Location particles : に vs で
日本に行きたいなあ…
= Nihon ni ikitainaa…
= I wanna go to Japan.
日本でマギーと遊びたい…
= Nihon de Maggie to asobitai…
= I’d love to play with Maggie in Japan…
Archive for 'Beginners'
お開き = ohiraki + 開く＝ひらく＋あく, 開ける = ひらける・あける
「そろそろお開きにしましょう！」
= Sorosoro ohiraki ni shimashou!
=Let’s finish the party now.
「えっ！？ケーキは？」
= Eh!? Keiki wa?
= What!? What about these cakes?
〜納め=~osame + Super Basic Words Part 5 (Twitter lesson follow up)
「これで今年は仕事納めです！」
= Kore de kotoshi wa shigoto osame desu!
= This is the last work of the year.
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Super Basic Words Review (Twitter follow up lesson) Part 4
「これ勉強したら遊んであげる！」
= Kore benkyou shitara asonde ageru.
= I will play with you after you study this!
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Super Basic Words Review Lesson Part 3 (Twitter lesson follow up)
「毎日、一つ一つ積み重ねです。」
= Mainichi hitotsu hitotsu tsumikasane desu.
= You need to build things up one by one everyday.
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Is あなた(=anata) OK to use? 2nd-person pronouns + nicknames
「マギー先生の顔、まんまるだね。」
= Maggie Sensei no kao manmaru dane.
= Your face is really round, Miss Maggie!
「あんたに言われたくないわよ！」
= Anta ni iwaretaku nai wayo!
= Look who’s talking!
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Request Lesson : 私＋自分= watashi + jibun (First-person singular pronoun)
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Super Basic Words Review Part 2 （From Twitter lessons)
「毎日、一語つぶやいてるよ！」
= Mainichi ichigo tsubuyaiteruyo!
= I have been tweeting one word per day!
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Super Basic Words Part 1 (Twitter lesson review)
「塵も積もれば山となる！」
= Chiri mo tsumore ba yama to naru.
= Many drops make a shower.
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Family related lesson Part 2
「ねえ、マギーおばちゃん！」
= Nee maggie obachan!
= Hey, Auntie Maggie!
「おばちゃんって呼ばないでよ！」
= Obachan tte yobanai deyo!
= Don’t call me Auntie!
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