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In learning Japanese it helps to be able to ask what things are. Say, for instance, you're in a restaurant in Japan and want to know what each menu item is, or what the item in the display case is. You can use the phrases below to ask those important questions.
Things to keep in mind:
There are three words you can use when asking what something is: Kore, Sore and Are. You use Kore when something is closer to you than the person you're asking, or you're holding the thing you're asking about. You use Sore when something is closer to the person you're asking, or they're holding it. You use Are when the object is not close to either one of you. Now you can ask what things are in Japanese. Isn't that helpful?! And since we've been talking about food and restaurants, here's a video about restaurant words:
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Note: This post has been edited to change the post title from Wordful Wednesday to Wordly Wednesday, just to keep things consistent. Thank you for reading!
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Gardening in the Desert: Planting Mustard Greens Using Recycled Materials and Kratky System5/26/2018 As you may recall, I live in the desert. Luckily, the weather has been very mild (by desert standards) lately. Even so, gardening in the high heat of the desert can be problematic at best and a multitude of dead plants at worst. Plants losing water is the biggest problem. So, this year we are trying our hand at hydroponics. Your plants can't lose water if they have their roots in water, right? We didn't want to use any hydroponics methods that involved pumps, misters or the need for electricity, as our power can go out at random out here. I also didn't want to spend a lot of money on this experiment. That left us with the one method that doesn't rely on pumps, misters or the need for electricity--and we mostly used recycled household materials to keep the costs down. Here's how I planted out my mustard greens seedlings: That's all there is to it. It can be done pretty inexpensively. I did have a late start, so my results might not be as good as if I'd started earlier in the spring. But I'll post an update to show how they've grown.
Good morning! Ohayo!
Here's a little dialogue to help you introduce yourself in Japanese: Tom: Ohayo gozaimasu. Good morning. (pronunciation: Oh hi yoh go zahee mahs) Kim: Ohayo gozaimasu. Good morning. (pronunciation: Oh hi yoh go zahee mahs) Tom: Hajimemashite, watashi wa Tom desu. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu. Nice to meet you. My name is Tom. (pronunciation: Hah gee meh mah shee te. Wah tah shee wah Tom des. Yoh roh shee koo oh ne gahee shee mahs.) Kim: Hajimemashite, watashi wa Kim desu. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu. Nice to meet you. My name is Kim. (pronunciation: Hah gee meh mah shee te. Wah tah shee wah Kim des. Yoh roh shee koo oh ne gahee shee mahs.) Of course, there are many variations when it comes to introductions. The one above is a formal first meeting. Most times when you don't know someone very well, it's better to stick with formal introductions because it's more polite and it makes a better first impression. When you meet someone for the first time, it's polite to include hajimemashite (how do you do, nice to meet you, glad to meet you, etc.) and to end with yoroshiku onegaishimasu (please be kind to me and I'll be kind to you, nice to meet you). Now for conversation points: Tom: O-genki desu ka? How are you? Kim: Hai, 0-genki desu. Arigatou gozaimasu. Yes, I'm fine. Thank you. O-genki desu ka? How are you? (pronunciation: Hi, oh gen key des. Ah ree gah toe go zahee mahs.) Tom: Hai, o-genki desu. Arigatou gozaimasu. Yes, I'm well. Thank you. (pronunciation: Hi, oh gen key des. Ah ree gah toe go zahee mahs.) And for the goodbyes: Ultra polite Tom: Dewa, shitsurei shimasu. (pronunciation: Sheet soo ray shee mahs) Kim: Dewa, shitsurei shimasu. (pronunciation: Sheet soo ray shee mahs) Polite: Tom: Mata ashita. Until tomorrow. Or, See you tomorrow. (pronunciation: mata ahsh ta) Kim: Mata ashita. Until tomorrow. Or, See you tomorrow. (pronunciation: mata ahsh ta) Casual (not to be used with employers or those you don't know well): Tom: Ja ne. See ya later. Kim: Ja ne. See ya later. Well, that's all I have for now. For more fun Japanese phrases here's a video from Japanesepod101.com:
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