Mary had a Little Lamb - in Japanese!
How's about this, spend 10 minutes playing and re-playing this video and
you'll be able to sing a real Japanese song!
(Plus you'll have learnt some really useful Japanese phrases)
Try listening to this song on your MP3 player everyday, it will soon stick
in your head!
 |
Ideal for your iPod! |
| Download MP3s of: 1.Japanese Numbers 1-20 Song 2.When, Where, Who, What Song 3.Days of the Week 4.Months of the Year 5.Hiragana Song 6.Katakana Song 7.Hot, Cold, Fun Song 8. Weather in Japanese 9. Mary had a Little Lamb 10. How much?  MP3s only $7.99 US |
|
 |
|
 Or impress your friends with the NEW Download VIDEO Pack Contains MP4 videos of the 10 songs, plus the MP3s above. Simply drag the videos across to iTunes then sync your iPod! Can also be watched via iTunes on your PC or Mac. Video Pack Only $17.99 |
|
| + Buy today and get a FREE download A4 poster book, and a FREE 70 page Katakana Workbook and a FREE 70 Page Hiragana Workbook!        (Secure Payment is with Credit Card, Debit Card or Paypal) |
|
Here are the lyrics used in the song, some are quite useful bits of Japanese.
= me ri san = Mary, but of course in Japan she's called Mary san.
= no = the most useful word in the song. It means 
e.g. Mary's piano is "Mary san no piano", Mr Tanaka's karate DVD is "Tanaka san no karate DVD" etc.
= hi tsu ji = sheep. You can also write it in kanji as 
. Funnily enough the kanji for "beautiful" 
is made up of big 
with a sheep on top!
= ka wa i i = cute. You hear this all the time, see the useful phrases page.
= ne = another useful bit of language, just put it at the end of sentence
to mean "isn't it" or "don't you think?". You hear
this all the time!
The poster for this song and the other songs are in the songs download set.
Want to learn more?
There are loads of great resources out there, and one of the good ones
is the "Pimsleur" series. They have a "Quick & Simple" starter pack and also a full on "Gold Course". They are well recommended if you want to learn Japanese, in January
I used it to learn everyday Spanish in a month!
Click here for more:
Or for slightly cheaper, but one that requires a bit more work, you can have a look at the Living Language series. Although now I would prefer the Pimsleur course above, I actually used
the Living Language series myself when I first learnt Japanese. It's good,
but you have to keep repeating and repeating the same CDs, whereas the
Pimsleur makes you think more, and reviews the language as you go along.
Click for more.
If you teach English in Japan you might be interested in my new Classroom English / Classroom Japanese CD.
All the Japanese on this page is suitable
for either guys or girls, and is pretty normal,
everyday Japanese. This means it's not too
formal, but you'll be fine as long as you
don't say it to anyone too posh!
Read the hints & tips I used to get fluent in Japanese.
Email me if you have any questions or comments,
Email:
