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Pitarou
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| kpjf wrote: |
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Konichiwa.
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It's Konnichiwa btw. Many westerners make the mistake of pronouncing it ko ni chi wa when there is an extra letter:
KON-NI-CHI-WA not KO-NI-CHI-WA  |
NihonBound: Don't worry if this makes no sense. He's talking about consonant length, which is a concept you don't encounter in languages like English. |
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kah5217
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Location: Ibaraki
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| Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 4:27 am Post subject: |
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| They're still going to understand, either way. Like how "suimasen" and "sumimasen" both mean the same thing. |
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NihonBound
Joined: 17 Jun 2013
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| Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 12:11 am Post subject: Re: I think I'm learning Japanese, I really think so. |
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| Pitarou wrote: |
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| And what "easy" films might I try and find - stuff with fairly simple story-lines (not bothered if they are crap or not). |
Anpanman. I'm totally serious. Watch them over, and over, and over again. You'll pick up new language every time.
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You mean this right?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yOyXEa4eYg |
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nightsintodreams
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| Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 4:34 am Post subject: |
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| If he wants to romanise it as konichiwa, i don't see a problem. IT could be argued that it's actually kon nichi ha if you want to be picky. Anyhoo, how often do you hear a Japanese person use the full "konnichiwa" anyway? It's more like ~chwa. |
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kpjf
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| Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 1:53 pm Post subject: |
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| IT could be argued that it's actually kon nichi ha if you want to be picky |
Sure
I'm surprised my comment has caused all this! I just wanted to point it out because it's one of the most basic words in Japanese and I think people in the west seem to think it's pronounced konichiwa. Of course everyone will understand you and some people especially men seem to almost slur konnichiwa as konchiwa, but as far as I know this ellipsis is not so appropriate for women in the Japanese language (?). Anyway, my point is that I think it's good to get the basics right.
One thing is romanising it konichiwa and another thing is pronouncing it incorrectly and I would imagine logically someone who spells it konichiwa would assume it's pronounced like that. However, to be honest I have very little desire in having a discussion about such an unimportant topic all I wanted to do was help the OP  |
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kah5217
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| Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 7:59 am Post subject: |
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| The best way to cheat at Japanese is to just say "masu" when you walk past someone. Half the time that's all they say at my school, be it "ohayou gozaimasu", "onegai shimasu", "shitsure shimasu", etc. |
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Pitarou
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Location: Narita, Japan
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| Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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| kah5217 wrote: |
| The best way to cheat at Japanese is to just say "masu" when you walk past someone. Half the time that's all they say at my school, be it "ohayou gozaimasu", "onegai shimasu", "shitsure shimasu", etc. |
Haha! I wish someone had told me that trick years ago!  |
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NihonBound
Joined: 17 Jun 2013
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| Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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That that shit sure shimasu sure sounds shit sure.
Okay, onwards and upwards. Android apps.........I downloaded a couple of free ones. Dr Moku and Japanese Lite.
Does anyone know of any worthwhile others and also whether any of the paid apps are worth it? Arigato gozaimasu. |
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