Ok, I'll just introduce myself to all of you first. My name is Natsuko Nakao. Natsuko means "SUMMER GIRL." Nakao means:
"RIDGE OF A MOUNTAIN."
My....great great great great great relatives and our surname has a legend.
(I'll tell you the story.)
Once upon a time, (haha, disney.) There was a family living on a MOUNTAIN'S RIDGE....(what else, I forgot...haha)
and, the villagers called that family "Nakao." (but now, we're not living in a mountain's ridge.)
Now, we're living......near a mountain!! But our surname is still Nakao.
My name is "SUMMER GIRL" because I'm born on summer season.
Ok, end of the story.
Here's some basics of Japanese: (including pronunciations)
Watashi wa ______ desu. (WA TA SHE WA ______ DES.)
Which means: I'm ______.
Watashi wa ______ sai desu. (WA TA SHE WA ______ SA-I DES.)
Which means: I'm ______ years old.
Watashi no otanjobi wa ___ __ desu. (WA TA SHE NO O TAN JO BE WA __ __ DES.)
Which means: My birthday is on ___ __.
Ichigatsu = (EE CHI GUT SUE)
January
Nigatsu = (KNEE GUT SUE)
February
Sangatsu = (SANG GUT SUE)
March
Shigatsu = (SHE GUT SUE)
April
Gogatsu = (GO GUT SUE)
May
Rokugatsu = (RO KU GUT SUE)
June
Nanagatsu = (NA NA GUT SUE)
July
Hachigatsu = (HA CHI GUT SUE)
August
Kugatsu = (KU GUT SUE)
september
Jugatsu = (JU GUT SUE)
October
Juichigatsu = (JU EE CHI GUT SUE)
November
Junigatsu = (JU KNEE GUT SUE)
December
Ichi = (EE CHI)
One
Ni = (KNEE)
Two
San = (SANG)
Three
Yon / Shi = (YONG / SHE) (You can use "Yon" if you like, and you can use "Shi" if you like.)
Four
Go = (GO)
Five
Roku = (RO KU)
Six
Shichi / Nana = (SHE CHI / NA NA) (You can use "Shichi" if you like, and you can use "Nana" if you like.)
Seven
Hachi = (HA CHI)
Eight
Kyuu / Kuu = (KYU / KU) (Just like four and seven, you can use whatever you want.)
Nine
Jyuu = (JU)
Ten
Jyuu Ichi = (JU EE CHI)
Eleven
and so on.........
Ni Jyuu Ichi = (KNEE JU EE CHI)
Twenty-one
San Jyuu Ichi = (SANG JU EE CHI)
Thirty-one
Yon Jyuu Ichi = (YON JU EE CHI) (note: you can't use "shi jyuu ichi")
Forty-one
Go Jyuu Ichi = (GO JU EE CHI)
Fifty
Roku Jyuu Ichi = (RO KU JU EE CHI)
Sixty
Nana Jyuu Ichi = (NA NA JU EE CHI) (note: you can't use "shichi jyuu ichi")
Seventy
Hachi Jyuu Ichi = (HA CHI JU EE CHI)
Eighty
Kyuu Jyuu Ichi / Ku Jyuu Ichi = (KYU JU EE CHI) (KU JYUU EE CHI) (note: you can use both of them.)
Ninety
Hyaku = (HE YA KU)
One hundred.
Konnichiwa = (KON KNEE CHI WA)
It can be "Good Afternoon" or "Hello." but, it literally means Hello.
Ohayou Gozaimasu = (OHIO GO ZA-I MAS) (note: you'll just "gozaimasu" if you're talking to someone older than you, or
your superior.)
It means: Good Morning.
Konbanwa = (KONG BANG WA)
It means: Good Evening.
Oyasumi nasai = (O YA SUE ME NA SA-I)
It means: Good night.
Probably you're confused about "Konbanwa" and "Oyasumi".
You'll just say Oyasumi nasai before you go to bed. Example conversation:
A: *akubi* Okasan, Ima nan ji desu ka?
B: Ima wa Ku-ji da yo. Ashita wa gakkou ni kuru yo.
A: Hai, Oyasumi nasai.
~translation~
A: *yawns* Mom, What time is it now?
B: It's now 9:00 o-clock. and you're going to school tomorrow.
A: Ok, Good night.
Now, did you understand what's the difference in "Konbanwa" and "Oyasumi"?
I'll make another page, and I'll write the other basics there.
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