taelmx

1. r's can also be l's...(ru is said the same as lu)


2. n and m are also the same.(ん)


3. silent u for desu, masu, ect.


4. masu is present/future tense, mashita is past tense.


5. add desu n ga to make somrthing more polite.(hoshi desu -> hoshi desu n ga)


6. ee means yes.


7. sylables such as kyo（きょ）, pyu（ぴゅ, and nya（にゃ） have a smaller y- ending


8. tsu（つ） is different than su（す）


9. forein words and names are written in katakana（カタカナ）


10. nihon- japan, nihongo-language


11. iimasu for people, arimasu for things

じゃあまだ

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OffTheChain

Some minor corrections and explanations:

In Kanto dialect, especially its Tokyo variation, IIRC, all syllables of "ra" line except "ru" are actually pronounced with "l" -- "la", "li", "le" and "lo".

Nope. There's just is a rule that "n" before syllables of "ha" line should be pronounced as "m". See "manga" vs. "shimbun".

Unstressed "-u" and "-i" syllables with unvoiced consonants ("su", "ku", "fu", "pu", "ki" and so on) always fall silent.

It's just "desu ga" -- no "n" in the middle. Adding "ga" to the end of a sentence means uncertainty (like in "something, but...") and is belittling the speaker, so it is considered poilte in Japanese.

That's "imasu".

OffTheChain

mah home town!

okinawan....lets not even go there shall we? xD

its not like your bog-standard japanese. much more different you wouldnt understand it.

PLUS okinawan is an ancient language xD

OffTheChain

LOL well yeh >.>....insults in okinawan is the best way to go especially if ya dont want the person to understand

taelmx

I learned in....Ginza dialect????O.o

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OffTheChain

lol that explains it then x3

jasmi2004

there is small mistake

nihon-go means japanese language
E-go , means English language

no wrong but I have some thing to add
masuen is present/future tense negative, masuendehita is past tense negative
not sure about the spelling

and thank you for this topic it is great

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