Learning Japanese...

[Neversoft]

I never took much interest in anime >.<
But if it helps, I will probably get some videos to watch, to get me on the right track



Oooo. +rep for that. Thanks!

Thank you.

Here is some ones that are not on the sites anyway...

Chiwassu is a Japanese greeting you say to greet someone you're really involved with, but I just say chiwassu to everyone because it's cool, but that is how you would greet your wife/husband or girlfriend/boyfriend. You could possibly greet your best friends by saying chiwassu aswell, I'm not too sure.

Adding -san to someones name is the equivalent of Mr., Mrs. or Miss. So if you call me Chris-san, that would be Mr. Chris.

Adding -chan, -kun, -sama or -dono to the end of somones name means you really respect them. You honor them. They are honorific titles. -Kun is an informal honorific title and is mostly used towards boys.

If you were in a Japanese school and you wanted to call your teacher you'd say Sensai. Or add sensai to the end of their name. So if your teacher was called Bob, you'd say Bob-Sensai. Sansai basically means master/teacher.

You would call someone older then you in school, college, work, or in any academic organization a senpai. Or you could add senpai to the end of their name. So I would be Chris-senpai. It basically means senior or superior.

As I already said, if you answer the phone in Japan you wouldn't say hello by say Konnichiwha, you'd say Moshi Moshi.

Onii-chan means older brother.
Onee-chan means older sister.

A Kohai is a person that would do tasks for a senpai.

Sumimasen can mean sorry, excuse me, please and thank you.

Gomennasai means sorry and is prenounced gom-men-a-sigh.

I think thats all I know that isnt covered by the websites I gave you. Good luck!

see, i fail, i just read the subtitles plz ill just have a look at japanese dictionary and now i know how to spell =] Moshi moshi! Konichiwa

Konnichiwa has two n's!

[Nemo]

Thank you.

Here is some ones that are not on the sites anyway...

Chiwassu is a Japanese greeting you say to greet someone you're really involved with, but I just say chiwassu to everyone because it's cool.

Adding -san to someones name is the equivalent of Mr., Mrs. or Miss. So if you call me Chris-san, that would be Mr. Chris.

Adding -chan, -kun, -sama or -dono to the end of somones name means you really respect them. You honor them. They are honorific titles. -Kun is an informal honorific title and is mostly used towards males.

If you were in a Japanese school and you wanted to call your teacher you'd say Sensai. Or add sensai to the end of their name. So if your teacher was called Bob, you'd say Bob-Sensai. Sansai basically means master/teacher.

If you are friend with someone older then you in school, college, work, or in any academic organization you would add senpai to the end of their name. So I would be Chris-senpai. Or you can just call them senpai. So it means senior or superior really.

As I already said, if you answer the phone in Japan you wouldn't say hello by say Konnichiwha, you'd say Moshi Moshi.

Onii-chan mean older brother.
Onee-chan means older sister.

A Kohai is a person that would do tasks for a senpai.

Sumimasen can mean Sorry, excuse me, please and thank you.

Gomennasai means sorry and is prenounced gom-men-a-sigh.

I think thats all I know that isnt covered by the websites I gave you.

aha very helpful, im gonna start off with basic greetings etc. practice it tomorrow >;]

[Neversoft]

Only reason I know so much is because I watch a lot of Japanese anime.

[Hiro]

Wow! Thanks, once again