The presentation thread

[Tiduas]

Hi all!

I today thougt about to present myself in Japanese, but i couldn't think of many ways to do it.
So i thougt to create a topic about it here.
What i want you guys to do is to write down some ways to say things about yourself.
It could be youre name, where you live, age, what you usual wearing and doing on free time. Just some way to describe yourself ^_^ (you must not use yourself as the object, just so we get the thing).

And if you can, please write in both Romaji and Kana so they are easier to practice.

[Defrex]

There will probably be plenty of errors here, because I'm a beginner by far (Gomen ne in advance). Also, I don't have IME on this computer.

watashi wa namae no defrex desu. Toronto no Kanada wo sumau. Anime no otaku desu. ni-juu-ichi-sai desu. Nihongo no shyogakushya desu.

[Liz21]

ongaku ga dai suki desu

おんがくがだいすきです


Moderator edit: Double post deleted (Jonas)

[Tiduas]

I forgot to write, please put a translation with to so i can learn something from it ^_^

[Liz21]

ongaku ga dai suki desu

I like music very much

[JockZon]

I think it would be:
Watashi no namae wa ... desu
Not the other way around because it's YOUR name and not the Name's.

[Defrex]

lol, good point. It seems obvious not that it's pointed out.

watashi no namae wa defrex desu. <My name is defrex>
Toronto no Kanada wo sumau. <I reside in Toronto Canada>
Anime no otaku desu. <I'm an anime nerd>
ni-juu-ichi-sai desu. <21 years old I am>
Nihongo no shyogakushya desu. <I'm a Japanese beginner>

[Brody]

Toronto no Kanada wo sumau. <I reside in Toronto Canada>

Hi, I don't mean to be a prude or anything but, more of a helping hand (because I've made the same mistakes millions of times myself.

I think it should be: kanada no toronto ni sumau.
1) When stating locations in Japanese you list them in the opposite order of English (i.e. from biggest to smallest) that is, when in English you would say I live in Atlanta, Georgia, USA (smallest to biggest), in Japanese you would say: I live in Amerika no Jiorugia no atoranta (biggest to smallest). It works on the same concept as names (i.e. family name then given name (Sheekusupia Takahashi) and with businesses (Sonii no Gibuson desu [I am Gibson from Sony).
2) Use ni since Toronto is a definite location wo is a direct object marker, so toronto wo sumu would be akin to, I live to Toronto.

And again, please know that I'm not lecturing or anything, it's just friend to friend.


As for the intro, my American friend who speaks Japanese always tells a little joke when he introduces himself in formal situations. His last name is Hanks and Tom Hanks is very popular in Japan so he would say something akin to 私はジョ－.ハンクスと申します。トム.ハンクスの息子ではありません。 It would be the first thing he would say and everyone would laugh pretty hard because, as a Japanese friend later told us, they would hear Hanks and immediately wonder if Joe was that Hanks, so it was kind of like he was reading their minds.

Anyway, my point is, a nice little ice breaker is always fun.

[Jason]

And again, please know that I'm not lecturing or anything, it's just friend to friend.

Hey. People come here to learn. Lecture all you want. And I certainly wouldn't call that being a prude. I'd call it helping people use the language correctly.

[Defrex]

Indeed, please help me. I'll never learn if nobody corrects my mistakes. Arigatou.

[furyou_gaijin]

Hi all!

I today thougt about to present myself in Japanese, but i couldn't think of many ways to do it.
So i thougt to create a topic about it here.

To quote the opening paragraph of a famous book:

おれの名前はチズアス。わたしの名前はチズアスと申します。ぼくはチズアス。あたしチズアスっていうのよ。

[surGeon]

I'm a noob to^^.

watashi no namae Jimmy aka surGeon desu, watashi wa sukoshi nihongo ga wakarimasu demo mada shuujuku jearimasen, watashi wa norwaeejin desu. yoroshku onegai shimasu.
meaning (i think):
my name is Jimmy aka surGeon, i understand a little japanese but i'm not very good at it yet (downplaying my ability sux^^), i'm a norwgian. nice to meet you.