How to introduce myself in Japanese?

• Bangulzai

  2 Aug 09, 23:08

  Yes, yes, Dark Honour you are absolutely correct on this point!  It was my mistake, my honour to meet your Dark Honour!

• SBS2601D

  2 Aug 09, 23:21

  Originally posted by Bangulzai:

  Tips:

  Regarding the Hiragana chart, depending on whether you are Chinese proficient + Dialect proficient, you can trace them to the original cursive script (�书) of the Chinese Characters, thus it will help you very easy to remember due to the similarity in the pronunciation with several dialects

  It can even help you in reading ancient Japanese texts (eg. the Man'yÅ�gana) and vice versa if you read the Man'yÅ�gana first, it can help you in remembering the Hiragana

  Some very well-known examples (with rough knowledge of �书 and some guessing work):

  � = 以 (same pronunciation as in all Chinese Dialects)

  � = 世 (same pronunciation as in Hokkien "se")

  � = 加 (same pronunciation as in Cantonese/Hakka "ka")

  も = 毛 (same pronunciation as in Teochew/Shanghainese "mo")

  � = 安 (same pronunciation as in Mandarin "an" dropping the "n")

  � = 太 (same pronunciation as in Shanghainese "t'a" dropping the aspiration)

  � = � (same pronunciation as in Hockchiu "niŋ" dropping the "ŋ")

  � = 末 (same pronunciation as in Hakka "mat" dropping the "t")

  yeah....

  se gai in hokkien = sekai in jap....

  another one I can think of is wei lai in chinese = mirai in jap.

• Bangulzai

  2 Aug 09, 23:35

  yes yes, you are absolutely correct!  how good if u had earlier joined in this thread leh: http://www.sgforums.com/forums/2138/topics/352125

   

• SBS2601D

  2 Aug 09, 23:38

  Originally posted by Bangulzai:

  yes yes, you are absolutely correct!  how good if u had earlier joined in this thread leh: http://www.sgforums.com/forums/2138/topics/352125

   

  
  that's about all I learnt from the jap songs I listened to.

  aside from the stuff like the ones mentioned here.

• eeden.

  2 Aug 09, 23:42

  introduction: "yamatte,yamette,etai!etai!" :lol:
• Bangulzai

  2 Aug 09, 23:42

  no problem, even i pick up here and there too

  that sekai and mirai are very classic examples

  another one that i think of now is 铅笔

  Hokkien  ien-pit     Japanese   enpitsu

• Bangulzai

  2 Aug 09, 23:43

  Originally posted by eeden.:

  introduction:

  “yamatte,yamette,etai”

  yamete, yamete,  itai~~

• Shao Wei

  2 Aug 09, 23:49

  watashi ichiban.

• ditzy

  2 Aug 09, 23:50

  watashi kaninabe.

• Dark Honour

  15 Aug 09, 16:26

  minnan/hokkien is most similar to sino-japanese vocabulary i think

  in fact, japan in hokkien is jit-pun...some ppl think that this is how japan got its name from the europeans who visited china during the middle ages (since middle chinese was close to hokkien)

• seyKai

  15 Aug 09, 16:38

  anone wakarimasen

• Fryderyk HPH

  15 Aug 09, 16:52

  Originally posted by ditzy:

  watashi kaninabe.

  ROFL~!

• Short Ninja

  15 Aug 09, 17:24

  Originally posted by Bangulzai:

  YES!  Perfect answer this is.

  
  The best autthentic answer should be.

  Hajimemashite, Jason tomoshimasu!

  It is the most polite and formal form of self introduction

  When someone ask you 'Onamae wa?'

  Then you could reply, 'Tua Pek Kong desu' or whatever your name might be.