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- mimasu
- hanashimasu
- wakarimasu
- yomimasu
- eiga
- eigo
- nihongo
- hashi
- issho ni
- ocha
- to see
- to speak
- to understand
- to read
- movie
- English
- Japanese
- chopsticks
- together
- tea
- Kaerimashita.
- They returned.
- Kaimono o shimashita.
- They shopped.
- Ikimashita.
- They went.
- Tabemasen deshita.
- I didn't eat.
- Kimasen deshita.
- I didn't come.
- Ikimashita.
- He went.
- Nomimashita.
- He drank.
- Sumimasen.
- If you knock into someone in a department store say:
- Gomen nasai.
- I am sorry.
- Mimashita.
- He saw.
- Domo.
- You recieve change from a cashier and you say:
- Domo arigato.
- You thank a friend for a present by saying:
- Domo arigato gozaimasu.
- You thank your boss for his thoughtfullness by saying:
- Wakarimasen.
- I don't understand.
- The past tense in Japanese is formed by cutting the `masu' off of the masu
- form of the verb and by adding in its place -mashita (mah-shta). For example:
- they ate = tabemashita
- they drank = nomimashita
- they did = shimashita
- To form the negative in the past we add on the ending masen deshita.
- For example: they didn't drink = tabemasen deshita
- he didn't do = shimasen deshita
- we didn't go = ikimasen deshita
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- Excuse me is `sumimasen'. However, a slight bump in a train station
- requires little or no notice or apology.
- To say `I am sorry' use gomen nasai.
- To make someone feel better about their situation say `gomen nasai'
- and then add on `gambatte kudasai' which means `I am sorry but try harder.'
- There are a couple of different ways to say thanks. Least formal is `domo'.
- It means `thanks' and is used when receiving change or getting service.
- `Domo arigato' is a thank you for slightly more formal occasions. `Domo
- arigato gozaimasu' is the most formal of the three and is reserved for
- special occasions.
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