konnichiwa! ogenki desuka?

HAZIQさん、 こんにちは！わたしはげんきです。あなたは？ Konnichiwa! Watashi wa genki desu. Anata wa? How are you? -Sayaka ;)

konnnichiwa sayaka-san genki desu!

Keyatta san, Konnichiwa! こんにちは！ Nihongo no benkyou wa doudesuka? (How is your Japanese learning?) Tanoshinde kudasai! (Have fun!) -Sayaka ;)

hai, demo sukoshi dake desu! :)

Sayaka San. kyou wa nani wo shimashita ka doko kara kimashita ka? Nihonjin desu ka? Robin

Sayaka-san, do koko means here?

Keyatta-san, Yes, "koko" means "here". Robin-san, Yes. Watashi wa nihonjin-desu. Anata wa nani-jin desu ka? - SAYAKA ;)

Arigato

Sayaka San Watashi wa Sueeden jin desu Robin

Robin-san, Sueeden-jin desu ka. Sueeden ni sunde imasuka? Samui desu ka? Nihon wa atatakaku natte imasu. - Sayaka ;)

Sayaka-san iie, ima Noruee ni sunde imasu. Hai! totemo samui desu. so desu ka Doko ni sunde imasu ka

Robin-san, Watashi wa Tokyo ni sunde imasu. Natsu ga mou sugu kimasu (Summer is coming soon!) Noruee desuka, ichido itte mitaidesu. Nihon e asobi ni kita koto ga arimasu ka? -Sayaka ;)

how do you say " What does _____mean?" and what does " Nihon e asobi ni kita koto ga arimasu ka?" i learned that "-koto ga arimasu ka? " means did you ever.

The sentence is correct grammatically saying because you could also translate "koto ga arimasu ka ?" as "have you ever ?"...note that you can use "koto" to refer to anything: a verb, a noun, an action, so here, koto refers to the action of : coming in Japan to play (nihon e asobi ni kita). To say what does mean, you just add "tte nan desu ka ?" (e.g. X tte nan desu ka ? = what is X/what does X mean ?). so for example if you don't understand "nihon e asobi ni kita", you can use koto to refer to it all and just ask: 「にほんへあそびぬきた」ことってなんですか？　（"nihon e asobi ni kita" koto tte nan desu ka ?） = what does "nihon e asobi ni kita" mean ? Hope this helpes :D, コッド

Sayaka San, ah, so desu ka. hai! nihon wa atsui desu yo. iie Nihon e asobi ni itta koto ga arimasen. Ima kara, ikkagetsu Nihon ni iku/ryoko suru tsumori desu

konnichiwa ! In the first sentence, if you wanted to say: it's hot in Japan, the it would be correct to use NI instead of WA (nihon ni atsui desu yo). In the last sentence it's ikkagetsu, with a doubled "k". Boku mo nihon e iku shitai no desu ga, okane to jikan ga nai :(.

@コッド In your sentence, wouldn't it be "ikitai no desu ga"? @Robin S You wouldn't say "come to Japan to play", rather you'd say "GONE to Japan to play", since you are moving TO a location from somewhere else. A good way to think of it is "kara kuru" and "ni/e iku", though in some cases, you might see otherwise, eg. "mainichi, gakkou ni/e kimasu"= Everyday (I) come to school. (the speaker is suggested to be at school when they say this) So your sentence would in fact be "Iie, Nihon e asobi ni itta koto ga arimasen/nai" And for "In one month I will travel to Japan", you could say "Ima kara, ikkagetsu Nihon ni iku/ ryoko suru tsumori desu" (One month from now I intend to go/ travel to Japan). It sounds a bit nicer that just "Ikkagetsu Nihon ni ikimasu" :s (iku=to go, ryoko suru=to travel) Hope this helps.

@パスカル Well, I believe that the way I said it is also correct (though I'm not 100% sure) and I use it that way because for some unknown reason, if the context is not clear, I usually confuse it with "want to live", as they are written and pronounced the same (行きたい　And 生きたい).

Thank you Pascal, omg i didnt notice i forgot to write go in my sentence, my bad! royoko means travel, but suru is to do, but i have no idea what tsumori means, could you explain for me Pascal? Yes i know my sentences was terrible, but it is better to try and get help on the road and not know if i will do wrong or right, am i correct? :) Thanks

@Robin S No problem! In Japanese there are many verbs which use "suru" as a stem. You just have to take the main part of the verb, and add "suru" in it's conjugated form! "Ryoko SURU" is an example of this. I suppose you could translate it as "to do travelling". Other verbs like this are "renshuu SURU", to practice, and "henshin SURU" to transform, among others. I really like -SURU verbs because they're incredibly easy to conjugate. If only English verbs were just words with one regular stem attached! "Tsumori" means "intention", and as such you can use it to describe your intentions in Japanese. You simply attach it to the dictionary form of the verb you are using, then add your copula (desu, da, etc.) to the end since it IS a noun after all, and presto! You've got a new sentence structure! So in " (Watashi wa) Nihon ni iku tsumori desu", you could translate it as "(As for me) it is/ I have the intention to go to Japan, or more naturally "I intend to go to Japan!" Hope that helps!

oh thanks. makes it much easier, tsumori hmm could be too go use. i am learning by the genki book not that i really like that book, but kara form ex: watashi wa kyou hima nai, ashita test ga arimasu kara i am not free today, becuase i have a test tomorrow testo wa muzukashiku nai, takusan benkyoushimasu kara the test was not hard, becuase i studied alot kyou no yoru dekakerimashou, ashita wa yasumi kara lets go out tonight, becuase tomorrow is a holiday watashi no haha ni tatsukerimashita, kanjyou wa ishogashii kara i helped my mother, because she was busy kohi wo nomimasen, asa kohi wo nomimasu kara i will not drink coffe, becuase i drank coffe in the morning are all these sentences correct or wrong? i really dont like that genki but kara in the end. i dont know if i did that sentences 100% correct

Hi again. Shiken=test/exam, also I'd write it so that "kara" linked the two parts of the sentence. You CAN do that. In the first sentence, it should be "Watashi wa kyou hima DEWA/JA NAI", since you need to use the negative form of "hima" which is a -na adjective. "Ashita, shiken ga arimasu kara, kyou wa, hima dewa/ja nai" (you can omit the "watashi"). In the second sentence, you need to use the past tense, so it should be "Takusan benkyou shimashita kara, shiken wa muzukashikunakatta (the negative past form of muzukashii). For the third one, use "konya" instead of "kyou no yoru", and "dekakeru" conjugates as "dekakemashou", but apart from that, it's good. You could also put a "desu" after the "yasumi" "Ashita wa yasumi desu kara, konya dekakemashou." For the fourth, "haha" is only used for your own mother, so "watashi no" is unnecessary. You need the past tense of "isogashii" (ishogashikatta), "ni" should be replaced with "o", "kanjyou", doesn't exist, it should be "kanojo", and "tasukeru" is incorrectly conjugated. It should be "tasukemashita". Since I'm putting "kara" in the middle, I'm switching "haha" with "kanojo" to make more sense. "Haha wa ishogashikatta kara, kanojo wo tasukemashita" For the fifth, again, you'll need to use the past tense for the "I drank" bit. So it should be: "Asa (wa), kouhii wo nomimashita kara, ima (ima=now) kouhii wo nomimasen." I hope that helps.

hi! ouch, forgot to make it past form... yea i am having some problems with the use of katta but i am trying to get used too it. oh i see remove the ru, that makes sence. I didnt know how to say night in japanese, so i just made my own sort of night, hehe! well practise makes perfect and i have long way to go, sad part is i should know these stuff, but still i screwed up, damn! コッド – Dont worry, save money and you will get the chans too come to Japan too :)