I am trying to learn a bit of conversational Japanese right now. My sister and I are planning a trip to Tokyo to visit our brother in August, so we are both trying to keep from getting totally lost.

According to a teacher pal of mine (she teaches French) as you work you get a few breakthroughs, then you plateau for a bit.

That’s me right now…I sort of get the sentence structure, but all I know how to say is:

Watashi wa kippu no doko des ka?

Which I think means “Where is my ticket”?

Useful, no? I can totally see surviving for a week with just that phrase.

Along those lines, here’s a website full of Japanese anti-smoking ads. They are hilarious…this one has a Haiku theme.

My dad, who knows about 6 languages conversationally, if not fluently, says the best thing to do is learn about 5 action verbs. The nouns you can communicate with hand gestures. I figure I can add a few please/thank you type things. Can’t hurt.

Anyone know Japanese? Any hints?

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Posted:   Tuesday, February 6th, 2007 at 1:00 am