Aisatsu no uta desu. This is a song about greetings. It begins in the morning with ‘ohayou gozaimasu’ and continues through the day until ‘oyasumi nasai’, which means good night.
Here is a sing along sheet and a translation. (Don’t worry about the grammar, I’ll teach it to you soon):
Sing-Along Sheet
A I u e o – Oyahou
Ka ki ku ke- Konnichi wa
Genki ni aisatsu shitemiyou!
Asa okitara- ohayou gozaimasu!
Onaka pekopeko- Itadakimasu!
Onaka ippai- Gochisousama
Genki ni gakkou- Ittekimasu
Tomodachi Ippai- Konnichiwa
Shukudai wasurete- Gomen nasai
Keshigomu karate- Arigatou
Mata asoboune- Sayounara
Ouchi ni tsuitara- tadaima
Papa no omukae- Okaeri nasai
Omiyage moratte- Arigatou
Ashita asobuzo- Otasumi nasai
A I u e- ohayou
Ka ki ku ke- konban wa
Genki ni aisatsu tanoshii ne
Translation
A I u e- good morning
Ka ki ku ke- Good Afternoon
Let’s do some basic greetings.
When you wake up in the morning- good morning!
When your stomach is dented (hungry)- let’s eat
When your stomach is full- That was a good meal
When you head off to school- I’ll be back soon
When you find your good friends- Good afternoon/Hello
When you forget your homework- I’m sorry
When you have to borrow an eraser- thank you
When you will see your friends later- Goodbye
When you arrive at your home- I’m back
When your papa greets you- Welcome back
When you receive a present- Thank you
When you will play tomorrow- Good night!
A I u e- good morning
Ka ki ku ke- good evening
Basic greetings are fun aren’t they?
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Back to the alphabet. Today, I’ll add sagyo, tagyo, gagyo, and zagyo.
SAGYO and TAGYO
It still uses ‘insert letter here’ de hajimeru kotoba.
GAGYO and ZAGYO
You’ll realize that this is kagyo and sagyo symbols with a ” next to them. The ” merely changes the sound of the symbol. The symbol itself only carries the extra “, but is otherwise unchanged. I’ll list the change in sounds:
k-g
s-z
t-d
n- no change
h- changes into b with a ” and into p with a degree looking symbol
m- no change
y- no change
r- no change
This is a very good hiragana sheet that lists the hiragana, they’re changes and their combinations. A combination is when you get a hiragana sound and add a small ya, yu, or yo to the ends. The sound is still on syllable, but has a different,well, sound.
Example;
ki-yo= kyo (no pronounced ki-yo, because it is on syllable)
ki-ya= kya
etc..
that is the Hiragana Chart.
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