Learning a new language

[Delaney]

For travel survival just knowing one is so helpful. Sometimes when I don't know a word in French I ask my friends what it is in Spanish and often times it is similar enough it will jog my memory for the French word.

[kyle j]

JAPANESE

Greetings
Hajimemashite- first time you meet someone say this then
"your name"-desu Dozo yoroshiku -Im ------, pleased to meet you
Hello- instead of hello you say-
Ohayo Gozaimasu- Good Morning
Konnichiwa-Good Afternoon
Konbanwa- Good Evening
Sayonara- Good bye
Ja, Mata- see you again (i understand this is more common than sayonara)
Oyasuminasai- Good night
O genki desu ka- How are you?
Ee Okagasamade- Im fine thanks to you and god
ee mama desu- Im fine

Useful phrases

Thank you- Arigato gozaimasu
Thank you very much- Domo Arigato
your welcome- Do itashi mashite
Excuse me- Sumimasen
Hai- yes
Eh so desu- thats right ( better than Hai to say yes)
Im sorry- Domo sumimasen
Do you speak english? Anata wa eigo o hanashimasu ka
Do you understand?- wakarimasu ka
no i dont undersatnd- Iie Wakarimasen
please say it slowly- Yukkuri ittekudasai
please repeat it- mo ichido ittekudasai
Before you eat bow a little and say- Itadakimasu



Numbers
1-ichi
2- ni
3- san
4- yohn or shi
5- go
6- roku
7- nana or shichi
8- hachi
9-kyu
10- ju
11- juichi -and so on- 10 and 1
20- niju - 2 tens

American person- Amerika jin
canadian- Kanada jin
Chinese - Chugoku jin
Gakuse- student

Who?- Dare desu ka
How?- Do desu ka
Where?- Doko desu ka
Which one? Dore desu ka
Why?- Doshite desu ka
How much?- Ikura desu ka
When Itsu desu ka
What?- nan desu ka
What Time? Nan-ji desu ka.
What is this? Kore wa nan desu ka
What is that? (a little ways away)- Sore wa nan desu ka
What is that? ( further away)- Are wa nan desu ka

Well thats all i can type for now but any questions i might be able to help but i only speak SUKOSHI or a little japanese so I hope this is of some use to someone

A few notes...KA denotes a question and almost all the U's at the end of words are silent.

[AdamTheCultured]

I just decided that I am going to learn Japanese...started a class and everything....I also have the Barrons Mastering Japanese program...haha...wish me luck...I'll need it.....

[Bgirl]

Good luck Adam... You'll need it!

[kyle j]

Yes goodluck Adam i have been taking in school for about a month now and am progressing pretty well but it requiers a ton of study especially the writing which is all we seem to do. How do you like the barrons program? I am looking to get something to progress my speaking since all i do in school is write.
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[AdamTheCultured]

I feel as though its really good....I have started doing one lesson every 2 days and am progressing quite nicely....I feel very confident about my pernounciation and proper usage of the words....The Barrons program was developed by the U.S. Department of State for their employees on diplomatic excursions to Japan. Therefore it is very helpful and useful but it is completely conversationally based. It is a pretty expensive program so I would not buy it unless you plan to use it thoroughly......

Situree Simasu. Sayonara!

[jorgino]

wow!! 2 thumbs up for BGirl! De que cidade voce e'? Eu sou do Parana'....
sorry guys, anyway, I love this idea and I took notes of all the things you guys wrote, the only missing is a pronunciation chart, afterall, I don't think they necessarily pronounce these words with a "english" or "american" accent, would somebody help??!!!

[jorgino]

Rozza do you really know what popozuda is??? He he he, are you popozuda???

[TheJake]

Sim, rozza es popozuda y putarellya essa (sp?)

Bgirl es muito bonita y EU QARO SAMILA Y FORTALEZA!

[scotters]

So what about Greece? What language do they speak there and where are the survival words for them?

[tumblezweedz]

Well, they speak Greek, but nearly everyone we met spoke fluent English so if you can read this, you'll survive there! We found that seeing the words written down didn't help with pronounciation, so we just asked everyone we met, "How do you say ..." and then repeated it until they smiled and told us "Close enough!"

[luke82]

POLISH

Greetings
Hello / Goodbye - Czesc (ch-e-sh-c)
How are you - Jak sie masz (yak shie mash)
Goodday - Dziendobry
Goodnight - Dobrywieczor (Dobry-viechur)
I am Good, Thank you - Jestem Dobrze, Dzienkuje

Useful phrases

Thank you- Dzienkuje
Thank you very much - Dzienkuje Bardzo
no problem - Nie ma sprawy
Excuse me / Im sorry- pszepraszam
yes - tak
no - nie
thats right - to prawda
Do you speak english? - czy rozmawiasz po angielsku?
Do you understand?- rozumiesz ?
no i dont undersatnd- nie ja nie rozumiem
please say it slowly- prosze po woli powiedziec
please repeat it- prosze powtorzyc


Numbers
1- jeden
2- dwa
3- trzy
4- cztery
5- piec
6- szesc
7- siedem
8- osiem
9- dziewiec
10- dziesiec
11 - jedenaszcie, 12 - dwanaszcie...
20- dwadziescia - 21 dwadziewsciajeden

American person- czlowiek z ameryki or Amerikanin
canadian- czlowiek z kanady or Kanadol :P
student - student / uczelnik / szkola (school)

Who?- kto?
How?- jak?
Where?- gdzie?
Which one? ktory (m) , ktora (f) (kt-u-ry / kt-u-ra)
Why?- Dlaczego
How much?- ile kosztuje?
When? Kiedy?
What?- Slucham? (s-wu-ham)
What Time? Ktora Godzina?
What is this? Co to jest?
What is that? Co tam jest?


Notes: SZ and CZ are pronounced SH and CH respecitvely