I'm going to break down what I've learned in the last little while by category.
Days of the week
doyoobi - Saturday
nichiyoobi - Sunday
getsuyoobi - Monday
kayoobi - Tuesday
suiyoobi - Wednesday
I haven't learned the rest of them yet, but I will know them in a few days! I'm trying not to learn similar words at the same time so that I don't get confused.
In no particular order:
Directions
right - migi
left - hidori
front - mae
Verbs
okimasu - to get up (this one I remember because it's similar to 'kimasu', which means to go... and to go, you first need to get up)
nemasu - to sleep
arimasu - there is
wakarimasu - to understand
machimasu - to wait (the dictionary form of this is matsu; the final syllable goes through a strange sound shift that I don't quite understand. However, I haven't really explained dictionary forms yet, so I will wait for more dissection of this until I do.)
Nouns
eigakan - movie theatre
basu tei - bus stop
byooin - hospital
tatemono - building
puuru - swimming pool
umi - sea
kippu - ticket
tenki - weather
hikooki - airplane
(o)miyage - souvenir
(o)tera - temple
tsukue - desk
tegami - letter (I remember this one because the end is the same as 'origami', which also has to do with paper)
kodomo - child
tabemono - food
nomimono - drink (the -mono ending seems to go with nouns)
Adjectives
furui - old
atarashii - new
muzukashii - difficult
hayai - early
goro - at about (time)
sakki - a little while ago
Wow, when I put that all together, it seems like a lot of stuff. But it's taken me quite a while to learn it, I've just been lazy about blogging. I will get better, I promise!
