Vocabulary: 　おきます(get up, wake up)、いきます(go)、きます(come)、ねます(sleep, go to bed)、べんきょうします(study)、しけん(examination/test)、きんようび(friday)、にちようび (sunday)、やすみ (rest)、まいあさ (every morning)、まいばん (every night)、まいにち (every day)…

1. V ます:  ます　is used when a sentence expresses a habitual or a truth. It is also used when a sentence expresses a thing that will occur in the future.  ます makes a sentence polite.

ex, わたしは　まいにち　べんきょうします。 I study every day Continue reading “Learning japanese lession 7 – Verb form” »

Vocabulary:  はたらきます(work), 　やすみます(take a rest, take a holiday), ぎんこう(bank), ゆうびんきょく(post office), ひるやすみ(lunchtime), としょかん(library), おねがいします (please), かしこまりました(certainly), げつようび(monday)、かようび(Tuesday)、すいようび(wednesday)、もくようび(thursday), どうようび(saturday)…

1 . から indicates the starting time or place, and まで　 indicates the finishing time or place

- ９じから　５じまで　はたらきます。　I work from nine to five

-大阪から　東京まで　３じかん　かかります。It takes three hours from Osaka to Tokyo.

2. から and まで are not always used together.

-７じから　はたらきます。 I work from seven. Continue reading “Study japanese lession 6 – starting and finishing time or place” »

vocabulary:  いま(now)、はん(half)、なんじ(what time)、なんぷん(what minute)、ごぜん(a.m., moring)、ごご(p.m.,afternoon)、あさ(morning)、ひる(daytime, noon)、けさ(this morning)、こんばん(tonight)、えーと(well, let me see)、ニューヨーク(New York)、ペキン(Beijing)、ロンドン(London)、バンコク(Bangkok)…

1. なん is used with a counter suffix to ask questions concerning number or amounts. Therefore, the word なんじ (なんぷん) is used to ask the time.

ex, いま　なんじ　ですか。What time is it now?

ニューヨーク　は　いま　なんじ　ですか。 In New York what time is it now?

Continue reading “Japanese online lession 5 – How to say what time is it in japanese” »

Vocabulary:  かいしゃ(company)、うち(house, home)、へや(room)、でんわ(telephone)、かいだん(staircase)、しょくどう(dining hall, canteen)、ロビー(lobby)、ワイン(wine)、すみません(excuse me),じゃ。。。 (well, then, in that case)

1. これ、それ、and あれthat are discussed in japanese lession 3 refer to a thing, while　ここ、そこ and　あそこrefer a place, ここis the place where speaker is,そこ is the place where the listener is,  and  あそこ is the place  far from  both the speaker and the listener

ex: + ここは　新大阪ですか　Is this shin-Osaka?

はい、そうです yes, it is

+  おてあらいは　どこですか Where is the rest room?

あそこです It is over there

Continue reading “Japanese learning online – lession 4 – こ/そ/あ/ど system of demonstrative words” »

Vocabulary: じしょ(dictionary)、ざっし(magazine)、てちょう(pocket notebook)、テレホンカード(telephone card)、かぎ(key)、ちがいます(you’re wrong)、そうですか(I see/Is that so?)、あのう(well…)、なん(what)…

1. これ　それ　あれ are  demonstratives. They work as nouns. これrefers to a thing near the speaker. それ refers to a thing near the listener. あれ refers to a thing far from the speaker and the listener

+ これは　テレホンカード　です　か。Is this a telephone card? Continue reading “Learn to speak japanese language 3 – これ　それ　あれ” »

Vocabulary:  コーヒー(coffee)、えいご(the English language)、にほんご(the Japanese language)、ざっし(magazine)、しんぶん(newspaper)、かばん(bag, briefcase)、テレビ(tevevision)、カメラ(camera)…

1. の　is used to connect two nouns when n1 modifies N2

あのかた　は　どなた　ですか　Who is that person?

ワットさんです。さくら大学のせんせいです He is Professor Watt. he is a teacher at Sakura University Continue reading “Learning Japanese 2 – how to use “の”” »

Vocabulary: だいがく(university); きょうし (teacher); がくせい(Student),イギリス (U.K);　カナダ(Canada);　にほん(japan);　ベトナム (Viet nam),…

Continue reading “japanese lession 1 – How do you do?” »