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Hello this is Part 16 in a 25 part series in Essential Japanese These mini lessons give the beginning learner useful tips, to improve their Japanese language learning.
The follow tip tells you how to manipulate an already know word and by adding the ppoi ending to the word you alter its meaning making it take on qualities of said word Giving you more word power Practice by putting every word you can think of into the form word or phrase + ppoi ng the words you already know and simply putting ppoi on them Gain ground towards your mastery of Japanese even faster than you ever thought possible.
Todays Tip: How to easily turn any known noun to have the quality or likeness or bearing a resemblence or likeness of we use 'ish'.
Emi: What Color is your new car? (Atarashii kuruma wa nan iro desu ka?) John: Oh... its sort of reddish'. What do you think (Do kana chotto akkappoi kana...Do omoimasu ka?) Emi: Humm... I think it looks more pinkish than it does red. Don't you see it? ( So desu ne... akkappoi yori wa pinku ppoi ni miemasen ka?) In America when we want to say that something has style we might say it is stylish, or technically, it bears the qualities of being in style. We do the same to make Japanese words take on this ish by using the following formula noun+ ppoi = 'nounish'
Tip #16 - Japanese noun+ppoi = English noun)+ish. (or simple word,words or phrase) You could think of it this way, pretend you are in Hawaii dipping your words in poi( something that a lot of Hawaiins eat. (If you don't know what poi is check it out here http://www.hawaii.com, and after you dip them they become all covered in poi or just pretend like they are dripping in poi therefore taking on the quality or air of the poi.
Practice hint - say aloud all your favorite Japanese words and dip them in poi its fun to see what kinda of new meanings come out of words you already knew. Its similiar to the -ly of adverbs If we want to say the car is sluggish ) osoppoi. Just like in English where we can stick ish on the tail end of just about any word. here are some words for you to practice add ppoi to the end of these Japanese words to make them take on an air like or have the qualities of the word, word-like or 'wordish'.
Instructinos: Find these words in Japanese then add ppoi and poof thats it word creation and more word power at your fingertips and remember more words = more fluency. Memorizing means making a big commitment to yourself that you'll keep trying everyday. There are two works that could help you make it easier memorizing words check out Click Here! or Click Here!
colors: pinkish, blueish, pinkish, reddish etc. (need a dictionary? shapes: squarish, roundish, descriptive: sluggish, etc.
There... now you have increased your vocabulary 100 fold equpped you'll be able to add around 74% new vocabulary to your Japanese Language arsenal of Vocabulary. And remember one way to measure fluency is by how many total words you know. By learning about the ppoi principle you have just added a lot more words to it. Ganbatte ne!. Do your Best! Until next time.
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