Further Japanese progress

*Asking Questions:

Very simple. Add "ka" to the end of the sentance.

*Vocab:
Otearai (oh-teh-ah-rah-ee)--Bathroom
Tsuyoi (tsoo-yoh-ee)--Strong
Yowai (yoh-wah-ee)--Weak
Kirei na (kee-reh-ee nah)--Pretty
Minikui (mee-nee-koo-ee)--Ugly

AT LAST! Now, I know enough to be able to ask where the bathroom is in Japanese. ^_^ It's been a practical goal of mine, and now I know I shall never be stuck in the middle of Tokyo doing the pee-pee dance in vain!

Otearai wa doko desu ka?

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Yes, I'm a dork. :-P

*Numbers:
In Japanese, counters are used; put at the end of the number to indicate what's being counted. For months it's "gatsu", for money it's "en", for years it's "en", for objects it's "ko"

So, "two chairs" would be "niko no isu". Sometimes when you tack a counter to the end of a number, it changes the way the kanji is read, which in turn changes how the number is spoken. The three differences in the case of objects would be:

One object: Ikko instead of ichiko
Six objects: Rokko instead of rokuko
Seven objects: Nanako instead of shichiko

(Apparently, shichi becomes nana in alot of cases, such as juunana = seventeen, and nanajuu= seventy.)

New vocab:
Hyaku (hyah-koo)--100
Suuji (sooo-jee)--Number

*Verbs:

The present and future tense of any verb ends in "masu". (Pronounced "mahs"), and verbs go at the end of a sentance. In sentences where there is a noun being acted upon (Such as "We eat sushi") we add "wo" after said noun. So, that would be "Watashitachi wa sushi wo tabemasu"

Past tense of "masu" = "mashita" (pronounced "mahshta")
Negative tense: "masen" (Don't go = "Anata wa ikimasen")
Past negative tense: "masen deshita" (We didn't go = "Watashitachi wa ikimasen deshita"

New Vocab:
Taberu (tah-beh-roo)--Eat
Yomu (yoh-moo)--Read
Au (ah-oo)--Meet
Kaku (kah-koo)--Write
Isogu (ee-soh-goo)--hurry
hanasu (hah-nahs)--Speak
Miru (mee-roo)--See
Iku (ee-koo)--Go
Suru (Soo-roo)--Do
Kuru (koo-roo)--Come