Thursday, May 03, 2007

JAPANESE 101

welcome...welcome!
i'm excited for this new year, this new team, this new journey!
it'll be simply A-mazing!

so to start, thanks to our dear sister from past, Trina, we have this handy dandy chart to kick us off in speaking japanese!


Thank you (4 ways)
-Domo (informal)
-Arigato (slightly more formal)
-Domo arigato gozaimasu (most formal)
-Okini (according to Trina, this is Osaka dialect & she thinks they'll think it's cute and funny if you say this one)

You are welcome
-Doitashimaste (how i learned it? slur the phrase: "don't touch my moustache" ;) )

Excuse me
-Sumimasen

I'm sorry (2 ways)
-Gomenasai
-Sumimasen

OK
-Daijyobu (e.g. Are you OK? = Daijyobu?)

Good morning
-Ohayo gozaimasu

Good afternoon
-Konnichiwa

Good evening
-Konbanwa
-Obandesu

Good night
-Oyasuminasai

Goodbye
-Sayonara

See you later
-Mata ne! (informal)


...and more to come!!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Jean!! This is a great Japanese 101. I really like you include Osaka/Kansai dialog. hehe.