[ChuppyGirl]

Konechiwa is in Japanee's maybe DocSanae can teahc us more hehehehe
it means Hello... I'll use the same word in different languages everyday..plz gals help me PP~

Ok lemme recall what have I eaten today so far hmmmmm
7:00 Coffee with cheese stick
B: small white bun pizza (I felt guilty and wanted to stick my finger and force myself to vomite it)
S: Coffee
L: Chicken kababs and tawooq with hummus and cole slaw
water ater water
S: 3 g carb ice cream, 2 peices of cantaloupe
S: 2 cheese sticks
D: home made cole slaw low carb salad.

J's the temp here at noon reaches 55 C's!!!! I feel totally exhausted!

[DocSanae]

Going off topic, but
Ummm, to be accurate, it's "konnichiwa".
Actually, good morning is "ohayou gozaimasu" or just "ohayou" to people whom you know well.
Konnichiwa is more like good day, so we're likely to use it late in the morning (if we do say it before noon) into the afternoon.
For evening/night, it's "konbanwa." If you are saying good night to someone before sleep, it's "oyasuminasai"
Good bye in general, is "sayounara."
Incidentally, the consecutive vowels in Japanese are pronounced indepedenly, so, "ohayou" is close to "Ohio" in pronounciation, and to the unfamiliar ear, it may actually sound like Ohio, the "o" and "u" together sounding like a lengthened o as in oh. So, if you come here and hear a lot of people saying "ohio" in the morning, they are actually saying morning greetings. Adding "gozamiasu" make the greeting politer.

So, how do you say the greetings in Arabic?

Oh, yeah, since I posted here, even though I'm a normie, just FYI.
B: banana and 1 cup fat free yougurt
L: 280mlveggie juice; a couple of sticks of yakitori (barbecued chicken, Japanese style- the chicken is cut into pieces about 1" square or 2-2.5cm and 4-5 pieces on a stick); cinnamon & maple syrup toast.
S:bowl of rice (approx100kcal); Chinese--beef, negi (Japanese onion) shiitake mushroom and broccoli sauteed with oyster sauce--my helping was about 1 cup of that; cabbage, carrot, spinach baby leaf and tomato salad; half of a boiled potato.
500ml water (Crystal Geyser) 500ml bottled Japanese wheat tea (yeah, we have such a thing as well as green tea) 500ml sports drink(since this was my gym workout night)

[Kat]

Konbanwa, ya'll.
B poaced egg, lf cheese, 2T oatmeal
protein shake w/skim milk
L 2oz. grilled salmon, 1T green beans, 2T baked spud w/1t. sr. crm.
D 2oz. grilled salmon, 1Tlf cream cheese, 2T baked spud

[FemmeMode]

B: coffee w/ Advant Edge mocha Latte (protein shake)
S: string cheese...2 bites of turkey
L: crackers & spinach/turkey/artichoke dip
S:

Oooooh....my cousins just made some popcorn...and I don't think I've smelled something sooooo good in a very long time....I may have to try some.

We are making a large family meal tonight....speghetti with meat sauce. (Nothings "low fat" in my family...but, I'll probably only have a few bites of sauce....)

I'm not drinking as much as I should....but, I'm working on it....

OT: The close of our house was suppose to begin sometime today...and we were suppose to sign all the papers today...but, everythings been delayed....I pray everything will work out tomorrow...it's a bit irritating!!

[ChuppyGirl]

Originally Posted by DocSanae

Going off topic, but
Ummm, to be accurate, it's "konnichiwa".
Actually, good morning is "ohayou gozaimasu" or just "ohayou" to people whom you know well.
Konnichiwa is more like good day, so we're likely to use it late in the morning (if we do say it before noon) into the afternoon.
For evening/night, it's "konbanwa." If you are saying good night to someone before sleep, it's "oyasuminasai"
Good bye in general, is "sayounara."
Incidentally, the consecutive vowels in Japanese are pronounced indepedenly, so, "ohayou" is close to "Ohio" in pronounciation, and to the unfamiliar ear, it may actually sound like Ohio, the "o" and "u" together sounding like a lengthened o as in oh. So, if you come here and hear a lot of people saying "ohio" in the morning, they are actually saying morning greetings. Adding "gozamiasu" make the greeting politer.

So, how do you say the greetings in Arabic?

Wowwwww!! Thank you very much for adding new Japanees words to my dictionary. It's really cool to know many languages. So do you speak any other language other than your mother tongue language and english?
I know only 2 Arabic and English. Neet I can see American girls they speak spanish too

Kat it's beautiful to have a face associated with your name on this board. You look like a very shy personality I can see that from your body language. Keep your chin up girl you look fabiolous SO tell me what does Konbanwa mean?

I'd love to keep language exchange lessons growing what does everyone think?

[DocSanae]

The only languages I am fluent in are English and Japanese.
However, I studied French for 5 years as foreign language studies in British and American schools, plus 1 year in pre-med here. Also, 2 years of German, and 1 year of Latin in pre-med. Give me a dictionary, and I will somehow plod through French and German...I had to read a paper in German once, to use as reference for my PhD paper, and I also had to take exams in English (manadatory) and either French(which I chose) or German as a pre-requisite for submitting the PhD papers. All past history .
I always think of picking up my French studies again, but have never had the time to.
Incidentally, I saw an Arabic language lesson on TV not so long ago, and found it fun to watch. I haven't followed up on the rest of the series though, sorry to say.

I consider language as culture itself, so getting to know a language goes a long way in understanding the culture that uses the particular language for communication.