Speak Japanese In English: 2014

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Welcome to SPEAK JAPANESE IN ENGLISH !

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.

Like the "Speak Japanese In English" apps, this blog will teach you how to speak Japanese by letting you speak in English !!!

So, if you're looking for a fun and exciting way of learning Japanese, please continue to visit this new blog. You can also download the "Speak Japanese In English" apps from Google Play (Playstore).

Have a nice day.

Ganbatte kudasai!

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Lesson 1: (SVO & SOV)

Copyright 2014

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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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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               GooglePlay's searchbox)

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Lesson 3: (Japanese Pronunciation)

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

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 same

Vowel 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!

(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

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.

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.

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)

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.

Note: If you liked this lesson, then please download the "ultimate" GooglePlay paid
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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.

Speak Japanese In English

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

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Lesson 1: (SVO & SOV)

Lesson 2: (English Articles)

Lesson 3: (Japanese Pronunciation)

Lesson 4: (wa)

Lesson 5: (o)

Lesson 6: (No Plural Nouns)

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