LocomoiKanji

蝶々ちゃん part 6

2012-08-11T21:02:00.002-07:00

The last part^^

単語

あのう - um..

コウモリ（蝙蝠）- bat

〜になりませんか - won't you turn into~

飛ぶ（とぶ）- to fly

同じ（おなじ）- same

試します（ためします）polite form of 試す - to test

彼ら（かれら）- they (used about group where at least one is male)

いつまでも - forever

幸せ（しあわせ）に - happily

暮らしました（くらしました）- polite past form of 暮らす - to live

終わり（おわり）- (the) end

蝶々ちゃん part 5

2012-08-11T20:57:00.001-07:00

叫んだ - shouted

吸血鬼（きゅうけつき）- vampire

なれば - if (you) turn into

寿命（じゅみょう）- life span

数週間（すうしゅうかん）- a few weeks

死なないでくれ - please don't die

死ぬ - die

よ - ending particle to add emphasis

以来（いらい）- since

君（きみ）- you

世話（せわ）- care

結局（けっきょく）

恋（こい）した - fell in love

本当（ほんとう）に - really

ごめんなさい - I'm sorry

何（なに）- what

わかりません past polite form of　わかる - to understand

首（くび）- neck

なぜ - why

ささやいて "te"-form of　ささやく - to whisper

すすり泣いていました - was sobbing　

すすり泣く - to sob

影響（えいきょう）する - to influence, to affect (in this context 効く(- to be effective, to show effect) would been more natural)

~ことができなかった - can~

蝶々ちゃん part 4

2012-08-11T20:55:00.002-07:00

lala

I kinda forgot about this blog^^;

I don't think anyone from Deviantart is reading anymore, but since the story's already finished I can as well upload the last pages^^

午後（ごご）- A.M., afternoon

剣（けん）- sword

持っている（もっている）- is holding

持つ - to hold

天使（てんし）- angel

自分（じぶん）- oneself

殺して（ころして）"te"-form of 殺す - to kill

人間（にんげん）- human, humankind

日没（にちぼつ）- sunset

の後（のあと）- after

薬（くすり）- potion, medicine

魔女（まじょ）- witch

飲んで（のんで）"te"-form of 飲む - to drink

受け取る（うけとる）- to take

時（とき）- when, at the time of

飲まないで - (please) don't drink

叫びました（さけびました）polite past form of 叫ぶ - to shout

text 1 蝶々少年 part 3

2012-05-11T05:14:00.000-07:00

Better late than never right? ^^;

単語

経ちました（たちました）- polite past form of 経つ to pass, to lapse

第（だい）- ordinal (prefix)

二十（にじゅう）- twenty

回（かい）- counter for occurrences

誕生日（たんじょうび）- birthday

前日（ぜんじつ）- day before

掲示板（けいじばん）- bulletin board, notice board

掲示 - notice, post

張り（はり）nominal form of 張る to paste(in this text)

張りにいく - go to paste

行きました（いきました）past polite form of 行く- to go

明日（あした／あす）- tomorrow

僕（ぼく）- I, me (a bit boyish)

夢（ゆめ）- dream

実現　する（じつげん）- to realize

つもりです　つもりだ - intention, plan

〜てください - please (when asking someone to do something)

朝（あさ）- morning

午前中（ごぜんちゅう）- in the morning

着物（きもの）-kimono

町人 - merchant

買って　（かって) "te"-form of　買う - to buy

それ - it, that

〜ように like (a ~)

美しく（うつくしく）-beautifully 美しい- beautiful

見える（みえる）- to be seen, to appear

でしょう　polite form of だろう - seems, I think

〜けど - but

本当（ほんとう）- truth, reality

それから - and then, after that

答えました（こたえました）past polite form of 答える - to answer

去りました（さりました）past polite form of 去る - to leave

Text 1 蝶々少年　part 2

2012-01-29T08:20:00.000-08:00

Part 1

I finally got around to uploading the next partxD

Can't believe how terrible I am at updating stuff regularly^ ^;

単語

ある日（あるひ）- one day (not for counting days)

十歳（じゅうさい）- ten year old

家（いえ）- house

移動しました（いどうしました）polite past form of 移動する to move, to migrate

引っ越す（ひっこす）- to move (to a different house), (I know it's not in the story but it would've been a bit more natural in this context)

彼　（かれ）- he

は - topic marker particle, pronounced "wa"

いつも - always

なりたい - want to become "です" added for politeness

なる　- become (u-verb)

と　- if, when, and, with or a particle used to quote something

言っていました　（いっていました）polite past form of　言っている is saying

言う - to say

から - because, from, (after, since when following the te-form of a verb)　

村人　（むらびと）- villagers

呼ばれていました　（よばれていました）polite past form of 呼ばれているbeing called

呼ばれる - to be called (a name), to be referred to (as)

一人で　（ひとりで）- alone

住んでいました　（すんでいました）- polite past form of 住んでいる is living

住む - to live (at place/location)

最初　（さいしょ）- first, beginning

心配しました　（しんぱいしました）polite past form of 心配する to worry

心配 - worry (noun)

でも - but

危険な（きけんな）- dangerous

危険 - danger, hazard

動物（どうぶつ）- animal

も - here a particle meaning "also, too"

ぜんぜん - not at all, never (with negative verb) or entirely, completely

近く　（ちかく）- near, close to

来ませんでした（きませんでした）- polite, past, negative form of 来る（くる）to come, to arrive (irregular ru-verb)

そして - and, and then (used in the beginning of sentences)

毎朝　（まいあさ）- every morning

誰か　（だれか）- someone

前　（まえ）- before

で - here a particle indicating location of action

食べ物　（たべもの）- food

を - here a particle indicating a direct object

残した　（のこした）- plain, past form of 残す to leave (transitive verb)

時々　（ときどき）- sometimes

衣服　（いふく）- clothes

お金　（おかね）-money

だからこそ - for this reason　

なくなりました　- past polite form of なくなる - to disappear

次回まで頑張ってください！.....φ(・∀・*)

Text 1 蝶々少年 part 1

2011-10-02T08:04:00.000-07:00

Finally my first real entry^ ^

I should be studying for my conversation test tomorrow, or finish a text about nuclear and alternative energy(in japanese...), also due tomorrow. So the introduction going to be really short^ ^;

About the story; I wrote this at the end of my first semester studying japanese, when we got to write a fairy tale. And since I love fairy tales I wrote like three times as much as we had to and illustrated it.

It's named by one of my classmates who thought chouchoushou sounded funny when I tried to think of different titles for a fairy tale about butterflies.. and the story is based on title, So don't expect anything too serious^ ^;

Also this story is written in very simple japanese. And more importantly (though not for this page) the characters aren't speaking very natural japanese but rather how a foreigner would speak(for obvious reasons) or possibly how someone japanese would speak to a foreigner to be understood.

単語（たんご）- Vocabulary

蝶々　（ちょうちょう）- butterfly

少年　（しょうねん）- boy

昔々（むかしむかし）- a long time ago

静か　（しずか）- quiet, peaceful

で　- Te-form of the copula (だ) used to bind together adjectives when the first one is a na-adjective/nominal adjective/adjectival noun (there's even more english terms for the na- adjectives, but I believe these three are the most common.)

きれいな　きれい - beautiful, clean (na-adjective, here it ends with na(a special form of the copula) because it's placed before a noun.)

森　（もり）- forest

の - の is a particle that, among other uses, connects two nouns. Here; mori no naka-> the forest's inside-> in the forest

中　（なか）- inside, in

に - に is also particle with many uses, in this story it will be used as location, time or passive agent indicator

小さい - small (i-adjective)

村　（むら）- village

が -　が even another particle with many uses, here it will used to indicate the subject or object of sentences.

ありました　Polite, past form of ある - to be (usually inanimate objects), to exist, to live, to have, to be located, to happen. Don't worry about the many translations, it's usually really easy to tell from the context.

近く　（ちかく）- near, neighborhood, close to

空き家　（あきや）- unoccupied house, vacant house

Good luck translating the first page^ ^

I will post the next page when I have time.

Since I don't know if anyone actually reads this I'm not that motivated to take time from my actual school work.

If anyone has any questions just post a comment!

Now I have to write about accidents at nuclear power plants, the nuclear waste storage problem and other energy related issues..

次回まで頑張ってね^ ^

Hiragana and Katakana

2011-09-25T02:21:00.000-07:00

Here's the Hiragana and Katakana charts I promised^ ^
I don't recommend using them to learn how to write the characters though. They're only supposed to be used as reference when reading. Don't use them as reference when writing unless you already practiced writing the character and remember the stroke order when you see it.
If you want to learn to write the characters I recommend using this site TJP-hiragana. It's the best site I found with writing instructions. (that's free)

I won't write much about pronunciation here, since you learn it by listening not reading. That the vowel u often is dropped when between the consonants and at the end of utterances is worth mentioning though. e.g.

好きです-suki desu=ski desu (I) like (it) (polite form)

ディスコ-disuko=disko disco

英語が話せますか-eigo ga hanasemasuka=eego ga hanasemaska Can (you) speak english?

Hope this is useful^ ^

The first text will be up next week!

来週までひらがなを勉強して、頑張ってね！

Introduction

2011-09-24T11:26:00.000-07:00

I finally got around to starting this blog\(^ ^)/
Much thanks to the people on deviantart saying they'll read it. (So I hope you actually will read this..)
To not be overambitious, mess up the blog and end up only submitting random stuff(already have a blog for that^ ^;) I decided to focus on vocabulary and kanji.
I'm not completely sure how I'll work with it, but think it'll be something like this:

Every week: I'll upload a text with vocabulary. I'll also upload a translation to previous weeks text and answer eventual questions in the comments .
Whenever I' have time: I'll upload kanji and vocabulary cards. ...and of course make random updates on this blog to.. but only if it's relevant for learning japanese^ ^

So that's it for the introduction. To add some useful information to this post, here's websites I really recommend:
www.thejapanesepage.com It's thanks to this site I managed to learn hiragana and katakana before I started studying japanese at school.
anime-manga.jp Great if you want to learn to read manga in japanese.
jisho.org My favorite online dictionary.

The hiragana and katakana charts I promised in my deviantart journal will later tonight!