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Post by Football54 on Aug 21, 2004 19:31:37 GMT -5
oh ya guys, a bit of a pronounciation would be nice too, since even though you write them in english, its still kinda hard to sound out.
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tanyahead
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Post by tanyahead on Aug 24, 2004 0:25:09 GMT -5
Kusai (qoo{thedrink}sa~ee)- stinky Well, I don't know if I should put this word: Kusso (coos~so) - shi*. Or you can add Baba for Kusso baba. That means shi* old lady. Yuki, you can take this down if you want, I just thought it might be funny.
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Post by Yuki on Aug 25, 2004 7:53:26 GMT -5
Yes, pronounciation...the very thing that I just love about the Japanese language. The English language will play tricks on you with spelling and pronounciation, but not the Japanese. Once you memorize five pronounciations, you have it down. Here is all you'll ever need to know for pronouncing the Japanese language:
Sounds:............How to pronounce: a ------------------ As in the word 'shawl' i ------------------ As in the 'ee' sound in 'eat' u ----------------- As in the 'uu' sound in 'you' e ----------------- As in 'pet' o ----------------- As in 'foe'
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Post by Football54 on Aug 25, 2004 22:47:40 GMT -5
you ha ve no idea how much that helped
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Post by Jenni on Aug 27, 2004 9:12:26 GMT -5
ka-KAyak ki- Key ku- KUku bird (lol) ke- KEttle ko-COld
someone else can do the SA's
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Post by buttons on Aug 27, 2004 21:12:49 GMT -5
sa - SAlami shi - SHE su - SUsan se - CEll so - SOldier
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Post by Empress Kitty on Aug 27, 2004 21:39:43 GMT -5
The three they don't have is Tu, Ti, and Di. Instead, they use Tsu, Chi, and Ji. They also don't have the 'v' sounds.
And with Tsu, they do pronounce the 't', so it's not SUnami it's TSUnami.
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Post by Football54 on Aug 27, 2004 22:02:14 GMT -5
any more good words or phrases??? now that i can pronounce more or less
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Post by Jenni on Aug 28, 2004 9:56:01 GMT -5
hm... what kinds??
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youkudekita - u did a good job ganbate - good luck iikou - let's go (did i already put that down? o well) i dunno wut else to put..
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Post by Smart1 on Aug 29, 2004 22:15:37 GMT -5
How about some phrases that we can say to people that we either really, really like...or really, really dislike... That way, whatever we say, they'll never know what we're saying!! heh! (Unless, of course, they know Japanese...that would be so embarrasing...)
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Post by Jenni on Sept 1, 2004 8:39:14 GMT -5
ano hito daikirai - i hate that persone ____ (dai)kirai - i hate ___ _____daisiki - i relli like/love _____ _____ cho kawaii- ___ is relli cute ___ yashi yo ne - ___ is nice is'nt she is that good?? lol i relli dunno
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Post by Football54 on Sept 19, 2004 19:53:50 GMT -5
any more basics?
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Post by Jenni on Sept 22, 2004 7:53:05 GMT -5
i dunno..
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Post by Smart1 on Sept 22, 2004 22:53:07 GMT -5
I know!! I know!! Tell us about Japanese sentence structure...?
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Post by Jenni on Oct 14, 2004 6:32:41 GMT -5
Yuki can help u with dat hehe ;D
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