Lesson #2

 mizu

gohan

gakkoo

nihon

jisho

doko

dare

nani

dono

nonde

water

meal or rice

school

japan

dictionary

where

who

what

which

why

nomimasu

'I drink' is:

ikimasu

'We go' is

tabemasu

`They eat' is

ikimasen

`I don't go'

nomimasen

'I don't drink'

tabemasen

'I don't eat'

tabemasen

`They don't eat'

ohaiyo gozaimasu

In the morning you say:

konichi wa

You meet a friend in the afternoon. You say:

hon

To say book use:

konban wa

You meet a friend at night. You say:

sayonara

You are returning to the UK for a couple of months you say:

ja matta

To say 'see you later' use:

bye-bye

The easiest way to say goodbye is:

  Japanese verbs appear in different tenses, just like English words.However

      you will find Japanese verbs more regular than English. Verbs in

      the present tense end in 'masu'. This is called the 'masu' form.

Ikimasu means I go,you go,we go,she goes,etc,depending upon

    the context of the sentence.

    To make the negative we cut off the 'masu' part and put 'masen' in

    it's place. For example, `nomimasu' means I drink  and 'nomimasen'

     means I don't drink.  The masu form is generally used with words

   like usually,  sometimes, and never. (ie. it shows continuous action)

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 `Ohaiyo gozaimasu'means`good morning'.It is pronounced oh-ha-yo goz-eye-mahs.

      Notice that the last u in masu is silent. `Konichi wa' means `good

  afternoon' and also 'is there anyone there?'.`Konban wa'means`good evening'.

   `Sayonara' means `goodbye' but is only used when the parting is a permanent

    one. `Ja matta' is a better way to say `see you later'.

   The English phrase `bye-bye' has become common among the

      Japanese since the end of the war. It is the only English that most

     small children know so don't be offended if you hear it shouted at you.