Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Japanese Unit 3 Lesson 6

I had been studying Japanese using this blogger as my guide through the wilderness. However I have caught up to them and want to move forward. This will be basically the same thing... except with most likely a bunch more mistakes and confusion.

Unit 3 Lesson 6

haiiro no sakana ga nihiki oyoide imasu: Two gray fish are swimming.
haiiro no sakana ga ippiki oyoide imasu: One gray fish is swimming.
shiroi inu ga aruite imasu: The white dog is walking.
neko ga aruite imasu: The cat is walking.

kangaruu: kangaroo
yagi no mure: group/herd of goats.
ushi no mure: group/herd of cows.
ushi ga nitoo hashitte imasu: The two cows are running.

hitsuji ga takusan tatte imasu: Many sheep are standing.
raion: lion
ippiki no kame: One turtle.
kuroi hakuchoo: Black swan. (spelled hakucho in romaji)

tori ga tonde imasu: A bird is flying.
hakuchoo (hakucho): Swan
tori wa suwatte imasu: A bird is sitting.
kirin: Giraffe

ittoo no tora: One tiger.
ittoo no kuma: One bear.
nihiki no buta: Two pigs.
nitoo no ushi: Two cows.
(just a guess, but i think nitoo is referencing a pair of big animals and nihiki is referencing smaller ones. Same for ittoo/ippiki)

zoo: Elephant.
rakuda wa sambon no ashi de tatte imasu: The camel with three legs is standing.
hitsuji: Sheep.
rakuda wa yonhon no ashi de tatte imasu: The cameal with four legs is standing.

kono tori wa hommono dewa arimasen: This bird is not real.
kono tori wa hommono desu: This bird is real.
kono uma wa hommono dewa arimasen: This horse is not real.
kono uma wa hommono desu: This horse is real.

kono uma wa hommono desu: This horse is real.
kono nitoo no ushi wa hommono dewa arimasen: These two cows are not real.
kono nitoo no ushi wa hommono desu: These two cows are real.
mokuba wa hommono no uma dewa arimasen: The rocking horse is not a real horse. (?)

dono neko ga hommono desu ka: Which cat is real?
dono neko ga hommono dewa arimasen ka: Which cat is not real?
dono hitsuji ga hommono dewa arimasen ka: Which sheep is not real?
dono hitsuji ga hommono desu ka: Which sheep is real?

shiroi tora wa aruite imasu: The white tiger is walking.
shiroi tora wa yoko ni natte imasu: The white tiger is laying down.
shiroi tora wa nobotte imasu: The white tiger is climbing(?).
ryuu (ryu): Dragon.

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