JFZ Lesson 6 Flashcards
わかりますか?
Do you understand ?
わかりません
I don’t understand / I don’t know
もういちどいってください
Please say it once again
もっとゆっくりいってくだだい
Please speak more slowly
わご
The original Japanese language before it borrowed from chinese
和語
わご
かんじ
Chinese characters ( in Japanese )
漢字
かんじ
がいらいご
Borrowed words
Usually English words in katakana
外来語
がいらいご
How do you seperate the word for dog from dogs in Japanese ?
Trick question , you don’t , Japanese doesn’t have plurals like English .
Which sentence is talking about themself ?
1. 田中さんです
2.田中です
- Is correct . You never call yourself さん , only others
So if 田中です could mean either he is tanaka , they are tanaka or she is tanaka how do you tell which is which ?
Context , Japanese is a very context heavy language
When is なん as opposed to なに (何) used ?
When asking a what question , eg :
なんさいでずか?
As a direction marker , what is へ read as ?
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