I am in the process of taking all of the lessons in the forums and streamlining them onto the main site. Hang tight!
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Showing posts with label Japanese subjects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japanese subjects. Show all posts

Friday, April 30, 2010

The Japanese Subjects: Part 1

Watashi わたし 私
(!)This is used for normal situations and it is considered to be formal. Mostly used by woman than men.
-Watashi ha Amerika jin desu わたしはアメリカじんです || I am an American.
(!)"ha" in this sentence is pronounced "wa" due to it being a verb.
(!)notice that "ha" is equivalent to English's "To be" verb.
(!)Meaning of "ha" ( x )

I (AM) You (ARE)
We (ARE) He/She (IS)


1) "の", "no" is equivalent to the English: 
's (ex. My, Your, His, Her, Dan's, Our)
-Watashi no namae ha Dan desu || My name is Dan.

Some examples:My ~ Watashi no 私の わたしの
My ~ Ore no 俺の おれの
My ~ Boku no 僕の ぼくの
Your ~ Anata no あなtの
His ~ Kare no 彼の かれの
Her ~ kanojo no 彼女の かのじょの
Dan's ~ Dan no ダンの
Our ~ Watashi tachi no 私たちの わたしたちの


2) "名前', "なまえ", "namae", pronounced (nah-ma-eh), and it means "Name".
3) "Desu" is basically a spoken period and loosely means "is".
ex. Dan desu ~ (I) am Dan.
Inu desu ~ (It's) a dog.


Ore 俺 おれ (Masculine)
This is used mostly by men, and is considered informal (only use with close friends)
1) "俺", "おれ", "Ore" has the same meaning as "私", "わたし".
私はバカです。
わたしはばかです。
Watashi ha baka desu
I am an idiot.

俺はバカです。
おれはばかです。
Ore ha baka desu 
I am an idiot. 

2) However, "俺", "おれ", "Ore" can be vulgar when misused.
3) Females mostly don't use this term.


Jibun "自分", "じぶん" - Self, Myself, Yourself

Definition 1: Used with the meaning of "Myself".
自分も分かりません。
じぶんもわかりません。
Jibun mo wakarimasen.
I don't understand, myself (also).
1) "Jibun", in this case, is used to explain how YOU feel and what YOU think of a certain matter.
2) "mo" is used after nouns and means, "Also".

More on "も" here.
Watashi mo ~ Me, too!
Anata mo? ~ You, too?
Kono Inu mo! ~ This dog, too!


3) "wakarimasen" is a verb that means, "Don't understand" 


End of Part 1... I will post Part 2 tomorrow.