Miya's Super Sweet 16 Words!

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Pass this test and you can sleep in Disneyland.... fail it and you'll have to sleep rough in a park somewhere instead!

Ha jee may mash tae = nice to meet you

Bii rue = building

Ee yay = house

Me say = shop.

Den sha = train

Cheek a tet sue = subway train

Eckie = Station (train or subway)

Key you ko = express train (an express train goes quicker than a regular one and doesn't stop as often)

Kai dan = stairs

eskalaror = escalator

Elebator = elevator

Kuruma = car

He ko key = airplane

Kuu ko = airport

Yoga = The part of Tokyo where Miya's parents live

Shibuya = The place that is the very centre of Tokyo

Don't stress! You don't have to learn them all in one day!
Use your imagination and you'll learn them quicker than using your memory.

This is how to write your name in Japanese!!

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Here is your name boy, learn how to write it, you never know when you'll need to write it down:

オーシン・オリーガン

Surprise!

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Surprise!!!
You have been learning lots of words lately so I'm giving you a break for the weekend!!

Surprise!! You'll only have to learn one word for the next few days!!

And guess what that word is...

Surprise = Bick-urish-ta!
So, if you are surprised by something you see in Japan, you can say bick-urish-ta! It's all one word. Also, if someone in Japan gets a surprise they shout out BICK-URISH-TAAAA!! just like we shout out "wwwwaaaahhhhhhh!!" when we get a surprise.

Good words to use no matter what the weather!

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These words are good to use no matter what the weather, in Tokyo the weather will be warm!

O two key sama = moon

Toy o = the sun.

Ten key = weather.

Kasa = umbrella

Ah may = rain

You key = snow

At swee = hot

Sam wee = cold

Cup u = cup

E sue = seat

Table u = table.

Use your imagination, not your memory... and you'll remember these quickly!

Lots of pictures so you can remember easily and not pull out your hair of go mad!!!!

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Pen = Pen

Key no = yesterday. (Do you have a KEY? NO! )




Keogh = today (think of a fella with the family name Keogh and you meet him today)



Ash ta = tomorrow


Cheese u = map


hon = book

Zashi = magazine. Zorro is the name of this Zashi.



Anime = cartoon (the word Anime comes from the English language word "Animation", Easy!!)

Man ga = comic book

Shinbun = newspaper (think of a big thick newspaper wrapped around your shin bone so people kicking you in the leg don't hurt you). It's the world's cheapest armour!

Don't talk to strangers!

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Here are questions you will hear people asking you... but remember don't talk to strangers!!

Anata no namai wa nan dess ka? = what is your name?

Anata wa nan soy dess ka? = what age are you?

Doko kara dess ka? = where are you from?

Here are the answers:

Watashi no namai wa Oisin dess. = my name is Oisin (sometimes, people just say "Oisin dess" = I'm Oisin. It's shorter, and people find it easier to say)

Jew soy dess = I'm 10 years old.

Roku soy dess = I'm 6 years old.

Irelando kara dess = I'm from Ireland.

Oisin wa Irelando kara dess = Oisin is from Ireland.

Miya wa Knee hon kara dess = Miya is from Japan.

This picture means Japan, you'll see it written on t-shirts and cups and [smelly] socks and flags and and and everything! Japanese people don't say "Japan" though, instead they say Knee Hon. So...

Knee hon = Japan.

5 second challenge!

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Do you like time travel???? I ask because today we will go back in time!

Did you see that in the last post I put up a list of all the words you have learned so far?
Well, for today, what I want you to do is to make sure you know all of those ones before we go on and learn some more.

So, here's the challenge....

Go through the list of words in the previous post, one by one, with your mom asking you "what's the Japanese for..." for each word. If there is one you can't remember within 5 seconds... write it down on a piece of paper. Continue making the list until you have done the 5 second challenge with each word.

And thennnnnnnnnn.......(or later on!)

Download a flashcard app and put your list of words on it. That's the way to learn those tricky to remember words without wasting any time reviewing words you already know. Japanese efficiency!!!

Let me know how it goes if some of the words still won't go into your head... I'll find a way to make them stick without buuuursting your brain!! The way to make it memorable is to make it fun and funny!

WOW!!! Look at all the words ye have learned so far!!!

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Pinku = pink

Ow = blue (You say "ow" after you get a pinch, and  after a while the bruise turns blue).

Crow = black (look at a crow, what colour is he? Black!)

Aka = red

Chair-o = brown. Sit on a wooden chair, what colour is the wood? It's brown!

Me-door-e = green. What colour was the colour of me door of the log cabin... it was green!

Shi-ro = white. Snow is coloured white, and if you stand outside in the snow, after a while you'll start to shiver.

Kilo = yellow 
 O-toy-ray = toilet.
o toy-ray wa dokoe dess ka  = where is the toilet"

Japanese translator

Choe-toe = a little

Mat-tae = wait

Wait a minute = "choetoe mattae"

Sweattta = jumper.

Doe-ko dess ka = where is it? (the word "ka" at the end of a sentence means that the sentence is a question).

You can use "doeko dess ka" anytime you want to ask where anything or anyone is. For example:
Caoimhe wa doeko dess ka? = Where is Caoimhe?

Ohashee wa doeko dess ka? = Where are the chopsticks?

Irrie-gue-chee = entrance.

De- goo-chee = exit.

Irrie-gue-chee wa doeko dess ka? = Where's the entrance?

De-goo-chee  wa doeko dess ka? = Where's the exit?

Kay-tie = mobile phone.

Watashi no kay-tie wa doeko dess ka? = where's my mobile phone?

Watashi no asa gohan wa doeko dess ka? - where's my breakfast? 

Chotto mattae, watashi no sweattta wa doeko dess ka? = Wait a minute, where's my jumper?

a-tama = head

Tae = Hand (That's where the "te" sound comes from in the word "Karate").

Me me = ears (I don't like listening to people who only talk about themselves, they're all "me me me me me"!

Hanaa = nose
(Hanna also means = a flower).

O-knocka = belly (think of seeing Paddy's big belly whenever you visit KNOCKAne)

Ashee = leg (think of kicking a bucket of ashes with your leg and getting covered in ashes as a result).

You bee = fingers (if a bee lands on your finger, you bee doing some panicking!)

Ashee no you bee = toes (this translates as your toes being the fingers on your leg!!)

Ga e-thai = it hurts. (Think that Thai food is very hot and spicy and can hurt you)

Watashi no tae ga e-thai = my hand hurts

Watashi no o-knocka ga e-thai = my stomach hurts

Watashi no a-tama ga e-thai = My head hurts, or I have a headache.

Bus-u = bus

Knife-u = knife

Fork-u = fork

Tack shee = taxi

Tshirts-u = t-shirt

Pen = pen

Pizza = pizza

 e knew = dog

Necko = cat.

What do you have to say when you are about to eat something? eat a doggy moss.

Itchy = 1                      Jew itchy = 11                         Knee Jew itchy = 21

Knee = 2                     Jew knee = 12                        Knee Jew knee = 22

San = 3                       Jew san = 13                           Knee Jew san = 23

Yawn = 4                    Jew yawn = 14                       Knee Jew yawn = 24

Go = 5                        Jew go = 15                           Knee Jew go = 25

Rocku = 6                    Jew rocku = 16                     Knee Jew rocku = 26

Nana = 7                    Jew nana = 17                        Knee Jew nana = 27

Hatch-e = 8                Jew hatch-e = 18                   Knee Jew hatch-e = 28

Q = 9                         Jew Q = 19                           Knee Jew Q = 29

Jew = 10                    Knee Jew = 20                      San Jew = 30

Did you notice that number 11 is made up of a 10 and a 1 put together? That makes sense.
Did you notice that number 12 is made up of a 10 and a 2 put together? That makes sense too ... and it continues on like that, all the way up as far as 19.

Number 20 is just a 2 and a 10 put together.
Number 21 is just a 2 and a 10 put together... plus a 1 stuck on the end.
Number 22 is just a 2 and a 10 put together... plus a 2 stuck on the end... and guess what, it continues on like that, all the ways up to 99.
100 = hyack-u

Please = only-guy-seamus

Ask for a sandwich = "sando-witch-e only-guy-seamus".

Ask for money = o-can-e only-guy-seamus

o-ta-bay-mass = to eat. An example is Hamburger o tabaymass (eat a hamburger).

o-nommy-mass = to drink. An example is Mizu o nommymass (drink water).

ickie-mass = to go. An example is Nihon ni ickiemass (go to Japan).

Eat a hamburger              = hamburger o-ta-bay- mass.
Want to eat a hamburger = hamburger o-ta-bay- tie-dess.

Drink water             = mizu o mommy mass.
Want to drink water = mizu o nommy tie dess.

Go to Japan             = Nihon ni ickie mass.
Want to go to Japan = Nihon ni ickie tie dess.

Go to Ballyheigue             = Ballyheigue ni ickie mass.
Want to go to Ballyheigue = Ballyheigue ni ickie tie dess.

Good morning = Ohayo gozaimasu.

Hello = konnichi wa 

Good evening = kombanwa 

Chopsticks = o hashi.

My chopsticks - watashi no o hashi.

Your chopsticks = anata no o hashi.

Morning = asa.

Food = gohan

Breakfast = asa gohan.

Hey-sash-e-boo-ree = long time no see!

29 January 2015 Japanese is a very colourful language!

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Pinku = pink

Ow = blue (You say "ow" after you get a pinch, and  after a while the bruise turns blue).

Crow = black (look at a crow, what colour is he? Black!)

Aka = red

Chair-o = brown. Sit on a wooden chair, what colour is the wood? It's brown!

Me-door-e = green. What colour was the colour of me door of the log cabin... it was green!

Shi-ro = white. Snow is coloured white, and if you stand outside in the snow, after a while you'll start to shiver.


Kilo = yellow (butter is always coloured yellow), and here is a picture of a huge kilo of yellow butter.


And here's a totttttttttttttally random word: O-toy-ray = toilet.

Tell me now, how do you ask "where is the toilet?".......
Remember we said "dokoe dess ka" means "where is...anything".
So, "where is the toilet" is  "o toy-ray wa dokoe dess ka"

28 January 2015- Wait a minute where's me jumper?!!

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Choe-toe = a little

Mat-tae = wait

To ask someone to wait a little while, even for a few seconds while you think of an answer to a question, you can say "choetoe mattae". It's a very useful expression to learn! Use it the next time your mom asks you a question... but don't use it in school!

Do you remember we already learned the word for "my", it's "watashi no".

Sweattta = jumper.

Doe-ko dess ka = where is it? (the word "ka" at the end of a sentence means that the sentence is a question).

So, how do you say "wait a minute, where's my jumper" like in the song by the Sultans of Ping? See if you can guess... the answer is at the bottom of this page.

You can use "doeko dess ka" anytime you want to ask where anything or anyone is. For example:
Caoimhe wa doeko dess ka? = Where is Caoimhe?

Ohashee wa doeko dess ka? = Where are the chopsticks?

Do you see the word "wa" in those sentences? I'll explain why that's there. You put  a "wa" into a sentence right after you say the word that the sentence is all about. Because the above sentences are about Caoimhe and chopsticks, you say "wa" right after you say the words Caoimhe and chopsticks.

Irrie-gue-chee = entrance.

De- goo-chee = exit.

Irrie-gue-chee wa doeko dess ka? = Where's the entrance?

De-goo-chee  wa doeko dess ka? = Where's the exit?

Kay-tie = mobile phone.

Watashi no kay-tie wa doeko dess ka? = where's my mobile phone?

Watashi no asa gohan wa doeko dess ka? - where's my breakfast? (use this every morning from now on, if you're not too sleepy). I wonder if yer mom will remember and understand what you are asking?

See this sign? Well, here's one way to remember it... the symbol on the left looks like the entrance to a tent.

 

Here's a way to remember that this sign means exit.... the symbol on the left looks like a mountain (a bit anyway!) so you'll be searching for this sign when you want to "head for the hills!".

Answer: Chotto mattae, watashi no sweattta wa doeko dess ka? = Wait a minute, where's my jumper?

Tuesday 27 January 2015. It's Handy if you Nose these words.

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Can ye get yer heads (atama) around these new words?

a-tama = head (the "tama" part of the word rhymes with NAMA, so that's how to pronounce it).

Tae = Hand (That's where the "te" sound comes from in the word "Karate").

Me me = ears (I don't like listening to people who only talk about themselves, they're all "me me me me me"!

Hanaa = nose... but ye knows that already.
(Hanna also means = a flower).

O-knocka = belly (think of seeing Paddy's big belly whenever you visit KNOCKAne)

Ashee = leg (think of kicking a bucket of ashes with your leg and getting covered in ashes as a result).

You bee = fingers (if a bee lands on your finger, you bee doing some panicking!)

Ashee no you bee = toes (this translates as your toes being the fingers on your leg!!)

Ga e-thai = it hurts. (Think that Thai food is very hot and spicy and can hurt you)

Remember we learned "watashi no" means "my" a few nights ago... well, here is a way to use it now:

Watashi no tae ga e-thai = my hand hurts

Watashi no o-knocka ga e-thai = my stomach hurts

Watashi no a-tama ga e-thai = My head hurts, or I have a headache.

Do yer heads hurt after learning those new words????

Easy Japaneassssy

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Sometimes Japanese people don't use Japanese words, they use English language words instead. Here are some of them:

Bus-u = bus

Knife-u = knife

Fork-u = fork

Tack shee = taxi

Tshirts-u = t-shirt

Pen = pen

Pizza = pizza

Those were eeeeeeeeasy!

How about these next ones:

    e knew = dog
(Ye knew that one already!

Necko = cat. Here's a picture to help you remember that one. You should remember it, because Miya has a pet cat in Japan, his name is Ginger.

See, this cat cushion fits around your neck while you're on a long flight.


Speaking of cats and dogs... what do you have to say when you are about to eat something?
You say eat a doggy moss.Here's a picture to help you remember:



Oooh, and here's the word for 100..... hyack-u, because you've already learned up to 99.
I couldn't find a picture of 100 yacks looking at you, just one. This yack the same haircut as you!

24 January 2015. Hang on!.... Today's words aren't words at all!

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Here are today's words. Oooh hang on, they're not words... they're numbers!

As soon as you learn to count to 10, you will know enough words to be able to count to 100! That's a good deal!!


Itchy = 1                      Jew itchy = 11                         Knee Jew itchy = 21

Knee = 2                     Jew knee = 12                        Knee Jew knee = 22

San = 3                       Jew san = 13                           Knee Jew san = 23

Yawn = 4                    Jew yawn = 14                       Knee Jew yawn = 24

Go = 5                        Jew go = 15                           Knee Jew go = 25

Rocku = 6                    Jew rocku = 16                     Knee Jew rocku = 26

Nana = 7                    Jew nana = 17                        Knee Jew nana = 27

Hatch-e = 8                Jew hatch-e = 18                   Knee Jew hatch-e = 28

Q = 9                         Jew Q = 19                           Knee Jew Q = 29

Jew = 10                    Knee Jew = 20                      San Jew = 30

Did you notice that number 11 is made up of a 10 and a 1 put together? That makes sense.
Did you notice that number 12 is made up of a 10 and a 2 put together? That makes sense too ... and it continues on like that, all the way up as far as 19.

Number 20 is just a 2 and a 10 put together.
Number 21 is just a 2 and a 10 put together... plus a 1 stuck on the end.
Number 22 is just a 2 and a 10 put together... plus a 2 stuck on the end... and guess what, it continues on like that, all the ways up to 99.

Guess what number 100 is..... It is... it is...... it is something I'll tell ye in the next lesson!

23 January 2015. Do you WANT TO learn some more Japanese and go to Japan?

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Konnichi wa kids and skids!

Please remember that the way to say "please" is to say "only-guy-seamus".
So, if you want to ask for something, you say the name of the thing you want and then say the magic words "only-guy-seamus". For example, if you wanted to ask for a burger in a chip shop you would say "hamburger only-guy-seamus".

Or, if you wanted to ask for a sandwich you would say "sando-witch-e only-guy-seamus".

Or, if you wanted to ask your parents for money you would say "o-can-e only-guy-seamus" (because the word o-can-e means money in Japanese). Go practice that one on your parents now! You can remember that the word o-can-e means money because if you are saving up money you put it up in a can.

So far today you have learned the words for please, sandwich and money.

Next, here are three words about doing stuff:
(all one word) o-ta-bay-mass = to eat. An example is Hamburger o tabaymass (eat a hamburger).

(all one word) o-nommy-mass = to drink. An example is Mizu o nommymass (drink water).

(all one word) ickie-mass = to go. An example is Nihon ni ickiemass (go to Japan).

If ye want to say that ye "want to" do something, you don't say the "mass" part of the words just above. Instead, you swop the word "mass" with the magic words "tie dess". Here are examples to make that easier to understand:

Eat a hamburger              = hamburger o-ta-bay- mass.
Want to eat a hamburger = hamburger o-ta-bay- tie-dess.

Drink water             = mizu o mommy mass.
Want to drink water = mizu o nommy tie dess.

Go to Japan             = Nihon ni ickie mass.
Want to go to Japan = Nihon ni ickie tie dess.

Go to Ballyheigue             = Ballyheigue ni ickie mass.
Want to go to Ballyheigue = Ballyheigue ni ickie tie dess.

That's enough for today, best of luck with it!

22 January 2015. Ye won't beat today's BIG challenge so easily!

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There are 3 different ways to say hello in Japanese. Ye have to say the right one at the right time, or else ye would look like awful eeeeeegits!

Good morning = Ohayo gozaimasu.

Hello = konnichi wa - (used between midday and when it starts to get dark).

Good evening = kombanwa - (used when it has got dark outside).

Chopsticks = o hashi.

My chopsticks - watashi no o hashi.

Your chopsticks = anata no o hashi.

Morning = asa.

Food = gohan

Breakfast = asa gohan.

Here's today's BIG CHALLENGE:

Hey-sash-e-boo-ree = long time no see!

It's all one word. If ye can say it to Miya or Otosan when ye see them next, they'll get a shock!

 this means "big". See, it is shaped like a big star, ye can remember it.


Or maybe this funny drawing will help ye remember that it means BIG?



Japanese translation

Day 1- Learn these or else the ninjas will get you!

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Watashi = me

Watashi no = my

Watashi no hamburger = my hamburger

Watashi no mizu = my water

Watashi no namai = my name

Watashi no namai wa = my name is

Anata = you

Anata no = your

Anata no hamburger = your hamburger

Anata no miizu = your water

Anata no namai = your name

Anata no namai wa = your name is


This means "men" and you'll need to be able to recognise it on toilet doors or else there will be an embarrassing mix up!