Japanese

[Silvuh]

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Well, it was just an example of where the apostrophe would make a difference. I didn't have a word including "n'yu" in mind or anything.

But now that I think about it, there is くんよみ, kun'yomi.

If the answer to "Is kon'nichiwa the proper transliteration of こんにちは?" is "Yes", then I don't think we're missing anything here. Sorry for being confusing and such.

"I just had a thought" edit:
Or would kon'nichi wa be better? Because the particle isn't part of the word... And I'm assuming you transliterate particles to their pronunciations, not the characters. ... Are there particles that have readings different from the character other than は and へ?

[dag12]

Re: Japanese

I learned Romaji for ん to be "nn"...
so I've always thought that こんにちは would be konnnichiha, as awkward as the triple n might be.

[Gundam-Dude]

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Kinni ta! Uchi ni ikite imotou fakku ****e ie.

[Sunako_Nakahara_Girl]

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Yea I'm doing GCSE Japanese and I have the test in like 2 months. I need to revise a lot more.

What's GCSE.?


[Edit] I corected/added more stuff.

[Silvuh]

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What's GCSE?

General Certificate of Secondary Education. Some British thing... so I can't really go in to detail. (I didn't really need to respond to that question, but, eh.)

ち --> ？じ？
つ --> ？づ/ず？
し --> ？

ぢ, づ, and じ. The pairs are transliterated the same, but they are not interchangeable.

Ryuu　りゅう

Shouldn't you just have "Ryu りゅ" there?
And you skipped the pya, pyu, and pyo.
You might want to note that what looks like quotation marks is called dakuten, and the little circle is a maru, or handakuten (which just means "maru mark").
There are some obsolete Kana that you don't need to note, but here are those Hiragana anyway. ゐ, and ゑ. "wi" and "we", respecitvely.

You skipped the Kanji for ten (十). And instead of wasting another twenty lines, you could just put the Kanji next to the hiragana.

おはよございます - ohayo gozaimasu - Good Morning.

You still haven't added the needed "u" to complete "ohayou".

こんにちわ - Konnichiwa - Good After Noon

Forgot to change that "wa" to the particle "wa".

おうちo u chi - Home

Still haven't taken the unneeded "o" out (or remove the space between "u" and "chi").

あお - ao - Blue
あか - aka - Red

Another something left unfixed. -い　for the adjective, -いろ/色 for the noun.

English – erigo- えいご 　英語

Forgot to take the "r" out of the transliteration.

Father(when referring to someone elses father) – Otou-san 　おとうさｎ
Mother(when referring to someone elses mother) – Okaasan –　おかあさｎ

Should be "else's". Don't see why you have a hyphen in only one transliteration. Consistency error. And the "n"s on the end aren't hiragana.

Desk – tsu kue –　つくえ

No need for the space in the transliteration.

Mt.fuji – Fujisan-　ふじさｎ

Not the hiragana "n" again.

True/really? – hontou –　ほんとう

For some reason, I remember hearing (when people say, "really?") "hontou ni". I think that's, like, the adverb form or something.

Wait a minute – Cho to ma te –ちょつとまて

Should be ちょっとまって, and you already had that earlier in your list, anyway.
You could note that まって comes from the verb まつ/まちます, "to wait". Might wait 'till you go in to dictionary- and te-form to note that, though.

What is your phone number? – denwabangouwa nan desuka? –　でんわばんごうわなんですか？

Forgot to use the particle "wa" again.
denwabangou wa nan desu ka? - でんわばんごうはなんですか。 / 電話番号は何ですか。 I don't think you need the question mark in polite form because the か signifies that it's a question. Or maybe you do. I don't know.

Boy – otoko no go - 男の子

It's actually "otoko no ko".
And if you're going to have "man" and "boy", you may as well have "woman" and girl", 女の人 (on'na no hito) and 女の子 (on'na no ko), respectively.

(You don't need to note the following Kanji, but I thought I'd post about them, anyway.)

Some more notable Kanji include the days of the week. Also note the meaning of the first kanji (and the reading of said Kanji alone).
月曜日 getsuyoubi, Monday (Moon: つき)
火曜日 kayoubi, Tuesday (Fire: ひ)
水曜日 suiyoubi, Wednesday (Water: みず)
木曜日 mokuyoubi, Thursday (Wood: か)
金曜日 kin'youbi, Friday (Gold: きん)
土曜日 doyoubi, Saturday (Earth: つち)
日曜日 nichiyoubi, Sunday (Sun: ひ)

More low-level Kanji include
天　てん, ten, heaven
山　やま, yama, mountain
川　かわ, kawa, river
町　まち, machi, town
学校　がっこう gakkou, school
手　て, te, hand
本　ほん, hon, book
年　ねん, nen, year
口　くち, kuchi, mouth
力　ちから, chikara, power

Oh, and it's "Kanji". Not "Kanji's" or "Kanjis".

[SethSquall]

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What's GCSE.?

It's a qualification in the UK.

[x6tence]

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this thread is very helpful. thanks

[SethSquall]

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Hmmm, so if I was to replace "Watashi no/wa/whatever" with "Ore no/wa/whatever" it wouldn't matter?

[jimerax]

Re: Japanese

Hmmm, so if I was to replace "Watashi no/wa/whatever" with "Ore no/wa/whatever" it wouldn't matter?

depends on the situation.
"Ore" is a pretty informal first personal pronoun, and usually for guys only.

[SethSquall]

Re: Japanese

So anything formal like being at work or something I'd use "Watashi" where as just hanging out with mates I'd say "Ore"?

[jimerax]

Re: Japanese

Yes.

You can also use "Boku" (also usually for guys only) for semi-formal/informal situation.

[STD_Dimitri13]

Re: Japanese

Yes.

You can also use "Boku" (also only for guys only) for semi-formal/informal situation.

Fix't

[SethSquall]

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Ore wa kawaii onna no ko ga suki desu.
おれわかわいいおんあのこがすきです

Please tell me I got that right lmao. Although I think "onna no ko" may not be exactly what I mean.......

[lord_carbo]

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I learned Romaji for ん to be "nn"...
so I've always thought that こんにちは would be konnnichiha, as awkward as the triple n might be.

Uhh, ん is just a stem, "-n." There's no efficient reason as to why it would be "-nn" over "-n." Secondly, romaji is strictly for interpretation; konnichiha is preferred.

[Nyokou]

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I have a question.

How would you say "rave" in katakana?

One person I asked said rebu or revu, and the other said it would be reibuu.