I finally solved a problem with a Japanese word I had found!
I've been battling it forever. It's hard to find the meaning to conjugated verbs on the internet. Especially if you're not familiar with every single conjugation.
So, I've been battling this one,
by the name of 命じられた. That's meijirareta for you English folk.
And I'm not totally helpless- I know what 命 is.
命じ(る) is the verb "to command".
That's all I could gather. But no one would elaborate on "-rare-", and you can't exactly type it into search engines, unless you're looking for something, well, "rare". So I was stuck.
Turns out, to conjugate a verb in passive voice (perform v. be performed), you simply drop the ending infinitive U from RU for A and add RERU. That gives you 命じられる!
Which isn't the same, of course. But past tense you replace RU with TA.
And the end result? "was commanded": 命じられた.
So... maybe I should stop relying so much on kana for conjugation; it seems sound can change, and rearrange them.
I'm so proud of myself -- or rather, I feel much less stupid now.
And that's how it happened. The end.
Showing posts with label hiragana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hiragana. Show all posts
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
The First 80 Kanji
These are the Grade 1 Jouyou kanji. They're the first ones those learning Japanese need to know. It's important you learn them in order of frequency; Something like 20% of the kanji out there are used for 80% of the words. Moral of the story:
Learn the most common ones first.
Learn the most common ones first.
| Kanji | 訓 | 音 | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 一 | ひと(つ) | イチ | one |
| 二 | ふた(つ) | ニ | two |
| 三 | み(つ) | サン | three |
| 四 | よ(つ) | シ | four |
| 五 | い(つ) | ゴ | five |
| 六 | む(つ) | ロク | six |
| 七 | なな(つ) | シチ | seven |
| 八 | や(つ) | ハチ | eight |
| 九 | ここの(つ) | ク | nine |
| 十 | と(う) | ジュウ | ten |
| 百 | もも | ヒャク | hundred |
| チ | ち | セン | thousand |
| 日 | ひ | ニチ | sun,day |
| 月 | つき | ゲツ、ガツ | moon,month |
| 火 | ひ | カ | fire |
| 水 | みず | すい | water |
| 木 | き | モク、ボク | tree,wood |
| 金 | かね | キン、コン | gold |
| 土 | つち | ト、ド | earth,ground |
| 上 | うえ | ショウ | up,above,rise |
| 下 | した | カ、ゲ | down,below,fall |
| 右 | みぎ | ユウ | right |
| 左 | ひだり | サ | left |
| 大 | おお | タイ、ダイ | big |
| 中 | なか | チュウ | middle,within |
| 小 | ちい(さい) | ショウ | small |
| 入(る) | はい(る) | ニュウ | (to) enter |
| 出(る) | で(る) | シュツ | (to) exit |
| 男 | おとこ | ダン | man,male |
| 女 | おんあ | ジョ | woman,female |
| 子 | こ | し | child |
| 人 | ひと | ジン | person |
| 口 | くち | コウ | mouth |
| 目 | め | ボク | eye,look,viewpoint |
| 手 | て | シュ | hand |
| 耳 | みみ | ジ | ear |
| 足 | あし | ソク | foot,leg |
| 白 | しろ | ハク | white |
| 赤 | あか | シャク | red |
| 青 | あお | ショウ、セイ | blue, green |
| 学 | まな(ぶ) | ガク | learning,study |
| 校 | キョウ、コウ | correction,exam | |
| 先 | さき | せん | ahead,before,future |
| 生 | う(まれ)(る)、なま(る) | セイ | life,birth |
| 年 | とし | ネン | year |
| 山 | やま | サン、セン | mountain |
| 川 | かわ | セン | river |
| 花 | はな | カ、ケ | flower |
| 雨 | あめ | ウ | rain |
| 田 | た | デン | rice (field,paddy) |
| 石 | いし | コク、セキ | stone |
| 貝 | かい | バイ | shellfish |
| 林 | はやし | リン | forest(grove) |
| 森 | もり | シン | forest(woods) |
| 見(る) | み(る) | ケン | (to) see |
| 立(つ) | た(つ) | リ(ツ) | (to) stand |
| 休(み/む) | やす(み/む) | キョウ | (/to) rest |
| 天 | あめ | テン | heaven,sky |
| 気 | いき | キ | spirit,air |
| 本 | もと | ホン | book,source |
| 犬 | いぬ | ケン | dog |
| 虫 | むし | キ(ュウ) | insect |
| 草 | くさ | ソウ | grass |
| 車 | くるま | シャ | vehicle |
| 名 | な | ミョウ,メイ | name,reputation |
| 正(す) | ただ(す) | セイ | (to) correct |
| 音 | ね | イン、オン | sound,noise,note |
| 早 | はや | ソウ | early,quick,fast |
| 王 | オウ | king,ruler | |
| 村 | むら | ソン | town,village |
| 町 | まち | チョウ | town,neighborhood |
| 竹 | たけ | チク | bamboo |
| 空 | から、そら | クウ | emptiness,sky |
| 糸 | いと | シ | string,thread |
| 字 | あざ(な) | ジ | character,letter |
| 夕 | ゆう | セキ | evening |
| 玉 | たま | ギョク | ball,jewel |
| 文 | ふみ | ブン | text,sentence,literature |
| 力 | ちから | リキ、リョク | strength,effort |
| 円 | まる | エン | yen,circle |
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Pronouncing Japanese
I've been teaching myself Japanese, and have found many useful materials along the way.
In Japanese, there are two sets of pronunciation characters, Hiragana, and Katakana.
Hiragana are for words of their native language, and grammar particles.
Katakana are for food names, and foreign words and names.
Collectively, they are known as kana.
The following charts are credited to http://www.freejapaneselessons.com
Hiragana - ひらがな
In the future, I'll discuss kanji, and spell them out with these kana.
In Japanese, there are two sets of pronunciation characters, Hiragana, and Katakana.
Hiragana are for words of their native language, and grammar particles.
Katakana are for food names, and foreign words and names.
Collectively, they are known as kana.
The following charts are credited to http://www.freejapaneselessons.com
Hiragana - ひらがな
| Combinations
|
Katakana - カタカナ
| Combinations
|
In the future, I'll discuss kanji, and spell them out with these kana.
Categories:
characters,
hiragana,
japanese,
kana,
katakana
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