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Hideみなさん、
Can you pronounce these characters? The Japanese "r" sound can be a little tricky for English speakers!
こんにちは、ティファニーさん! (Konnichiwa, Tiffanī-san! "Hello, Tiffany!")
Your introduction is almost perfect! But there's a small correction to be made. Instead of "Watashi no onamae wa Tiffany desu," it should be "Watashi no namae wa Tiffany desu." The term "onamae" is used when you're asking someone else's name. When introducing yourself, you should use "namae."
So your introduction should be: "Watashi no namae wa Tiffanī desu." (私の名前はティファニーです。 "My name is Tiffany.")
If you want to use your short form, you should say: "Watashi no namae wa Tifu desu." (私の名前はティフです。 "My name is Tif.")
Keep practicing, Tiffany-san! You're doing great!
ありがとうございます! (Arigatō gozaimasu! "Thank you!")
Yoshimi
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Hmmm. Watashi no onamae wa Tiffany desu.
eto... ティファニー
I think I might just use my short form... ティフ desu
Hi Jennifer,
Thank you for studying with us.
ありがとうございます😁
Feel free to let us know if you have any questions.
Cheers,
Ryoma
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Arigato gozaimasu!😄
Rusmiaさん
Thank you so much for your comment😄
You can say どういたしまして👍
Please let us know if you have any questions :)
Sincerely
りょうま(Ryoma)
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I have a question, how do I say "you're welcome" or just "welcome" when someone thanks me?
Hi ナタリヤ,
Thank you for your comment!
I'm sorry for the late reply.
I googled ラキヤ and wow, it's very strong alcohol!
I'd love to try it😊
Yes, you put your name correct in katakana:)
We are so glad that you enjoy learning Japanese with us.
Sincerely,
Miho
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fun fact now you can write a Serbian national drink called rakija which I assume would go like this ラキヤ just taught it was fun.
I love these lessons so much and I am making real progress thank you so much. ❤️️👍
hope I translated my name well
Hi Jonah,
Thank you for your comment!
お酒 and アルコール are sometimes used as same meaning, "alcohol" or "alcoholic beverage."
However, they are slightly different in the usage.
We say "drink (alcohol)" as お酒を飲む (o-sake o nome)
but usually don't say アルコールを飲む (arukōru o nomu.)
Strictly, アルコール means a chemical substance found in liquor, such as wine and beer.
And お酒 means the whole liquor or alcoholic drink, such as wine, beer, whisky and etc.
(Sometimes it just means Japanese sake.)
Thank you for learning Japanese with us!
Your name is ジョナ in Japanese:)
Sincerely,
Miho
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Hi,
I have a couple of questions:
Does お酒 (Osake) and アルコール mean the exact same thing but one is hiragana and one katakana?
Which one is more commonly used if say a group is going out for a round of drinks?
And, why use a loan word if an authentic japanese word already exists? ie. れっき (rekki) and リスト?
Lastly, would "Jonah" be written ジョナ?
Krishnan Sriramさん、こんにちは!
Thank you for your comment.
I love your nickname, クリツナ!
In Japan, one's nickname usually includes his/her name, but not full name necessarily.
Or sometimes it's completely different from the own name.
Hope you enjoy learning Japanese with us!
Sincerely,
Miho
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クリシュナン シュリラム ( Kurishunan Shuriramu)
I made a mistake in writing my name correctly in the previous comment. Please consider this as the correct one.
こんにちは!
My name is クリシュナん シュリム (Kurishunan Shuriramu - the nearest pronounciation of my name). I have chosen my nickname to be クリツナ (kuritsuna). I have included tsu which is not present in my full name. Is it common in Japan for the nickname to only have characters from your full name? Or can it be a completely different one?
こんにちは、Leonardo
Thank you for asking!
It depends on the original pronunciation, But generally we write Leonardo as レオナルド.
For example, Leonardo DiCaprio in Japanese is レオナルド・ディカプリオ as well 😉
Feel free to ask us any questions!
Sono
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こんにちは!
I'm not sure how to write my name (Leonardo) in Japanese. Should it be レオナルド or レナアド?
Adamさん
コメントありがとうございます😄
Yes, your name will be written as アダム.
Please let us know if you have any question :)
Sincerely
Ryoma
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I realised that your name was just as close to the original in katakana, so mine is 'アダム', which all look like misshapen 'A's at different angles lol
Hi Learner,
Thank you very much for the comment. Looks like you are going through this lesson series pretty quickly!
Thank you for studying with us!
Sincerely,
Miki H
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Good lesson and very pretty teacher :-)
Nathanial Howard san,
Konnichiwa.:smile:
Japanese ら,り,る,れ andろ are actually close to la, li, lu, le and lo.
When you pronounce ‘l’, your tongue touches behind your front teeth and when you pronounce ‘d’, the tongue position is similar to ‘l.’
That is the reason why you hear ‘du.’
If you stick to ‘l’, you can pronounce Japanese ら, り,る, れ andろ well.
Yuki 由紀
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