Club Otaku's guide to learning basic japanese

• MooKu

  6 May 07, 20:39
• Mewlove

  14 Jun 07, 13:24

  Actually, wakarimashita is past tense yeah?
  Arigato gozaimashita is also past tense. Though it sounds weird cuz in English there is no past tense for thank you.
  
  Wakarimashita is understood
  Arigato Gozaimashita is sort of like thanked you. The present tense is used before the act and past tense is used after the act.
  
  Present tense:
  Please pass me the tissue thank you(arigato gozaimasu).
  
  Past tense:
  "I have passed you the tissue."
  
  "Oh ... thank you(Arigato gozaimashita)"
  
  But most people do not care about that anyway...
• popikachu

  24 Jun 07, 03:36

  aishiteru means i love you right?
  
  watashi ai shimasu means what?
  
  then is someone say aishiteru how to reply back 'i love you too'?
• SGBelair

  13 Jul 07, 05:11

  
  
  Any knows what s-kate (sounds like) means?
• Xephone_xenon

  12 Aug 07, 17:56

  Originally posted by SGBelair:

  Any knows what s-kate (sounds like) means?

  Sake?
• Rika Ishikawa

  20 Aug 07, 02:21

  how to say u r cute, how much u charge 4 1 day in japanese language
• Master -_-

  20 Aug 07, 02:43

  Originally posted by SGBelair:

  Any knows what s-kate (sounds like) means?

  take care (Tsukete)
• Master -_-

  20 Aug 07, 02:46

  Originally posted by popikachu:

  aishiteru means i love you right?
  
  watashi ai shimasu means what?
  
  then is someone say aishiteru how to reply back 'i love you too'?

  Watashi mo aishiteru
• Master -_-

  20 Aug 07, 02:51

  Originally posted by Rika Ishikawa:

  how to say u r cute, how much u charge 4 1 day in japanese language

  Anata wa Kawaii desu.
  
  
• ted_nhg

  1 Oct 07, 20:29

  therez an issue which i'm kinda confused,
  
  how do you pronouce the following .....
  
  Is it kimi WA or kimi HA
  
  Speech-wise, i've heard ir as Wa
  but MS word input-wise, i've it as Ha
  
  
• snop_coolz

  3 Nov 07, 15:03

  humm...its kimi wa...i think...eg...kimi wa kirei...you are beautiful...
• dragoncloud

  4 Nov 07, 22:26

  Anyone knows the meaning of de arimasu?
• Gordonator

  13 Nov 07, 19:42

  Originally posted by dragoncloud:

  Anyone knows the meaning of de arimasu?

  it's the polite way of saying "to be".
  
  http://japan-studies.com/language/grammar/constructions/tobe.php
• dragg

  18 Nov 07, 13:29

  Originally posted by ted_nhg:
  therez an issue which i'm kinda confused,
  
  how do you pronouce the following .....
  
  Is it [b]kimi WA or kimi HA
  
  Speech-wise, i've heard ir as Wa
  but MS word input-wise, i've it as Ha
  
  [/b]

  it is wa only when used as a particle.
  
• Yuki~!

  8 Jan 08, 00:13

  YUKI MEANS SNOW~!
• abao

  8 Jan 08, 08:01

  its in teh list liao.
  
  morning: asa
  noon: hiru
  rice/ meal: gohan
  
• <Precious>

  8 Jan 08, 08:21

  I love you = aishi te massu or aishi teru?
• Yuki~!

  8 Jan 08, 12:23

  Originally posted by :

  I love you = aishi te massu or aishi teru?

  Aishi teru
  I like ____ _____ wa suki desu
• Hanagata

  8 Jan 08, 13:00

  woo thumbs up...
• Gordonator

  11 Jan 08, 13:40

  Originally posted by :

  I love you = aishi te massu or aishi teru?

  japaneses seldom express their love of others by saying 'i love u'.
  
  instead they use 'sukidayo' meaning i like u.
  
  
• ad3285

  11 Jan 08, 14:48

  Originally posted by dragg:

  it is wa only when used as a particle.
  

  - bleh. the forum doesn't recognize japanese wording -
  
  anyway i was trying to use some words to explain better.
  anyway, in pronouncing u read it as WA but in writing you have to write it as HA.
  
  
• ad3285

  11 Jan 08, 14:49

  I noticed a mistake from the list ^^
  
  

  
  Genki desu - How are you?
  Genki desu ka - I am fine
  

  It should be:
  
  Genki desu - I'm fine
  Genki desu ka? - How are you?
• Gordonator

  11 Jan 08, 16:22

  Originally posted by ad3285:

  I noticed a mistake from the list ^^
  
  It should be:
  
  Genki desu - I'm fine
  Genki desu ka? - How are you?

  noted. i'll use it accordingly. ^^
• dragg

  23 Jan 08, 21:59

  Originally posted by :

  I love you = aishi te massu or aishi teru?

  its actually the same.
  
  just different way of saying it.