Bikurishita!!
Wow 11 days and no posts!! Either nothing is going on on my life or...I don't know what! Maybe a combination of both. Just so you know, I am know a katakana master. I finally completed the transition tonight. All I had left was my r sounds and my y sounds but I really have been lazy for about a week. But I actually knew most of them already because I had been able to guess their sounds from reading katakana in the gym and whatnot. It really has opened up a whole new world for me in the gym-I can actually read some simple machine instructions and schedules. Here are some examples. See if you can translate them from katakana into normal english.
- kwi-ku stah-to
- sto-pu
- te-nee-sue ko-ru-toh
- she-toe (picture a weight machine instruction here)
- cheh-su-to
- sue-pee-do
- sha-wah
- roh-keh-ru
Here are a few more that I'm getting from my kids book-they have nothing to do with the gym-I'll try to provide a little hint for each.
- keh-key (a sweet desert)
- meh-ro-N (a fruit)
- rah-ee-oh-N (an animal)
- new-doh-rue (another food)
- mee-rue-ku (a drink)
- nah-ee-fu (a tool maybe)
- heh-ru-meh-to (for a hockey player maybe)
- ah-ee-roh-N (keeps your shirts looking nice)
8 comments:
Answers, Meh.
OK Brendan! I got them all except "she-toe" and "sue-pee-do".
It was easy once I realised that the "r" was really an "l" sound. So does this mean you can read this katakana, or does it help you speak the language on a daily basis?? (I'm not sure how helpful "gymnese" is when you go to the grocery store!!) Keep it up. I think with a glass or two of wine, I could maybe make up my own katakana!
The title has me stumped. Sounds rather rude!
she-to is "seat", (as in if you're "this tall" then set the seat to "this level")
sue-pee-do is "speed"
Bikurishata means "surprised" or "amazed" which Fumiko finds really cute and funny when I say it for some reason. Probably for the same reason that I do when she says "Unbelievable!" or "Sho-ku!" (shock!)
I thought it was like
Brushetta...
:)
Ok, I'll admit it, I'm completely ignorant. What the hell are you talking about? Katakana?
Eh-mi-ree, fee-ree-stei-nu!
Emiri na po-ree-gro-tu!
Stay in school and stick with English- it's easier!
Everyone knows that the only word you ever need to know in japan is.........
baka
:D-/-<
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