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日本語の形容詞 Japanese Adjectives (beginner level)

日本語 | norsk | english

Note about Japanese: This list includes both i-adjectives and na-adjectives. na-adjectives have 「な」 after them. Not sure what that means? Here’s a video about adjectives.

Note about Norwegian: Norwegian adjectives change according to gender and number. Here you can see them in the common/neuter/plural forms. Sometimes the common gender and neuter forms are the same, in which case there are only two forms of the adjective given (singular/plural).

大きい（おおきい）| stor/stort/store | big

小さい（ちいさい）| liten/lite/små* | small

高い（たかい）| høy/høyt/høye, dyr/dyrt/dyre | tall, expensive

安い（やすい）| billig/billige | cheap

低い（ひくい）| lav/lavt/lave | low

新しい（あたらしい）| ny/nytt/nye | new

古い（ふるい）| gammel/gammelt/gamle | old (not people)

いい | god/godt/gode, bra | good

悪い**（わるい）| dårlig/dårlige | bad

暑い（あつい）| varm/varmt/varme (været) | hot (weather)

寒い（さむい）| kald/kaldt/kalde (været) | cold (weather)

熱い（あつい）| varm/varmt/varme (å ta på) | hot (to the touch)

冷たい（つめたい）| kald/kaldt/kalde (å ta på) | cold (to the touch)

有名「な」（ゆうめい）| berømt/berømte | famous

きれい「な」| vakker/vakkert/vakre, pen/pent/pene | beautiful, pretty

賑やか「な」（にぎやか）| livlig/livlige | lively

静か「な」（しずか）| stille | quiet

親切「な」（しんせつ）| snill/snilt/snille | kind

楽しい（たのしい）| gøy/gøye | fun

面白い（おもしろい）| interessant/interessante | interesting

大切「な」（たいせつ） | viktig/viktige | important

難しい（むずかしい）| vanskelig/vanskelige | difficult

易しい（やさしい）/ 簡単「な」（かんたん）| lett/lette | easy

忙しい（いそがしい）| travel/travelt/travle, opptatt/opptatte | busy

暇「な」（ひま）| ledig/ledige, fri/fritt/frie | free (not busy)

おいしい | deilig\deilige | delicious, tasty

まずい** | usmakelig/usmakelige | bad-tasting, unpallatable

*Liten can also be lita when used with feminine objects (but liten is okay because all feminine nouns can be masculine). In the definite singular form, it changes to lille.

**Although these words are okay and correct, they can be a bit impolite as they’re very direct. It’s better to say ‘not delicious’ (おいしくない) or ‘not good (よくない).

Please let me know if I’ve made any mistakes!

#japanese

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One fun thing about finnish cursing is the way you can stack them with possessives. If you've ever heard a finn yell Perkele!, you notice that it's only one time, but if it's necessary to continue cursing in order to express the sufficient amount of rage, you might hear that in the string of curses, all but the last one become genitive, so it's perkeleen perkeleen perkeleen perkeleen perkele! - "the devil's devil's devil's devil's devil", so if you want to get interpretative, stacking five would mean you're cursing the devil who is owned by another devil, five ranks of possession below the main devil. So, arguably, the lowest-ranking devil.

And you can mix and match! Like you can say vittu (cunt, but generally holds the same status as english 'fuck'), or perkele (devil) when you're mad, but as a combination you can say perkeleen vittu (devil's cunt) or vitun perkele (the devil which is within a cunt), combining essentially any curse words that are nouns. And there is no limit to how many of them you can stack, either! Your only limit is how fucking mad you are about the current situation!

Saatana - Satan Saatanan vittu - Satan's cunt Saatanan vitun perkele - The devil that is in Satan's cunt Saatanan vitun perkeleen helvetti - The personal hell of the devil that is within Satan's cunt Saatanan vitun perkeleen helvetin kusirätin helvetin saatanan paska - Satan's shit that resides in the personal hell of the piss rag in the personal hell of the devil that is within Satan's cunt

And there's no penalty for repeating the same curse words, either, in any order. It's absolute free-form, and you can even throw in non-curse words for spice, making the string of curses longer and more oddly specific, but fret not! You can't go wrong, and nobody actually keeps track of what exact weird person, item, demon, body part or excretion you are cursing in particular. The important part is letting people know that you're mad about something, and the longer the string of nested possessive cursewords, the more mad about it you clearly are.

#finnish

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悩　・漢検４級

ノウ

ドウ

なやむ

なやます

悩む　「なやむ」　to be worried

悩ます　「なやます」　to afflict

悩み　「なやみ」　trouble, worry, distress

煩悩　「ぼんのう」　worldly desires, appetites of the flesh

悩乱　「のうらん」　worry, anguish

苦悩　「くのう」　mental agony, suffering

悩殺　「のうさつ」　fascinate, enchant

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Japanese Dialects Masterpost

Dialects can be fun and offer cultural insight. They may be useful to learn, though usually only if you have geographical links to a specific area of Japan- perhaps you have family there, personal heritage there, you live there, or are going to do a language exchange in a specific area. Linguists may also be interested just because they are really interesting.

In almost all instances for non-Japanese people learning to understand a dialect when it’s spoken/written (rather than produce it in your own speech) would suffice for communication. As far as I can see the best reason to learn to actually speak a dialect is because you want to communicate with elderly people from that region specifically; most young people have had far more media exposure so they can easily use ‘standard Japanese’/ Tokyo dialect.

If a non-native Japanese speaker learns a dialect and can’t speak standard Japanese, they may find they are seriously limited in conversations and people will inevitably find it weird. They might just find they are incomprehensible:

’I spent three years living in Nemuro, the easternmost town in Hokkaido. […] Hokkaido-ben is often misunderstood outside Hokkaido, Nemuro-ben can’t be understood even in the next town over. So it’s basically useless unless you’re planning a trip to Nemuro (which I would recommend.) However, it does show how many variations there are in dialect, even within one island.’ [Tofugu, my emphasis]

Someone with a low communicative ability in English who could only speak using Cockney rhyming slang, but didn’t know standard English unfortunately would sound ridiculous to natives of that area. It would seem crazy to know ‘You’re ‘aving a bubble mate!’, but not ’You must be joking!’. They’d sound odd and in many instances their language would sound antiquated. Be aware that you may well get a similar reaction if you pepper your speech with regional dialect as a non-Japanese person without being conversationally fluent in standard Japanese. I’m not saying don’t learn dialects, please do if they interest you, learning to understand them when you hear them, rather than necessarily use them in your own speech, is a great idea. If you want to speak in them, please try to do it all in good time and in a respectful way that is not accessorizing the language and culture.

For beginners:

Many of the resources here will be only in Japanese, as this post is aimed at higher intermediate and advanced learners. The section below is in mostly English and will give you a general overview if you’re interested:

lingualift article (scroll down past their email sign up stuff to read)

FluentU will teach you a few basic phrases in a variety of dialects

Wikibooks has links to a few examples of phrases in different dialects

The wikipedia article will give you an informative introduction

Tofugu has a few articles on dialects: Hokkaido | Tohoku | Kansai

Japan Times article on dialects

For intermediate and Advanced learners:

I’ve organised this by prefecture, but it’s worth noting that some prefectures contain several dialects and I’m by no means an expert, I hope the Tumblr Japanese learning community can contribute to and help improve this post. General:

Dictionary for dialects in EVERY prefecture

Short animations about various dialects　

Women from every prefecture saying I love you in their regional dialect

Japanese dialect Wiki

There tend to be Line stickers on sale for dialects, as people think they’re cute and want to show local pride, try searching the Line sticker store for the dialect you want and you can use them in conversations, which will give you a little practise.

Big Weblio guide to all prefectures’ dialects

方言で話そう on Twitter will show you phrases in a variety of regional dialects from around the country

Project Guttenburg article which gets more into the linguistics of Kansai ben

I made a post on Kansai ben a while back and @similarjapanesewords made a post about it before too

video comparing local variations of the same phrase spoken by native speakers 1 2

This Youtube channel has a lot of different dialect tutorials (all Japanese)

There’s another Youtube channel here too (all Japanese)

hougen-japan

ALC dialect quizzes

The Japanese Wikipedia page has a lot more detailed information than the English page, naturally.

Kansaibenkyou

Maps of where some dialects are spoken

Wikipedia has a lot of basic introductory information on dialects, there are almost certainly dialects I’ve missed from this list, if you search for the prefecture or geographical location and the word 弁 or 方言 then you’re likely to find a dialect, even if it isn’t simply called [place name]弁.

Hokkaidō | Hokkaidō ben dictionary | Hougen.u-biq | Tofugu introducation to Hokkaido ben

Aomori | Goo Aomori ben dictionary | Japanesepod101 1 2 3 4 5 | animation about Aomori ben | Kindle book written in Aomori ben

Iwate | Phrase guide | dialect dictionary

Miyagi | Hougen.u-biq | Vocabulary | Introduction to Miyagi ben | Sendai ben

Akita | Akita ben course | How to use け in Akita ben | How to use こ in Akita ben

Yamagata | A few introductory phrases | Yamagata ben phrases | Yamagata ben dajare | Yamagata ben grammar

Fukushima | Fukushima ben Dictionary | Usage guide

Ibaraki | Ibaraki ben dictionary | Learn Ibaraki ben phrases

Tochigi | Tochigi ben guide to pronunciation and expressions | Tochigi ben dictionary |

Gunma | Five page vocabulary guide | 7 lesson course in speaking Gunma ben

Saitama | North Saitama dialect vocabulary | Phrases | More vocabulary | Saitama ben dictionary on Goo

Kanagawa | 10 phrases | Yokohama and Kanagawa dialect dictionary | Kanagawa ben on chaku wiki

Niigata | Niigata ben dictionary | Japanesepod101 1 2 3

Ishikawa | Ishikawa ben Dictionary on Goo | Wikibooks Ishikawa dialect guide | Kanazawa ben guide | English book on Kanazawa ben

Fukui | Fukuiben.com | Hokuriku dialect (spoken in several prefectures)

Yamanashi | Koshu Dialect Laboratory | Koshu ben dictionary | Yamanashi ben on Goo | There are a couple of posts here in English

Nagano | Goo Nagano ben dictionary | Nagano prefecture guide to Nagano dialect | Matsumoto dialect page

Shizuoka | Page with links to several local dialects found in Shizuoka | Shizuoka ben version of a commerical | 10 funny phrases

Aichi | Hougen.u-biq | Nagoya ben website

Mie | phrase guide | features of Mie ben

Shiga | large word and phrase list | vocabulary list

Kyoto | Hougen.u-biq | vocabulary list | More vocabulary

Osaka | Hougen.u-biq | video tutorial | Kansai ben/Osaka ben word list

Hyōgo | vocabulary list | Hyogo ben on chaku Wiki |

Nara | Nara dialect on Chaku Wiki | Video discussing the subtelties of Nara dialect within Kansai ben | vocabulary list

Tottori | dictionary | large word and phrase list | another vocabulary and phrase list

Shimane | Izumo-ben 出雲弁 | Izumo ben in detail

Okayama | large word and phrase list | Okayama ben corner | Interesting Okayama ben

Hiroshima | Hougen.u-biq | Hiroshima dialect

Yamaguchi | Yamaguchi ben | Vocabulary | quiz

Tokushima | Awa ben video tutorial | vocabulary list | large phrase and vocabulary list

Kagawa | vocabulary and phrase list | phrase list

Ehime | Some Iyo vocabulary | Iyo dialect guide

Fukuoka | series of videos on how to use Hakata ben | video tutoiral | verb conjugations

Saga | Saga ben dictionary | Goo Saga ben dictionary

Nagasaki | Nagasaki ben resource with recordings of sample dialogues | Goo Nagasaki ben dictionary | A story book written in Nagasaki ben (available on Kindle)

Kumamoto | How to use Kumamoto ben | Kumamoto ken vocabulary, a lot of these seem rough/rude

Ōita | video | Goo Ōita ben dictionary

Miyazaki | Miyazaki ben explanation | vocabulary and explanation

Kagoshima | Vocabulary | big word list | More vocabulary and phrases

Okinawa | Traveller’s guide to Okinawan dialects | Huge list of Ryukyuan vocabulary | Uchinaguchi dictionary

There are books on dialects, typically designed for native speakers, such as this dialect dictionary, or this Tosa ben guide available in Japan, but you’d need some very advanced Japanese to be able to access them, in which case I doubt you’d be following my blog.

Beyond regional dialects there are also many languages that are native to Japan that are not Japanese. If you’re interested in learning Ainu, one of the Ryukyuan languages, Japanese sign language, or another language from Japan that is not standard spoken Japanese then this Tofugu article may interest you. Many of these languages are endangered. Thanks to these bloggers who helped contribute to this post:

@suzustarlight @tomatograffiti @grapefruitcake Disclaimer: There are a massive number of regional dialects in Japan, I am neither Japanese, nor an expert, so inevitably I will miss some off this list. If you want to share information about a dialect from a part of Japan you’ve visited or lived in please reblog and add some information or resources, so that we can get this post to a point where it’s as comprehensive as possible. Many thanks!

#Japanese #dialects

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Resume: I’m fluent in multiple languages

Reality:

language-and-stuffs-i-guess

me: *reblogs vocabulary list for highly specific medical terms in target language*

also me: *can’t count to past 10 in target language*

vainkielijutut

me: calls myself a langblr

also me: hasn't studied any language in two weeks, can barely remember how to speak english

se-wsi-paskahwsi

why you must be extra careful when speaking Finnish

example 1:

Tapaan sinut huomenna. = I’ll meet you tomorrow.

Tapan sinut huomenna. = I’ll kill you tomorrow.

example 2:

Vauvalla on tikkari. = The baby has a lollipop.

Vauvalla on tikari. = The baby has a dagger.

example 3:

Saatan käyttää sitä. = I might use it.

Saatana käyttää sitä. = Satan uses it.

#Finnish

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japanese phrases — explained

こんにちは → hello, good day

a lot of beginners wonder why “こんにちは” is spelled with a は instead of a わ. that is because こんにちは (in kanji, 今日は) is actually the beginning of a sentence, in which こんにち (今日, these days) is the topic, so the particle は is used! this sentence is:

“how are you these days?” 今日はご機嫌いかがですか? (こんにちはごきげんいかがですか?)

this also applies to “こんばんは” (good evening).

おはようございます → good morning

lit.: “it is early”

in casual speech this phrase is shortened to “おはよう”. the phrase “おはよう” is a combination of the honorific prefix お and the adverb 早く(はやく, early).

japanese adjectives used to end -ki. however, the /k/ was dropped during the muromachi period, and -ki adjectives became -i adjectives and their adverbial forms -ku became -u. while adjectives stayed in the -i form, the adverbial form reverted back to -ku, with only some expressions staying in the -u form.

/ohayaku/ → /ohayau/ → /ohayoː/

ございます is ~ ます conjugation of the archaic verb ござる (to be, to exist).

(おはようございます = honorific お + 早く, old adverbial form + polite conjugation of “to be”.)

おやすみなさい → good night

lit.: please rest

in casual speech this phrase is shortened to “おやすみ”. again, the honorific prefix お is used. this this it is combined with the 休みなさい (やすみなさい) which is the polite imperative of 休む (やすむ) “to rest”.

ありがとうございます → thank you

lit.: it is difficult to exist, it is welcome

in casual speech this phrase is shortened to “ありがとう”. it originated from the adverb ありがたく (welcome, nice to have). similar to おはよう, this adverb is also one of those expressions where the form with the dropped /k/ is still used. /ariɡataku/ → /ariɡatau/ → /ariɡatoː/

the etymology of the adverb itself can be seen through its kanji 有り難う. 有り (あり) “existence” derived from the verb 有る (ある) “to be” is combined with the archaic adjective 難い (かたい) “hard, difficult”, making it the adjective 有り難い (ありがたい) which is also used nowadays and means “welcome, nice to have”, literally however it would mean “it is difficult for something like this to exist” (which is why you’re thankful to have it :) )

this is combined with ございます, the ~ ます conjugation of the archaic verb ござる (to be, to exist).

(ありがとうございます = ありがとう, the adverbial form of 有り難い (ありがたい) “welcome, difficult to exist” + ございます “to be”)

いただきます → thank you for the food

lit.: i receive

this phrase is said before eating and means something along the lines of “let’s eat!” or “thank you for the food”. it is the polite ~ます conjugation of the humble verb 頂く(いただく) to receive.

ごちそうさまでした → thank you for the food, it was delicious

lit.: it was a feast, you ran around a lot

this phrase also means “thank you for the food”, but it’s used after you’ve finished eating. in casual speech this phrase is shortened to “ごちそうさま”. the honorific prefix ご is used in front of the noun 馳走 (ちそう) and the honorific suffix 様 (さま) is attached simply for politeness . the archaic meaning of 馳走 (ちそう) is “running about” and it also means “feast or treat” because someone must’ve worked (ran about) a lot for that. then the past tense of the copula です “to be” → でした is attached.

#Japanese

languagewhat

Language learning goal: To not include my native language nor English and still be able to list an impressive amount of languages I speak

deutsian

“Anhalten”

Someone: Omg German is such a logical langu-

Me: Have you met my friend ‘anhalten’?

deutsian

Episode #2: dereinst means both ‘at some point in the past’ and ‘at some point in the future’.

juliaanoia

also: umfahren. it can mean to drive around something or…well, run somthing over.

thatswhywelovegermany

für Verletzte sorgen can mean both: to care for injured or to (deliberately) cause injured

#German

iprobablyspeakyourlanguage

Language learning ask game !!

So I got bored and decided to make a language learning ask about your experience as a language enthusiast/leaner, I hope you will enjoy it ! You can send me numbers ofc and reblog it to be asked !

What is/are your mother tongue(s) ?

Can your friends and family members speak a language you can’t speak ? Would you like to learn it ?

What is the first foreign language you’ve ever (tried) to learn ?

How long have you been learning the languages you’re currently learning ?

How old were you when you first started learning a foreign language ?

What languages have you learnt at school ?

Is learning a particular foreign language an obligation in your country ? What language(s) ?

Have you always have the possibility to choose the foreign language/s you wanted to learn at school ?

How many foreign languages do you have to learn at school in your country ?

Have you ever had the opportunity to choose an optional language course at school ? What language(s) did you choose ?

Have you ever been on a school exchange ? Where ? What language(s) did you speak ? Was it a good experience ?

Have you always enjoyed language learning ? What made you enjoy it ?

What do you think about language learning/teaching at school in your country ?

Have you ever tried to learn a language on your own ? What one(s) ?

Have you ever failed to learn a language ? What one(s) ? Do you know why ?

Have you ever started your language learning over ? Why ? Is it better now ?

Do you share your language learning with your friends and family members ?

How do your friends and family members feel when they see you learning multiple languages ?

How do people react when you tell them you learn multiple languages ?

Do you live in a region where there is a particular language or dialect ? What one(s) ? Can you speak it ? Would you like to ?

What motivates you to learn a foreign language ?

Are you interested in more than the language itself (like, a country’s culture, history, nature…) ? Can those things motivate you to learn a language ?

Can some things prevent you from learning a language ? What things ?

Would you like to study/work/live abroad in order to improve your skills ? Are you planning to do so ?

Have you ever studied/worked/lived abroad ? Where ? Was it a good experience ?

Would you be capable of/enjoy leaving in foreign country you don’t speak the language of and learn it as you go along ? Are you planning to do so ?

Have you ever done that (see question above) ? Where ? Was it a good experience ? Do you speak the language now ?

Are you planning on learning another language ? What one(s) ?

What do you like learning the most ? (vocabulary, grammar, writing skills, oral skills… Whatever you can think of!)

On the opposite, what do you dislike learning the most ?

What frequent mistakes do you make in your language learning ? Any bad habits ?

What mistakes/bad habits have you overcame ?

What achievement(s) are you the most proud of ?

What do you think is the best for learning ? Websites and apps or books and notebooks and stuff ?

Any ultimate goals ?

Is there a language you would not like to learn ? What one(s) why ?

welcometojoelsvoid

Here’s a simple colour-coded chart about the tenses in the Finnish language

I made the second picture and the English version of the chart in the first picture. The original chart (among other things) you can find here https://kielipoliisi.wordpress.com/2015/02/23/aikamuodot/ (sorry for the ugly link but I feel like these could be helpful for a lot of people so I want this post to show up in searches)

Finnish might seem like an intimidating and complicated language (which it can be at times, even for us Finns) but there are simple patterns even this mess of a language has that are easy to follow.

I would put a transcription and I wanted to put more verbs in there but I’m really sick right now, I’m sorry ;^;

Please keep in mind that while I am a Certified Finn, I do have a problem with dyslexia but I tried really hard to make sure this is 100% perfect. If you spot mistakes, feel free to correct me!

#Finnish

japanesetranslated

先

さき

先 can be a confusing word when it’s used in many different ways. Especially when its uses include the words previous, prior, ahead and future. Let’s break down its many uses.

1.) Tip, Point

針の先 (はりのさき)

the tip of a needle

指の先 (ゆびさき)

fingertips

2.) First, ahead

彼女は私より先に駅に着いた。(かのじょはわたしよりさきにえきについた。)

She got to the station before me. She got to the station ahead of me.

大事なことは先にしましょう。(だいじなことはさきにしましょう)

Let’s do the most important thing first. First things first.

先に失礼します。(さきにしつれいします。)

Please excuse me for leaving before/ahead of you. ( Used when leaving work before others.)

3.) future

これから先何が起きるか誰も分からない。(こらからさきなにがおきるかだれもわからない。)

No one can tell what will happen in the future.

まだまだ先は長い。 (まだまださきはながい。)

There is still a long way to go.

月旅行できるのもそう先の話ではない。(つきりょこうできるのもそうさきのはなしではない。)

We will be able to travel to the moon in the near future. ( 先の話 means a long way off, matter for the future)

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#Japanese

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#uuuugh #puns #I’m crying

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透明

とうめい

Transparent

半透明「はんとうめい」Translucent

不透明「ふとうめい」Opaque

#Japanese

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Talking about food in japanese

who doesnt love food? here’s a vocab list about food-related words. i tried making one with less commun expressions (i initially made this for myself and then made it more ‘complete for the langblr community). enjoy ~

Vocabulary:

箸「はし」: chopstick

椀「わん」: bowl

割烹着「かっぽうぎ」: coverall apron

おかず : side dish

おつまみ : snack, side dish

胡椒「こしょう」: pepper

塩「しお」: salt

酢「す」: vinegar

調味料「ちょうみりょう」: condiment, seasoning

すっきり: simple (taste)

香ばしい「こうばしい」: slight crisp, toasty aroma

なめらか: smooth

脂が乗ってる「あぶらがのってる」: fatty (oily)

カラッとしている : it’s crispy (for fried things)

ぼそぼそ : dry, crumbly, tasteless

繊細「せんさいい」 : delicate (taste)

まろやか : in between creamy and soft

洗練されている「せんれんされている」: refined

残り「のこり」: leftovers

切り落とし「きりおとし」: leftover pieces (when slicing food)

煮物「にもの」: food cooked by boiling or stewing

Verbs:

煮る「にる」: to boil

炊く「たく」: to cook (grains, e.g. rice)

火を通す「ひをとおす」: to cook, to heat

蒸らす「むらす」: to cook by steam

Sentences:

舌鼓を打つ「したつづみをうつ」: poetic way to express how delicious smth is

頬が落ちる「ほほがおちる」: lit. ‘so delicious my cheeks fell’

病み付きになる「やみつきになる」: ‘this is addictive!’

味にコクがある「あじにこくがある」: [this dish] is very tasty

深みがある「ふかみがある」: [this dish] has lots of flavor

#Japanese

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