is this correct? 1) how do I ask "Is this correct?" 2) あかい　ほんを　ください。 あおい　えんぺんつも　ください。 あかい　ほん　と　あおい　えんぺんつも　ください。

comprehension I am not sure how to complete the following: 1) あなたの　あねえさは　どこに　つとめて　いますか。 ＿＿＿＿　に　つとめて　います。 どこの　ぎんこうですか。 とうきょうぎんこうです。 ２） ＿＿＿＿　ですか。 ２さいです。

Help with homework particles In the following sentences I do not understand which particles to use and why: 1) ははわ　いま　スイス　_____ います。I think this should be に ２）わたしは　でんぶら　_____ たべました。 ３）かいしゃは　９じ　_____ はじまります。I think this should be に

Travels - トリップ わたしはいきましたにほん11月. わたしはときょとあさむにおとほたか わたしたちはロボトショのこぎりとおいしミールたびません

Places and Paricles This wee was another class talking about the use of direction, north south east west and many other ways of expressing location; それは　Los Angeles のひがし　に　あれます　- East それは　New York のにし　に　あります - West それは　United States のみなみ　に　あります - South それは　Mexico のきた　に　あります - North それは　いえ　のなか　に　あります - Inside それは　いえ　のさと　に　あれます - Outside それは　いえ　のまえ　に　あれます - Front of... それは　いえ　のうしろ　い　あります - back of...

Numbers and Counting When counting I realized there are different ways for counting different things. for numbers I believe this is correct; 100 - ひゃく - hyaku 200 - にはく - nihyaku 300 - さんはく - sanbyaku 400 - よんはく - yonhyaku 500 - ごひゃく - gohyaku 600 - ろっぴゃく - roppyaku 700 - ななひゃく - nanahyaku 800 - はっぴゃく - happyaku 900 - きゅうきゃく - kyuuhyaku 1000 - せん - sen 2000 - にせん - nisen 3000 - さんせん - sansen 4000 - よんせん - yonsen 5000 - ごせん - gosen 6000 - ろせん - rokusen 7000 - ななせん - nanasen 8000 - はっせ - hassen 9000 - きゅせん - kyuusen 10000 - いちまん - ichiman 20000 - にまん - niman 30000 - さんまん - sanman 40000 -　　よんまん - yonman 50000 - ごまん - goman 60000 - ろくまん - rokuman 70000 - ななまん - nanaman 80000 - はしまん - hashiman 90000 - きゅうまん - kyuuman 100000 - じゅうまん - juuman 200000 - にじゅまん - nijuuman 300000 - さんじゅうまん - sanjuuman 400000 - よんじゅうまん - yonjuuman 500000 - ごじゅうまん - gojuuman 600000 - ろくじゅうまん - rokujuuman 700000 - ななじゅうまん - nanajuuman 800000 - はしじゅうまん - hashijuuman 900000 - きゅじゅうまん - kyuujuuman 1000000 - いちおく - ichioku

Akai Tori - Hiragana Practice I find singing songs (I can really sing) is a good way to help remember Hiragana. One of the first I learned was Akai Tori. Use this short song for translation practice... :) あかい　とり　ことり。 　なぜ、なぜ、あかい。 あかい　みを　たべた。 あおい　とり　ことり。 　なぜ、なぜ、あかい。 あおい　みを　たべた。 しろい　とり　ことり。 　なぜ、なぜ、たべた。 しろい　みを　たべた。

Tools to help... As I am 'New' to japanese, I can only really speak basic sentences and begin to work with time, dates and distance relationships. これ、それ、あれ. This makes speaking a bit challenging (and fun in silly ways), so I have found some tools that I believe are helpful, as also learning the written language is also a great tool to understand what people are trying to explain. BaiBoard - this is an on-line white board for MAC or iPad that allows you to draw pictures and show drawings by sharing them live with your speaking partner. App or Website: RealKana - this app/site will allow you to learning Hiragana/Kana and like a flashcard system allow you to review and practice using written text, different font styles (hugely helpful) as different fonts makes the kana look different. You can also use it as a traditional flash card system. It will also identify your problem Kana and review them more often for you. I find personally the structure of a formal class is great for the 'Grammar' portion of learning, and then here I can re-inforce what I am learning in class by letting my instructors know what it is I am currently studying, and I feel less embarrassed at my currently limited but growing knowledge. This really helps keeping the expectations realistic and does not confuse me with multiple learning paths. I follow the long term plan that my 'Formal in person' class offers and then use Italki, and the other tools to supplement. I also let me conversation partners know that I am limited with my speech in the foreign language and that this fact will actually be fun (as well as a bit frustrating) as I will always laugh at what I can not yet say. Good Luck to all... Duane

はじました　Nice to meet you This is my first day on iTalki, I am looking forward to this adventure and seeing how I can use it to accelerate my very basic Nihongo. I am Duane, nice to meet you, I hope we build a great friendship. わたしわ Duane です。どぞ　よるしく。