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This blog is a fun and enjoyable way to learn how to speak Japanese.
By speaking in English, you will learn how to speak Japanese sentences!
The blog is titled "Speak Japanese In English" because it is based on an app of the same name that I placed on Google Play (Playstore).
Despite the fact that I created a limited FREE version and an "ultimate" $5.00 paid version, still not very many people are benefitting from the GooglePlay apps.
So, to be able to teach a larger audience, as well as drum up more support for the "Speak Japanese In English" apps, I've created this blog.
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Speak Japanese In English
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Lesson 1: (SVO & SOV)
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Lesson 1: (SVO & SOV)
English is an SVO language…meaning (Subject-Verb-Object).
‘ Object’ answers WHAT.
I ate WHAT ?!!!
I saw WHAT ?!!!
I did WHAT ?!!!
etc.
Japanese, however, is an SOV language…meaning (Subject-Object-Verb).
English: I ate the cake.
Subj Verb Object
Japanese: I the cake ate.
Subj Object Verb
Practice:
1.) I watched the television.
2.) You ate the cake.
3.) He gave an orange.
4.) We saw a radio.
5.) They gave a camera.
Lesson 1: (SVO & SOV)
English is an SVO language…meaning (Subject-Verb-Object).
‘ Object’ answers WHAT.
I ate WHAT ?!!!
I saw WHAT ?!!!
I did WHAT ?!!!
etc.
Japanese, however, is an SOV language…meaning (Subject-Object-Verb).
English: I ate the cake.
Subj Verb Object
Japanese: I the cake ate.
Subj Object Verb
Practice:
1.) I watched the television.
2.) You ate the cake.
3.) He gave an orange.
4.) We saw a radio.
5.) They gave a camera.
Answers:
1.) I the television watched.
2.) You the cake ate.
3.) He an orange gave.
4.) We a radio saw.
5.) They a camera gave.
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1.) I the television watched.
2.) You the cake ate.
3.) He an orange gave.
4.) We a radio saw.
5.) They a camera gave.
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Lesson 2: (English Articles)
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Lesson 2: (English Articles)
Lesson 2: (English Articles)
In Japanese, the English articles ( THE, A, AN ) do not exist.
English: I ate the cake.
Subj Verb Object
Japanese: I cake ate. (notice: there is no ‘ the ’)
Subj Object Verb
Practice:
11.) I watched the television.
22.) You ate the cake.
33.) He gave an orange.
44.) We saw a radio.
55.) They gave a camera.
Answers:
11.) I television watched.
22.) You cake ate.
33.) He orange gave.
44.) We radio saw.
55.) They camera gave.
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Lesson 3: (Japanese Pronunciation)
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Lesson 3: (Japanese Pronunciations)
sa shi su se so
Lesson 3: (Japanese Pronunciations)
Before we continue, let’s stop briefly to learn how the Japanese Alphabet
characters are pronounced. Let’s refer
to the Japanese
Alphabet Chart.
The characters in the English alphabet
are: The characters in the
Japanese alphabet are:
English Japanese
A B C D E a i
u e o
F G H I J ka
ki ku ke ko
K L M N
O sa shi su
se so
P Q R S
T ta tchi tsu te
to
U V W X
Y na
ni nu
ne no
Z ha
hi fu
he ho
ma mi mu me mo
ya yu yo
ra
ri ru re ro
wa wo
n
The first row of the Japanese Alphabet is pronounced as follows:
a i u e o
Pronounced: (ah) (ee) (oo) (e) (oh)
As in: (taught) (see)
(true) (met) (toe)
All
the following rows of letters are similarly pronounced:
ka ki ku
ke ko
pronounced: (kah) (kee) (koo) (ke) (koh)
as in: (caught) (key) (coup) (keg)
(coast)
sa shi su se so
pronounced: (sah) (shee)
(soo) (se) (soh)
as
in: (sought) (sheet) (soup)
(set) (soak)
etc.
Note:
- The characters of the Vertical Columns of the Japanese Alphabet Chart all have the sameVowel sounds!
(Example- the ‘ah’ in
ka & sa )
b.) The characters of the
Horizontal Rows (except for the first row) all start with the
same Consonant sound!
same Consonant sound!
(Example-
‘m’ in ma & mi )
c.) ‘n’ is
an irregular letter: n
pronounced
simply: (n)
as in: (fan)
The great thing about the Japanese alphabet is that the characters are
pronounced the same as the name of the characters. The character ‘a’ (ah) is pronounced as ‘a’ (ah). The character ‘i’ (ee) is pronounced as ‘i’
(ee). And so forth.
For example, the Japanese word sushi
is pronounced as su-shi (from the Japanese Alphabet
characters named su & shi ).
*** Please take a moment to
memorize the Japanese Alphabet Chart. ***
The Japanese Alphabet Chart is ESSENTIAL to learning the language.
Japanese Alphabet Chart:
a i
u e o
ka ki ku
ke ko
sa shi su
se so
ta tchi tsu
te to
na
ni nu ne no
ha
hi fu he ho
ma mi mu me mo
ya yu yo
ra
ri ru re ro
wa wo
n
One last thing, the Japanese Alphabet is Case-Insensitive…there is no difference between capital letters and
lower case letters. But, we’ll just
write Japanese like we usually write English…capitalizing like we normally do
in English.
English: He ate the cake.
Subj Verb Object
Japanese: He cake ate.
Subj Object Verb
Review:
1.) the Columns all have the same
Vowel sounds.
2.) the Rows (except for the first row) all start
with the same Consonant
sounds.
sounds.
3.)
‘n’ is an Irregular letter
4.) the name of the character is also how to
pronounce it
5.) the Japanese language is Case-Insensitive.
5.) the Japanese language is Case-Insensitive.
Lesson 4: (wa)
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Lesson 4: (wa)
Despite the Japanese language not having the word ‘THE’, it does however have the particles WA & GA. Both wa & ga are functional words that mean that what comes
before them is the ‘Subject’ of the sentence.
For now, we’ll ignore ga, and just use wa to state that what precedes it
is the ‘Subject’ of the sentence.
English: I ate the cake.
Subj Verb Object
Japanese: I wa cake ate.
Subj Object Verb
Practice:
- I watched the television.
- You ate the cake.
- He gave an orange.
- We saw a radio.
- They gave a camera.
Answers:
- I wa television watched.
- You wa cake ate.
- He wa orange gave.
- We wa radio saw.
- They wa camera gave.
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Lesson 5: (o)
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Lesson 5: (o)
Just as wa indicates that what comes before
it is the ‘Subject’ of the sentence, o indicates that what comes before it is the
‘Object’ of the sentence.
Remember from Lesson 1: The ‘Object’ of a sentence answers WHAT.
I ate WHAT ?
I saw WHAT ?
I did WHAT ?
English: I ate the cake.
Subj Verb Object
Japanese:
I wa cake o ate.
Subj Obj Verb
Practice:
- I watched the television.
- You ate the cake.
- He gave an orange.
- We saw a radio.
- They gave a camera.
Answers:
- I wa television o watched.
- You wa cake o ate.
- He wa orange o gave.
- We wa radio o saw.
- They wa camera o gave.
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Lesson 6: (No Plural Nouns)
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Lesson
6: (No Plural Nouns)
In English, Plural Nouns usually end in (-s).
For example, one
“Cake” becomes two “Cakes”.
But, in Japanese, there are
usually no Plural Nouns.
For example, one
“Cake” remains two “Cake”…there is no (-s).
English: I
eat cakes.
Subj Verb Obj
Japanese: I wa cake o eat. (Notice: I said ‘cake’ not
‘cakes’.)
Subj Obj Verb
Practice:
- I gave televisions.
- You saw cakes.
- He gave oranges.
- We saw radios.
- They gave cameras.
Answers:
- I wa television o gave.
- You wa cake o saw.
- He wa orange o gave.
- We wa radio o saw.
- They wa camera o gave.
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