Update!

Those who has been followed my page, must be wondering.. where have I been? why so silent?

My last entry was posted on 8th October, and on 12th October..

I've started my new job at Lazada Malaysia as one of the advisors in Customer Service.

From the interview stage till duty on the floor ain't easy. Seriously!

Although it was a fun process, but it was really hectic, tiring and stressful.

That's why for the first time in my life, I'm giving up on something.

But don't judge me so fast. Of course, I have a back-up plan.

Alhamdulillah, my application to pursue Master under MARA program has been approved.

Back to school, guy!

Pray for me XOXO

Japanese Language is Fun! - Lesson 11.2

 Continued from Lesson 11.1; we are still in the chapter of "How Many". As for item/object; there are 3 types of questions depending on the size of the item itself.

IKUTSU for small item(s) *in Bahasa ~ berapa biji/batang

NAN-DAI for bigger item(s), machine/gadget *in Bahasa ~ berapa biji/buah

NAN-MAI for piece(s) *in Bahasa ~ berapa helai/keping

How many	Ikutsu e.g borupen, isu, kaban, ringo, mikan, tamago, heya, nimotsu	Nan-dai e.g terebi, raji-o, keitai, kompyuta, pasokon, kuruma, jitensya, kamera	Nan-mai e.g CD, fuku, shatsu, fuutou, syashin, kippu, kitte, kami, hagaki
1 – ichi	Hitotsu	ichi - dai	ichi - mai
2 – ni	Futatsu	ni - dai	ni - mai
3 – san	Mitsu	san - dai	san - mai
4 – yon / shi	Yotsu	yon - dai	yon - mai
5 – go	Itsutsu	go - dai	go - mai
6 – roku	Mutsu	roku - dai	roku - mai
7 – nana / shichi	Nanatsu	nana - dai	nana - mai
8 – hachi	Yatsu	hachi - dai	hachi - mai
9 – kyu / ku	Kokonotsu	kyu - dai	kyu - mai
10 – ju	Too	ju - dai	ju - mai

with additional Place

PLACE ni OBJECT ga amount arimasu ka
Daigaku ni kompyuta ga nan-dai arimasu ka... How many computer the university has?

Daigaku ni kompyuta ga hyaku-dai arimasu... University has 100 computers

*in Bahasa ~ 100 biji/buah komputer

with additional Verb

OBJECT o amount VERB **verb must past tense
Kippu o nan-mai kaimashita ka... How many ticket you bought?

Kippu o ju-mai kaimashita... I bought 10 tickets

*in Bahasa ~ 10 keping tiket

Ringo o ikutsu tabemashita ka... How many apple you ate?

Ringo o yotsu tabemashita... I ate 4 apples

*in Bahasa ~  4 biji epal

Japanese Language is Fun! - Lesson 11.1

Numbers! Digits! Counters! Amount! $!! Collective nouns!

...is what we are going to learn in this chapter. But hold on! Do you still remember numbering in Japanese?? Haaaa, all you need to do is to click on earlier lesson as well as Lesson 5.1

How many?

"How many" in Japanese is depending on Object or Person (please refer Lesson 10.2 and Lesson 10.3)

OBJECT ga IKUTSU/NAN-MAI/NAN-DAI arimasu ka

PERSON wa [ga] NAN-NIN imasu ka

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We starts with "How many person/people" first because it's much easier.

We can ask :-

"How many family member you have?" Kazoku wa nan-nin imasu ka
or "How many sibling(s) you have?" Kyodai wa nan-nin imasu ka
*For family, we can include ourselves, but not for sibling*

**'ga' is not compulsory**

We can answer like this :-

Kyodai wa 5-nin [ga] imasu

~ ani [ga] hitori to ane [ga] futari to imouto hitori to otouto hitori ga imasu

I've 5 siblings

~ 1 elder brother & 2 elder sisters & 1 younger sister & 1 younger brother

Special case :- 

The only child (anak tunggal) : Hitori dake desu

I've no children : Kodomo ga imasen

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Other example:-

Kyoshitsu [no naka] de nan-nin ga imasu ka
In [inside] a class, how many person

OR more details

Kyoshitsu [no naka] de otoko no hito to onna no hito ga nan-nin imasu ka

In [inside] a class, how many man and woman

Kyoshitsu [no naka] de otoko no ko to onna no ko ga nan-nin imasu ka

In [inside] a class, how many boy and girl

  1 - hitori

  2 - futari

  3 - san-nin

  4 - yon-nin

  5 - go-nin

  6 - roku-nin

  7 - nana-nin

  8 - hachi-nin

  9 - kyu-nin

10 - ju-nin

Next entry ---> How many item

Japanese Language is Fun! [recap]

Before we proceed with more vocab, more question, and more words.. let's do some basic recap 

from Lesson 1 to Lesson 10 with all 18 entries in total... so far

PARTICLES

QUESTION          mondai / shitsumon

Nan / nani	What
Nan-ban	What number
Nan-jin	What nationality
Itsu	When
Nan-ji	What time (hour)
Nan-pun	What time (minute)
Nan-nen	What year
Nan-gatsu	What month
Nan-nichi	What date
Nan-youbi	What day
Nan-gai	What/which floor
Ikutsu / Nan-sai	How old
Ikura	How much
Doko	Where
Dore / Dono / Dochira	Whom / which one?
Dare / Donata	Who / whose
Donna	What kind
Doushite / Nan-de	Why
Dou	How
Mou	Have you

Japanese Language is FUN! - Lesson 10.3

 Similar to Lesson 10.2, we are still learning on the place/location/direction that has/have a person/pet

PLACE/DIRECTION ni PERSON/PET ga imasu

** Other than living creature, must use "arimasu" - see previous lesson

Kyoshitsu ni gakusei ga imasu... In the classroom, there's student 

Syokudou ni Ayumi-san ga imasu... At the canteen, there's Ms Ayumi

Uketsuke ni hansamu na otoko no hito ga imasu... At the reception counter, there's a handsome guy.

Dare mo imasen.. No one / nobody

PLACE no LOCATION ni OBJECT ga imasu

or

OBJECT wa PLACE no LOCATION ni imasu

----- Let's have some practice -----

Ki no ue ni warui otoko no ko ga imasu... On the tree, there's a bad/naughty boy

Otoko no ko wa ki no ue ni imasu... A boy is on the tree 

Isu no shita ni neko ga imasu... Under the chair, there is a cat

Neko wa isu no shita ni imasu... Cat is under the chair

Toire no naka ni otoko no hito ga imasu... Inside the toilet, there's a man

Otoko no hito wa toire no naka ni imasu... A man is inside the toilet

Uchi no soto ni inu ga imasu... Outside the house, there's a dog

Inu wa uchi no soto ni imasu... The dog is outside the house

Ginko no mae ni ginkoin ga imasu...In front of the bank, there's a banker

Ginkoin wa ginko no mae ni imasu... A banker is in front of the bank

Doa no ushiro ni onna no ko ga imasu... Behind the door, there's a girl

Onna no ko wa doa no ushiro ni imasu... A girl is behind the door

A-san to B-san no aida ni C-san ga imasu... In between of Mr A and Mr B, there's Mr C

C-san wa A-san to B-san no aida ni imasu... Mr C is in between of Mr A and Mr B

Japanese Language is FUN! - Lesson 10.2

Continue from Lesson 10.1, we are still learning on has/have; but in this chapter we focus more on place/location/direction; with additional "ni"

PLACE/DIRECTION ni OBJECT ga arimasu

One item

Robi ni jidou hanbaiki ga arimasu... Lobby has vending machine

Two items

Kouen ni ki to hana ga arimasu... Park has tree and flower

More items

Reizouko ni sakana ya niku ya yasui nado ga arimasu... Fridge has fish, meat, vegetables and etc

PLACE no LOCATION ni OBJECT ga arimasu

Konbiki no naka ni ATM ga arimasu... Inside convenience store has an ATM machine

or

OBJECT wa PLACE no LOCATION ni arimasu

ATM wa konbiki no naka ni arimasu... ATM machine is inside the convenience store

----- Let's have some practice -----

Teberu no ue ni o-kane ga arimasu... On the table, there is money

O-kane wa teberu no ue ni arimasu... Money is on the table

Hon no shita ni syashin ga arimasu... Under the book, there is photo

Syashin wa hon no shita ni arimasu... Photo is below the book

Hako no naka ni hasami ga arimasu... Inside the box, there's a scissors

Hasami wa hako no naka ni arimasu... Scissors is inside the box

Uchi no soto ni niwa ga arimasu... Outside house, there's a garden

Niwa wa uchi no soto ni arimasu... Garden is outside the house

Doa no migi ni beddo ga arimasu... Right of the door, there's a bed

Beddo wa doa no migi ni arimasu... Bed is on the right of the door

Mado no hidari ni hon tana ga arimasu... Left of the window, there's a bookshelf

Hon tana wa mado no hidari ni arimasu... Bookshelf is on the left of the window

Ginko no mae ni hon ya ga arimasu...In front of the bank, there's a bookstore

Hon ya wa ginko no mae ni arimasu... Bookstore is in front of the bank

Mise no ushiro ni ike ga arimasu... Behind the small shop, there's a lake

Ike wa mise no ushiro ni arimasu... Lake is behind the small shop

Konpyu-ta- to raji-o no aida ni hocchikisu ga arimasu... In between of computer and radio, there's a stapler

Hocchikisu wa konpyu-ta- to raji-o no aida ni arimasu... Stapler is in between of computer and radio

Doa no tonari ni mado ga arimasu... Next to the door, there's a window

Mado wa doa no tonari ni arimasu... Window is next to the door

Eki no chikaku ni depa-to ga arimasu...Nearby station, there's department store

Depa-to wa eki no chikaku ni arimasu... Department store is near to the station

Pemandulan Kucing

 Few days ago I'd read one article saying that those stray cats in Malaysia will be/has been captured by our City Council for Euthanasia (an action taken to end the life of a person or animal). As a cat lover, of course I don't want this to happen. But I also don't want to see those stray cats starving, begging for food, get contagious disease (probably from drainage) or even worst; get hit by car. 

Photo taken from Facebook   T_T

I can understand that the number of this cute animal is keep increasing since one mother of cat can produce at least 5-7 kitten at one time. Overbreed! Hence, I've adopted two stray cats. One is mix Maine Coon and another one is domestic short hair. And based on veterinary's standard of procedure; I've neutered them both.

For the male cat, the neuter process is called CASTRATION, around RM 70/cat; and SPAYING is the term for female cat that can cost you around RM 120. They said the rate for female cat is higher because of the harder procedure. Above rate are subject; and at a private clinic near to my place, it is already inclusive with 2 nights of boarding. It's better to let the cat under doctor's surveillance right after surgery.

Before send your cat for neuter, there are few conditions need to follow:

• The cat must be at least 6 months old
• Healthy and at least 2kg and above
• Free from ectoparasite (lice, mite, flea) or any harm disease
• The cat already had a complete vaccine
• At least a week after the second vaccine
• Strictly prohibited for a pregnant cat!
• After neuter, must keep the male cat in the cage for 10days while 14days for a female cat (but there's no need to cage if your cat is the only cat at home. Caged is just to make sure that the cat does not mating too soon/before recovering)

~We are not going to harm these innocent animals, 

we just want to control the numbers~

Photo taken 4-days after spaying

Just done the spaying to my cat last week. And Alhamdulillah, Bella had fast recovery and stay active. I put her in a cage for couple hours only. According to the doctor, there are extra care after surgery in order to avoid any infection or bleeding. Don't put the sand at their litter box, instead just put a wee wee pad (to avoid those tiny sand into the wound) or try any other material; limit the active activities such as climbing and jumping and no showering for a week. Of course the cat will lick the wound, so it is advisable to wear them a collar - the best if you can get the pillow collar.

This cat is not mine

I joined a group in Facebook named Maine Coons Malaysia ( PureBreed ) and a guy shared his bad experience spayed his cat at one unprofessional clinic. End up, the clinic returned his cat on the same day after procedure and his cat was still unconscious probably due to anesthesia. Of course we have lack of knowledge on how to handle this kind of situation. Poor cat and literally, poor the owner too. 

Japanese Language is FUN! - Lesson 10.1

 Another word that using "ga" character besides those in Lesson 9 is "arimasu" means has / have.

 

But "arimasu" is NOT for people or other living creature such as pet. For that, we are going to use "imasu" instead.

For instance;
Shiken ga arimasu... I have an examination.
Komakai o-kane ga arimasen... I don't have small change / coins.
** O-kane = money

Neko ga imasu... I have a cat

Kodomo ga imasen... I don't have a child

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Let's add some verbs and "kara" = because (refer Lesson 9)

E.g : O-kane ga arimasu kara, atarashii tokei o kaimashita

        Because I have money, I bought a new watch

E.g : Kuruma ga arimasen kara, doko mo ikimasen

        Because I don't have a car, I'm not going anywhere

E.g : Kaigi ga arimasu kara, hiru yasumi o shimasen

        Because I have meeting, I didn't lunch break

E.g : Jikan ga arimasen kara, Nihon he ikimasen

        Because I don't have time, I didn't go to Japan

Other famous reasons or excuses:-

Isogashii desu kara = Because I'm busy

Genki jya arimasen kara = Because I'm not well

Atsui kara = Because of hot weather :-) 

Youji ga arimasu = I have something to do / plan / errand

Yakusoku ga arimasu = I have an appointment / promise 

Arubaito ga arimasu = I have part time job / extra job

I'm FREE! (hima)

Youji ga arimasen = I have NO plan

Yakusoku ga arimasen = I have NO appointment

Arubaito ga arimasen = I have NO part time job

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Can ask in details:-

A : Watashi wa getsu-youbi youji ga arimasu... I've plan on Monday

B : Donna youji ga arimasu ka... What kind of plan?

A : 9-ji byoin he ikimasu... I'm going to hospital at 9am.