dokodesu どこです Where is this? Korewa dokodesu ka? これは どこ ですか？ 50
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We have learn some of the basic Japanese words in Hiragana. Despite that we have mastered these characters, we still need to learn katakana and kanji to completely understand their writings. There are also a lot of other common conversation that needed to be included. Time telling, hobbies and interesting places in Japan are needed in the future book. As a result, a continuation of this book in Japanese intermediate and advance is suggested to be available someday. Maybe even a Pictionary. Do not give up and practice a lot the hiragana stroke and you will be able to remember all of the character. Some of the basic greetings can also be practice among your colleague to strengthen the memory. Maybe one day, a trip to Japan is an ease of mind as you have already mastered basic Japanese language. Hope to see all of you in the intermediate and advance book. Please try to answer all exercises given in this book. As a final word to all of you.... また ね and がんばって ください! SUMMARY まとめ 55
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All the words are hidden vertically, horizontally, or diagonally in both directions. How many of words in Japanese meaning that you can find in the word search puzzle? Hint: Translate the English word below to Japanese first. EXERCISE 1 57
ENGLISH JAPANESE apple No Like Yes Eat Brother 1000 Woman Hint: Translate the English word below to Japanese hiragana. EXERCISE 2 58
ENGLISH JAPANESE you Family Thank you 800 Goodbye So Sorry How are You? 59 EXERCISE 2
60 EXERCISE 3 Warm up with a hot cup of coffee while you solve this simple crossword! Across 2. Romanji sound for number 400? 3. Word I for Japanese? 5. Word Friend in Japanese? 7. Word ねこin English? Down 1. Pronounce combination letter (ひゃ) 3. Word We for Japanese? 6. Word Sayonara in English? 8. What is Object in Sentences "My father makes sushi"?
61 ANSWERS さくら、いちばん、ありがとう、がんばて、さひしみ、おはよ、こ ども、せんせい、こんにちわ、すどく、えもじ。 EXERCISE: HIRAGANA EXERCISE: NUMBER ろく、きゅう、じゅう、じゅうなな、きゅうじゅうきゅう、さんび ゃくよんじゅうご、いちまん、ごまん、ごじゅうごまんごせん、き ゅうじゅうまんきゅうひゃくきゅうじゅうきゅう、ひゃくまん。 EXERCISE: WRITING SIMPLE WORDS ねき、やま、えき、びょいん、らめん、べんと。 EXERCISE: BASIC JAPANESE WORDS けいたい でんわ、しんかんせん、どる、りんご、うどん/らめん。 EXERCISE 1 gomennasai, arigatou,taberu, suki, sayonara, happyaku EXERCISE 2 りんご、いいぇ、すき、はい、たべる、あに、せん、じょせい、 あなた、ふみり、ありがとう、はぴゃく、さよなら、 ごめんなさい、おげんきですか？ EXERCISE 3 ACROSS yonhyaku, watashi, tomodachi, cat DOWN hya, watashitachi, goodbye, sushi
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lecturers from IT and Communication department. All lecturers are graduates of IT and Computer Science degree from local Universities who have enrolled in foreign language course. The authors are very committed to dedicate the results of this writing to students who want to sign up for Japanese Language Club subject code MPU24012 and anyone interested in basic Japanese. Aboutthe book Basic Conversation In Japanese Language is produced mainly to assist the Japanese Language Club subject code MPU24012 in polytechnic. Nevertheless, it also can be used for beginners who want to start learning Japanese language. It consist of mastering Hiragana stroke, numbers in kanji, simple words, grammar and basic daily conversation. Furthermore, this book can also be a starter pack for travelers who are about to explore the country Japan for the first time. Aboutthe AUTHOR The authors of this book are Muadzam Shah Polytechnic