Learn the difference between the casual and more polite forms of the phrases
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| Remember in our previous lesson, we learned こんにちは。 (Konnichiwa) is a general greeting meaning hi or hello. In this lesson, we are going to learn more general greetings おはようございます。 (Ohayō gozaimasu.) こんばんは。 (Konbanwa..) and おやすみなさい。 | |
| (Oyasuminasai.) おはよう。 (ohayō.) means good morning and おはようございます。 (Ohayō gozaimasu.) is a more polite way to say it because ございます (gozaimasu) increases the politeness level of the phrase. As we learned, こんにちは。 (Konnichiwa.) is a general greeting that means hi or hello but it can also mean good afternoon. こんばんは、 (Konbanwa.) means good evening and usually people use it after sunset. おやすみなさい。 (Oyasuminasai.) is usually used before going to bed. This phrase comes from the verb やすむ。 (yasumu.) which means to take rest or to go to bed. お(o) is a prefix used to make a phrase polite. So this literally means please go to bed in a polite way. | |
| So now, you learned all the basic greetings to use throughout the day. Let’s practice. おはようございます。 (Ohayō gozaimasu.) こんにちは。 (Konnichiwa.) こんばんは。 (Konbanwa.) おやすみなさい。 (Oyasuminasai.) | |
| Now it’s time for Hiroko’s hint. When you want to say おはようございます。 (Ohayō gozaimasu.) or おやすみなさい。 (Oyasuminasai.) to your friends or family, you can say おはよう。 (Ohayō.) or おやすみ。 (Oyasumi.) |
139 Comments
Hideみなさん, What greeting would you use where you are right now? It’s evening here in Tokyo, so こんばんは！😄
Bobさん
こんばんは！おやすみなさい😄
Miki(美希)
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Hi クリスチャン
Thank you for leaving the comment.
Keep up practicing😉
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Cristiane (クリスチアネ)
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みなさん。こんばんは。
先生、こんばんは！
Ashleighさん、
わかりました。😄
おやすみなさい。
Yuki 由紀
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it is bed time for me, so I would say おやすみなさい
thank you for the lesson. あリがとうございます。
Konnichiwa.
You have us so please read dialogues and repeat after podcast.
Also you can write sentences about yourself and read and memorize them.😄
Yuki 由紀
Team JapanesePod101.com
I don’t know how to practice japanese in the US, please give me some advice,
Arigatou, John
クリストファーさん
こんにちは。😄
そうですか。わかりました。
Yuki 由紀
Team JapanesePod101.com
こんいちは! It is late afternoon (the sun is still out) here in the United States of America.