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- gakkoo
- nihon
- jisho
- doko
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- nomimasu
- 'I drink' is:
- ikimasu
- 'We go' is
- tabemasu
- `They eat' is
- ikimasen
- `I don't go'
- nomimasen
- 'I don't drink'
- tabemasen
- 'I don't eat'
- tabemasen
- `They don't eat'
- ohaiyo gozaimasu
- In the morning you say:
- konichi wa
- You meet a friend in the afternoon. You say:
- hon
- To say book use:
- konban wa
- You meet a friend at night. You say:
- sayonara
- You are returning to the UK for a couple of months you say:
- ja matta
- To say 'see you later' use:
- bye-bye
- The easiest way to say goodbye is:
- Japanese verbs appear in different tenses, just like English words.However
- you will find Japanese verbs more regular than English. Verbs in
- the present tense end in 'masu'. This is called the 'masu' form.
- Ikimasu means I go,you go,we go,she goes,etc,depending upon
- the context of the sentence.
- To make the negative we cut off the 'masu' part and put 'masen' in
- it's place. For example, `nomimasu' means I drink and 'nomimasen'
- means I don't drink. The masu form is generally used with words
- like usually, sometimes, and never. (ie. it shows continuous action)
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- `Ohaiyo gozaimasu'means`good morning'.It is pronounced oh-ha-yo goz-eye-mahs.
- Notice that the last u in masu is silent. `Konichi wa' means `good
- afternoon' and also 'is there anyone there?'.`Konban wa'means`good evening'.
- `Sayonara' means `goodbye' but is only used when the parting is a permanent
- one. `Ja matta' is a better way to say `see you later'.
- The English phrase `bye-bye' has become common among the
- Japanese since the end of the war. It is the only English that most
- small children know so don't be offended if you hear it shouted at you.
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