Japanese Tongue Twister 6

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はやくちことば/ Tongue Twisters

(A) すもももももももものうち　

        Sumomomomomomomomonouchi

(1)すもも (2)も (3)もも (4)も(5)もも (6)のうち　
Both (Japanese) plums and peaches are kinds/varieties of peaches.

(1)すもも：Japanese plums
(There are over 300 varieties. They are juicy but more sour than peaches.)
(2)も：also
(3)もも：peaches
(4)も：also
(5)もも： peaches
(6)のうち：kinds of, parts of, members of

(2)(4) AもBも:both A and B


(B) 東京特許許可局 

I can repeat up to .... 3 times. Never passed 5. How about you?

とうきょうとっきょとかきょく
Tokyou tokkyo kyokakyoku
Tokyo Patent Office

東京：Tokyo
特許：patent
許可：permit, approval
局： office, a bureau,

Japanese Tonuge Tiwster 5

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I can't say "この竹垣（kono takegaki）," so I can never finish the sentence. Oh, well...

はやくちことば (Tongue Twisters):

この竹垣に竹立てかけたのは竹立てかけたかったから竹立てかけた

このたけがきにたけたてかけたのはたけたてかけたかったからたけたてかけた
Kono takegaki ni take tatekaketa nowa take tatekake takatta kara take tatekaketa.
I leaned the bamboos against the bamboo fences just because I wanted to lean bamboos against them.


竹: たけ, take - bamboos
竹垣：たけがき, takegaki -bamboo fences

この竹垣に竹立てかけたのは:The reason why I leaned the bamboos against the bamboo fences
竹立てかけたかったから: since I wanted to place/lean bamboos
竹立てかけた: I placed/leaned bamboos

Japanese Tongue Twister 4

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Today's Japanese Tongue Twister is:

赤パジャマ黄パジャマ茶パジャマ

あかぱじゃま　きぱじゃま　ちゃぱじゃま
aka pajama, ki pajama, cha pajama
Red pajamas, yellow pajamas, and brown pajamas

Let's start slowly - then speed up - and repeat it very fast 10 times in a raw. Good luck.

red = 赤 （あか, aka） or 赤色（あかいろ, akairo）
yellow = 黄 （き, ki） or 黄色（きいろ, kiiro）
brown = 茶　（ちゃ, cha) or 茶色（ちゃいろ, chairo）
pajama = パジャマ (pajama) or 寝間着（ねまき, nemaki）

Japanese Word Search Puzzle: Colors

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色（いろ, iro）: colors

Find colors in Japanese and circle around the words.  They can be found in any directions. How many do you find?

Japanese word search puzzle 1: colors

 Let's review colors in Japanese.

 * あか (aka): red
 * あお (ao): blue
 * きいろ (kiiro): yellow
 * きみどり (kimidori): chartreuse
 * みどり (midori): green
 * しろ (shiro): white
 * くろ (kuro): black
 * むらさき (murasaki): purple
 * ももいろ (momoiro): pink, peach color
 * はいいろ (haiiro): gray

Japanese Tongue Twister 3

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Kame: turtle

Today's Japanese tongue twister is:
Repeat 10 times in a row. Have fun!

OYAGAME NO UENI KOGAME,
KOGAME NO UENI MAGOGAME,
MAGOGAME NO UENI HIMAGOGAME

親亀の上に子亀
子亀の上に孫亀
孫亀の上にひ孫亀

(おやがめのうえに　こがめ　こがめのうえに　まごがめ　まごがめのうえに　ひまごがめ)
(Oyagame no ueni kogame, kogame no ueni magogame, magogame no ueni himagogame)
A child turtle is on top of a parent turtle, a grand child turtle is on top of a child turtle, and a great grand child turtle is on top of a grand child turtle.

Xの上に（Xのうえに, X no ueni）: on top of X

When you make a compound noun, こ（ko） becomes が（ga）
こ(ko/child)+かめ(kame/turtle) ---> こがめ(kogame)


亀（かめ, kame）: turtle and tortoise
海亀（うみがめ, umigame）: a sea turtle
陸亀（りくがめ, rikugame）:a tortoise

家族（かぞく, kazoku）: family
親（おや, oya）: a parent, parents
両親（りょうしん, ryoushin）: parents
母（はは, haha）: my mother (a polite/formal form when you speak to someone else)*
おかあさん(okaasan): mother, mom
父（ちち, chichi）: my father (a polite/formal form)*
おとうさん(otousan): father, dad
祖父（そふ, sofu）: grandfather (a polite/formal form)*
おじいさん (ojii-san): grandfather
おじいちゃん(ojii-chan): grandpa
祖母（そぼ, sobo）: grandmother (a polite/formal form)*
おばあさん (obaa-san): grandmother
おばあちゃん (obaa-chan): grandma, nana
子 (こ, ko): a child
子供（こども, kodomo): a child, children
孫（まご）: grand kid(s)
ひ孫（ひまご）: great grand kid(s)

Japanese Tongue Twisters 2

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Tongue Twisters: 早口言葉　（はやくちことば;hayakuchi kotoba）

Link to: Japanese Tongue Twisters 1
Link to: Japanese Numbers

カエルぴょこぴょこ 三ぴょこぴょこ 合わせてぴょこぴょこ 六ぴょこぴょこ
かえるぴょこぴょこ みぴょこぴょこ あわせてぴょこぴょこ むぴょこぴょこ
kaeru pyokopyoko mi-pyokopyoko  awasete pyokopyoko mu-pyokopyoko
(Frogs are hopping, 3 more are hopping, altogether, six are hopping)

Can you repeat this Japanese tongue twister 10 times in a row?

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If you would like to study on weekend, please view my old post to review Japanese numbers.


三 (3) :　み, mi
六 (6) :　む, mu

The classic way to count in Japanese:
ひ　ふ　み(三/3)　よ　いつ　む（六/6）　なな　や　ここ　とお

Japanese Tongue Twisters 1

早口言葉　（はやくちことば）　HAYAKUCHI KOTOBA：　TONGUE TWISTERS

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Let's have fun with a tongue twister today. This is probably the most famous one in Japan.

In kanji characters: 生麦　生米　生卵
In hiragana letters: なまむぎ　なまごめ　なまたまご
In katakana letters: ナマムギ　ナマゴメ　ナマタマゴ
In Roman letters:NAMAMUGI NAMAGOME NAMATAMAGO
In English: RAW WHEAT, RAW RICE, RAW EGGS


How fast can you say "なまむぎ(namamugi)　なまごめ(namagome)　なまたまご(namatamago)" 10 times in a row? It's a piece of cake for me, but for some reasons, I'm having trouble saying that in English...  Which one is easier for you?.