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Some general verbs to know that are useful. ^^* I am sure its a good idea to be able to tell people what you are doing. Ne?
Tabe ( Tah - Beh ) ~ To Eat
Nomi ( No - Me ) ~ To Drink
Yomi ( Yo - Me ) ~ To Read
Kai ( Ka - ee ) ~ To Buy
Kaeri ( Ka - eh - Ree ) ~ To Return
Iki ( EE - Key ) ~ To Go
Ki ( Key ) ~ To Come
Kiki ( Key - Key ) ~ To Listen
Dekake ( Day - Ka - Keh ) ~ Go Out
Mi ( Me ) ~ To Watch
Kaki ( Ka - Key ) ~ To Write
Verbs come at the end of a sentence with one of the following suffixes depending on what your saying.
Masu ( Mah - Sue ) - Present/Future Tense
Masen ( Mah - Sehn ) - Negative Present/Future Tense
Mashita ( Mah - she - Tah ) - Past Tense
Masendeshita ( Mah - Sehn - Deh - She - Ta ) - Negative Past Tense
ex:
Watashi wa sushi o tabemasu ~ I am eatting sushi.
Anata wa ikimasen ka? ~ you are not going?
Kakiko-san wa soukusu o kaimashita. ~ Kaikiko bought socks yesterday.
Dekakemasendeshita ~ I didnt go out.
Well thats a mouth full. Gambatte Minna!! ^^*
JA Sets Out

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Another useful part in language is direction. You need to give or at least understand directions when it comes to being in a place you don't know. Say you ask where the
washroom is and they tell you to go nishi. ??
So here's some helpful words that can help you...
ue (eww - eh) ~ Up / Over
shita (she - tah) ~ Down / Under
soto (soe - toe) ~ Out / Outside
naka (nah - ka) ~ In
o toutte (oh toe - ot - teh) ~ Through
shuui *ni* (shoe - eww - ee *knee*) ~ Around *this word will be accompanies by other as you will never see it without 'ni' dont double 'ni' it*
mae (maa - eh) ~ In Front Of
ushiro (eww - she - row) ~ Behind
aida (ah - ee - dah) ~ In Between
hidari (he - dah - ree) ~ Left
migi (me - gui) ~ Right
kita (key - tah) ~ North
higashi (he - gah - she) ~ East
minami (me - nah - me) ~ South
nishi (knee - shi) ~ West
Most of these you will want to make a sentence with so please use the following syntax:
object no _direction_ de/ni object (remember the no double ni ^^*)
EX: Neko no naka de hako desu - The cat is in the box (neko - cat, hako - box)
NE? ok Gambatte!!
Ja Sets.... ^^*

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Sorry for being so long with updates to the lessons. Since I took a new job and then haveing christmas its been nuts! However you dont really need to know that so on with
our lessons.
I figure colours (yes I am canadian) may be a good way to start so here we go ^^*
pinku - (pin - ku) ~ Pink
orenji - (oh - ren - gee) ~ Orange
aoi - (ah - oh - ee) ~ Blue
akai - (ah - ka - ee) ~ Red
kuroi - (ku - row - ee) ~ Black
shiroi - (she - row - ee) ~ White
midori - (me - doh - ree) ~ Green
murasaki - (moo - rah - saa - key) ~ Purple
kiiroi - (key - row - ee) ~ Yellow
chairoi - (chai - row - ee) ~ Brown
kiniro - (keen - ee - row) ~ Gold (just the colour)
giniro - (guen - ee - row) ~ Silver (just the colour)
If you want to make the color light or dark say the following preceeding the colour:
usui no (eww - sue - ee no) light
iroguro no (ee - row - guu - row no) dark
ex: usui no aoi (light blue)
iroguro no akai (dark red)
Well there you have it the colours in its most basic format. Gambatte Minna!
Ja Ne
Sets out

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Well we always want to know days of the week so why not now...that made no sense but who cares...
I must say though that the day are interestingly named, I will explain as I tell you what they are.
Nichiyobi ~ (knee - chee - yo - bee) - Sunday , Nichi is for sun
Getsuyobi ~ (ghee - tsue - yo - bee) - Monday , Getsu is for moon (moon - day)
Kayobi ~ (Ka - yo - bee) - Tuesday, ka is for fire, I dont get the realation in that one
Suiyobi ~ (Sue - e - yo - bee) - Wednesday, Sui is for water
Mokuyobi ~ (moe - kuu - yo - bee) - Thursday, Moku is for tree
Kinyobi ~ (keen - yo - bee) - Friday, kin is for gold...payday
doyobi ~ (doe - yo - bee) - Saturady, Do is for earth
Now just so you know and those of you who dont like me and just want to rase me, when I say sui is for water etc, I mean the symbol used to represnt the day is the symbol
of what I say, in kanji cursive with the yobi they are sui, moku, do, etc.
Also an easy way to remember the days is like a rythem...say
Nichi, getsu, ka, sui, moku, kin, do
All have the yobi ending.
Ja Ne Minna ^^* Sets

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Ok we always want to know the one worded answers so we know what to say and people go huh? and then you say it again they look at you funny and you explain it to them
then they think your cool right!!?? OK well heres some goods.
Hai ~ (high) - Yes
Iie ~ (ee - eh) - No (and eh! is candaian )
genki ~ (gen - key) - Good, used for replying to O'Genki desu ka.
eki ~ (eh - key) - Good, as in benift
warui ~ (wah - ru - e) - Bad, not good evil wicked (you get the idea)
kyo ~ (keyo) - Today
ashita ~ (ah - she - ta) - Tommorow
kinoo ~ (key - no) - Yesterday
Gambatte Minna Ja! oh yeah, please ignore my poor spelling

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Kombanwa Minna-san
With most of the japanese we hear and read there is always additional characters at the end of a name. So what are they all and what do they mean!
Sensei ~ (Segn - Say) ~ This is a name used for teachers. Often said without the teachers name however if your in a crowd of teachers saying sensei is not a smart idea.
- San ~ (saan) ~ This suffix is most often used when you say someones name who is older than you, out of respect and usually when you first meet someone. (remember first
impressions)
- Chan ~ (chaan) ~ This is often used when addressing friends or people younger than you. Even sibblings.
- Kun ~(coo - n) ~ Kun is commenly used for guys.Its basically a friend ending like chan.
- Ko ~ (co, as in co-worker)~ Much Kun this is very often placed at the end of girls names. Take Marie, they would say Marieko. Not extrememly common but it still there.
Sempai ~ (sehm - pie) ~ This is an upper classman or someone you envy and are following after. Always older.
Sama ~ (saa - maa) ~ This is used for higher respect people like royalty and entities. Sometimes heard when addressing people in minnasama. Giving the greater respect to
all. but as in Oh! My Goddess which is Oh! Megami-sama. and hotohori-sama from FY.
And there are times you do not have an ending at all. Usually only used between lovers and close relationships with brother / sisters.
However when you say mom, dad, gramma, grampa, and so on, you will still use san. But will get into families another day ^ ^*
Ja Ne Minna
Sets Out

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Knowning how to ask a question or even a 'very little information' question like "what?" is always a good thing ^^*
Nani? ~ (naa - knee) ~ What? Depending on your expression this saying can go a LOOOONG way
Naze? / Doushite? / Nande? ~ (naa - zeh) / (Doe - she - teh) / (nahn - Day)~ Why? A lot of ways to say it. Sometimes the condentation of Doushite is taken as (what way).
Dare ~ (daa - ray) ~ Who. So you can say Dare ga? - who is it
Doko? ~ (dough - ko) ~ Where. As we often hear . . . DOKO DOKO DOKO??
'When' is a little tricky. Because when is literally itsu. Its not really a true question. However if you say itsu ka (ka being the question modify) its a completely
different word. SO most will ask 'what time'.
Nanji desuka ~ (nahn - gee Day - sue - ka) ~ What time? You can also say this if you want to ask someone what time it is. Most would say 'ima nanji desuka?' but thats
another lesson.
Because there are many many ways to say how with different questions I am not going to list them. However if you just want to ask HOW . . .
douyatte ~ (dough - yeaht - teh) ~ How? more specifically 'by what means?'
Well thats your basic questions line up ^^*
Ja ne Minna
Sets Out

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First I want to note that teh numbers are said in this format ---> number - base - number <----so on and so on added onto the begining. To begin:
Ten was juu so eleven will be ten base one.
Juu - Ichi (see previous for pronouciation) - Eleven
Juu - Ni - Tweleve
Juu - San - Thirteen
Juu - Yon - Fourteen
Juu - Go - Fifteen
And so on until 20 which is . . .
Ni - juu - Twenty
Ni - Juu - ichi Twenty - one
Ni - Juu - ni Twenty - two
Ni - Juu] - san[/i Twenty - three
And so that goes, (hoping you see the pattern)
so as you go up, kyuu juu shichi, kyuu juu hachi, kyuu juu kyuu, you wonder...whats 100
Hyakuu ~ (hee - yeah - koo) - 100 One Hundred
now if you keep the pattern you can count to 999. Mind you pronouciation changes a little in the 800, 500 and 300, but I wont get into that.

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Today we will do basic numbers! Which are very very useful.

The Basic Numbers ^^*
0 ZERO ~ zero (zeh - row)
1 ONE ~ ichi (E - Chee)
2 TWO ~ ni (knee)
3 THREE ~ san (saan)
4 FOUR ~ yon/shi (ywan / She)*
5 FIVE ~ go (go)
6 SIX ~ roku (row - ku)
7 SEVEN ~ nana/shichi (na - na / She - Che)**
8 EIGHT ~ hachi (HA - CHE)
9 NINE ~ kyuu (cue)
10 TEN ~ ju (ju)
* The number 4 has two ways to say it. Yon is more common for counting. Shi is used for special association like months. From what I know SHI is a bad luck word relating
to death. ** When using the number sever nana is used in basic counting, shichi is used for months and days and the such.
Next time we will learn to count to 100. ^^*

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Hey everyone!! There may have been some confusion with the last japanese lesson.
Ittemairimasu is a more poliet form of ittekimasu. Natrually I will choose the more poliet one but you can use both. I am sorry for that confusion. Short Lesson
Tadaima (Ta - Die - Ma) ~ Meaning I am home. Of course used when you come home.
Okaeri Nasai (Oh - ka - eh - ree Na - Sigh) ~ Meaning welcome home. Of course used when someone walks in.

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Okay so we learn greetings, departures and general settings. So today I will be more everyday settings.
Itteirasshai (Eat - Tea - RAsh Shai) ~ This saying is use when someone leaving the home meaning 'Go and come back'
Ittemairimasu (Eat - Te - Marie - ma - Su) ~ This saying is use when you are leaving the home meaning 'I will go and come back'
Itadakimasu (E - Ta - Da - Key - Ma - Su) ~ This saying is used before eating. Meaning we are going to eat now.

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----- Lesson 4: The Cool Stuff -----

I felt really bad in taking so long for the next lesson that I decided to make a lesson on slang so that everyone from beginners to advanced can enjoy. Some slang falls
out of use in Japanese pretty quickly but I think that almost everything in this list should be usable and up-to-date. Some words are also used so much that I don't
think they'll ever go away. If you guys can think of more slang, please feel free to add! ^_^ For this lesson's format, I'm gonna borrow Sets' format since it is so
successful.
kakko ii - cool, handsome
Watashi no kareshi wa cho- kakko ii! - My boyfriend is soooo cool!
ikemen - a handsome guy
Mite, asoko no ikemen! - Look at that fine guy over there!
kakko warui - uncool (what's a better word than this?)
Ano oyaji wa kakko warui yo ne? - That old man is uncool, huh?
dasai/dassai - uncool (more or less the same as above)
Uchi no oyaji wa cho- dasai yo! - My dad is sooo uncool!
busaiku - uncool but also adds in an element of being ugly
Kanemochi nara busaiku na kareshi ni gaman suru. - If he's rich, then I'll put up with an ugly boyfriend.
cho- - really, extremely
Kyou no tesuto ga cho - wakannakatta. - I *soooooo* didn't understand today's test.
(note: this is used sooo much! It can be stuck on verbs, adjectives, nouns, what have you...)
mukatsuku - mad, angry, pissed off
Cho- mukatsuku! - I'm sooooo PO'd!
maji de - seriously
"Kyou kareshi to wakareta no." "Maji de!?!" - "Today, I broke up with my boyfriend." "Are you serious!?!"
kimoi - nasty, sick
Ano sukebe senko- wa kimoi to omowanai? - Don't you think that perverted teacher is nasty?
This is a shortened form of "kimochi warui." A lot of words have been shortened like this:
kishoi - kishoku warui (like 'kimoi' but worse)
mendoi - mendou kusai (troublesome)
muzui - muzukashii (difficult)
hazui - hazukashii (embarrassing)
There are others but they don't come to me right now. I haven't heard the last couple recently. Maybe they're not used anymore?
tempatteru - to be in a flurry, kinda agitated
Okite kara zutto tempatteta." - "I've been agitated since I woke up.
ganguro - a person who is really tanned
For a while, it was really cool to be really tanned. A lot of young people still are but being lighter skinned is coming back in. There are different levels of being
tanned and 'ganguro' is the most common one.
karipaku - to borrow something and not return it
ecchi suru - to have sex
sebaru - this also means to have sex (this word is used by Tokyo girls a lot more)
kireru - to get angry, to go off, to go postal
gyaku gire - to go off on someone who goes gets angry at you
wanko/wangiri - to call someone on their cell phone and hang up so that your number appears in their memory
There's sooo much slang out there that there's no way I could list them all. I'm open to other words that people know...
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(^^)

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---- Lesson 3: Adjectives (or in technical jargon: "Describing Stuff" -----

Have I mentioned how easy Japanese is? Well if I have, here's more proof. In Japanese, there are only two types of adjectives. Did you cath that? Two!! Let's look at
some adjectives in English: big, good, hot, sleepy, magnanimous (SAT word!), dodgy, stupendous, ... There's absolutely no rhyme or reason to these. It makes you wonder
what Mr. Webster and Mr. Roget were thinking when they made the language. Let's look at the first type of Japanese adjective now:
The 'i' (pronounced 'ee') adjective
All adjectives in this category end in "-i," no exceptions! They are similar to English in that you just stick it in front of the word you wanna modify. Here's a small
list of adjectives you might hear everyday and some you might hear in anime:
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ii - good
warui - bad
kuroi - black
kawaii - cute
tsuyoi - strong
oishii - delicious
abunai - dangerous
takai - high; expensive
hidoi - horrible, terrible
sugoi - amazing, extremely
eroi - perverted, lecherous, kinky
umai - good (it means both 'delicious' or 'skilled')
hito - person (yeah, I know. This isn't an adjective)
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And here are some of these little guys at work -->
tsuyoi hito - strong person
takai hon - expensive book
abunai neko - dangerous cat
ii namae - good name
But these aren't really sentences so let's put them into real situations -->
Watashi wa kawaii desu. - I'm cute.
Anata wa hidoi desu! - You're horrible!
Anime wa takai desu. - Anime is expensive.
Anata no hon wa ii desu. - Your book is good.
Watashi wa tsuyoi hito desu. I'm a strong person.
Watashi no neko wa oishii desu. - My cat is delicious.
Eroi hito wa abunai desu. - Perverted people are dangerous.
For 'i' adjectives, you can make a sentence using just that word since the subject should be understood by the situation. For example,
if you're looking at a cute baby - "Kawaii!"
if you are clothes shopping and see an Armani suit - "Takai!"
if you are eating chili cheese fries - "Oishii!"
Something you hear in anime a lot is "abunai!" It means "(It's) dangerous!" but this sounds a little awkward in English so a better translation might be "watch out!"
The 'na' adjective
These words are all pretty different but when you put it in a sentence, you just stick 'na' at the end to modify the word. If you don't add the 'na,' then it's like a
noun. For the word 'kiken na,' it means 'dangerous.' Just plain ol' 'kiken' would mean 'danger.' Rarely, some 'na' adjectives end in 'i' so make sure you learn those.
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genki na - happy, energetic, healthy
kiken na - dangerous (this is a word of Chinese origin while 'abunai' is Japanese in origin)
ecchi na - perverted, kinky
jaaku na - evil, wicked (never used in conversation but heard a lot in anime)
yukai na - funny, interesting, amusing
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And let's go straight to some sentences -->
Anata wa kiken na hito desu. - You are a dangerous person.
Watashi wa ecchi desu. - I'm perverted. (there's no 'na' after ecchi since there's nothing to modify)
Kore wa genki na neko desu. - This is an energetic cat.
OK, I don't think I left anything out on the basics but if I have, please let me know!

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A many thanks to those for your positive feed-back on the Japanese lessons. Today I think we will learn on some basic sayings. Like everyday things that just stick ^^*
Hajimemashite ( ha - jee - may - ma - she - te ) ~ Pleased to meet you! - Often used when first meeting a person. Very poliet introduction.
O' Genki desu ka? (o - ghen - key day - sue ka) ~ How are you? - Well thats straight forward. say Genki if you are well or Genki Genki if you are really well ^^*
Domo Arigatou Gozaimasu (doe - mo A - ree - ga - toe go - za - e - ma - sue) ~ Thank you! Very full some times you can just say Arigatou or Arigato Gozaimasu
Watashi wa __(name)__ desu. (wa - ta - she wa (NAME) day - sue) ~ My name is ------. Pretty basic. Sometimes boys will use Boku wa and girls Ashita wa

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----- Lesson 2: To Be or Not To Be -----

Next, we'll make some simple sentences that translate into English as "to be." What the heck is "to be"? It's that verb that somehow magically transforms into "am,"
"are," and "is." (I told you English is messed up!)
One of the meanings of "to be" is equality, A=B, like in the sentence "A is B." Here are new words we'll be using this lesson:
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kore - this
namae - name
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First, let's make an example sentence with words you already know -->
Watashi wa lobato desu. - I am lobato.
Whoa, back up a minute! What's all this extra crap?! Wa? Desu? Is lobato drunk again? (Yes, I am) "Wa" is another particle like "no" (remember Lesson 1?). "No" shows
possession and "wa" shows the grammatical subject. The word before wa is the subject. In my witty example, watashi comes before wa, so watashi is the subject. Muchos
facile, non?
"Desu" is a little alien to English speakers. It is a word you put at the end of a "to be" sentence to affirm the sentence. You might be thinking "Er?" Simply put,
this makes the sentence "I am lobato" as opposed to "I am not lobato." We'll learn more on this later (when I'm soberer).
More examples -->
Kore wa hon desu. - This is a book.
Anata wa otaku desu. - You are an otaku.
Watashi wa neko desu. - I am a cat.*
*"I am a Cat" is the name of a famous novel by author Natsume Soseki. The actual Japanese title is a little different - wagahai neko dearu. This is *really* hard
Japanese and we'll cover it around lesson 200. (^^)
Now, let's combine Lesson 2 with Lesson 1 -->
Kore wa anata no hon desu. - This is your book.
Watashi no namae wa lobato desu. - My name is lobato.
Kore wa watashi no neko desu. - This is my cat.
OK, we'll stop here since I'm about to pass out (it's like 5:00AM and I'm drunk)...

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Today I guess I will teach you partings. So here we go!!

Sayonara (sai - yo - na - ra) ~ Pretty straight forward and commonly known. It is an official goodbye.
Ja Matte Ne (ja mat-ta nea) ~ This is an unofficial good bye. Litterally meaning 'well later then'. Most commonly used amoung students and friends. Some people even
shorten to their own version like Matte Ne or Ja Ne
Oyasumi Nasai (O - yeah - sue - me Na - sai) ~ This is good night or sleep well. Sometimes used for parting in the evening and when, of course, saying good night.
[Editted by Sets on 10-15-2000 at 02:57:59 AM]

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Today I will teach you a little Japanese. Although you should know this by now but for those wonderful new comers.
Ohaiyo Gozoimasu - (o-HI-yo go-zo-e-ma-su) This is used to say Good Morning
Konnichiwa - (ko-KNEE-chee-wa) Usually an afternoon greeting but can be used anytime. Kinda more between freinds.
Kombanwa - (come-ban-wa) This is usually an evening greeting like Good Evening

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This is a post that I have going on another anime board but I'll start it here too.
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A little overdue m(_ _)m but finally, I've started this thread! This thread is for those fans out there who want to learn basic Japanese. I'll try to teach some things
but I welcome anyone else's thoughts, ideas, and corrections. Also, feel free to post any questions and I (or the other gifted folk on this board) will try to answer it.
Once again, this is for *basic* Japanese. If there are enough requests, I'll try to start more advanced threads.
I was a Japanese/linguistics major at college (UCLA) and I could totally bore
you with a lot of linguistics stuff, but instead let's jump right in! (and I'll
bore you with that stuff later...)
----- LESSON 1: So You Wanna Learn Japanese? -----
Japanese (spoken) is one of *the* easiest languages you can learn. There are naturally some rules to learn, but they are very easy and have very few excptions! English,
on the other hand...
Pronounciation
Japanese has five vowels in the following order (with pronounciation):
A - the "a" sound as in "jaw" (but don't hold the sound so long)
I - the "ee" sound as in "knee" (once again, don't hold it so long)
U - the "oo" sound as in "spoon" (ditto on the length of the sound)
E - the "e" sound as in "pet"
O - the "ow" sound as in "grow" (you know the drill)
There are NO exceptions to these pronounciations. Sometimes, you'll hold the sound longer or shorter, but that's it. With this in mind, you can see now that Americans
butcher words like karaoke, sake, and kamikaze.
Before we start speaking, let me introduce some words that we'll use.
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anata - you
watashi - I, me
hon - book
neko - cat
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In Japanese, many words have "markers" after them called particles (or postpostitions). For the Korean crowd, this is basic stuff - same as Korean. For non-Korean folk,
it's a strange concept but way easy to get used to. In this lesson, we'll talk about the particle "no." One of the meanings of this is to show possession. Let's look-->
anata no hon - your book
watashi no neko - my cat
lobato no neko - lobato's cat
Easy, huh? Well, let's stop here so that you can soak this all up. If this is too slow/fast, let me know!
(^^)

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I had a request to teach the basic grammer, of Japanese which I thought was very important.
We'll start slowly with a very simple concept.

Here it goes...
First, when learning Japanese, people get confused of the "WORD ORDER"
Even if they know the vocab, since the word order is diffrent from Engish to Japanese they can't
translate it...

In English, as many of you know (hopefully) it is Subject-Verb-Object (SVO).

In Japanese, it is usually Subject-Object-Verb (SOV)
Let's give an simple example...

English:
SVO
I love NOATED.
Japanese:
SOV
Watashi wa NOATED ga suki desu. =
I NOATED love

Get it??
You'll get used to it in a while, so no worries...

If you're not sure about the Japanese I just wrote, I think you better look over Lobato's and Set's Lessons...
It's all there. Good luck.

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