Arrigato, Sheena!

Arrigato, Rach!
Than i wish you: GANBATTE KUDASAI! on your trainings!

Arigatou gozaimasu, Adelina-san !

Just wanted to ask : Why the japanesse names are (almost) always followed by -chan, -san, -kun ?
And what means "senpai" and "kouhai" ?

I've seen this words here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXnvL4GN3go
I must say that i love this clip

The suffixes such as -san -chan -kun -sama -sempai -sensei etc are used as a sort of honourific to be polite. Please understand that the Japanese language is much more fomal than most Western languages.

-san is a gerneral honourific that one uses with those who are socially at the same level as the speaker. So, I'd address you as "Adelina-san"

-chan/-kun are used between young children and also from adults addressing young children. Occasionally when two people have had a close relationship since early childhood, they will continue to address each other as -chan/-kun even when older. -chan is unisex whereas -kun is generally used for boys, but can rarely be used for girls. A screenname of mine is "Mochi-kun". (おてんばっ娘です！ ^o^ / I am a tomboy)

-sama is used to express great respect. You would address someone of higher social station like this, such as an elder, a lord, etc. Also, shop proprietors customarily address their patrons as -sama to express their deep thanks that the customer chooses to do business in their establishment.

Sempai is a term to designate an upperclassman, such as in secondary school. It is a respectful term.

Sensei is a teacher. So, I call my dance teacher Kaneta-sensei and not Kaneta-san.

-hime is a princess.

There are of course others but these are the ones that you should encounter most often. I will put up the kanji/kana of these terms if you want.

Arigatou gozaimasu, Rach-san! :Merci2:
I am glad to have you and Saori here to learn me things about Japan :grouphug2:

What means kanji/kana? If are the japanesse letters u can post them but i won't be able to see them. To be more specific let me show you what i see when a text is in japanesse

Just some squares.


PS: And "kouhai" what means ?

Oh... Thank you so much, Rach I'm toooo late. and I thought that I wasn't able to show it like you did.
Your Japanese is perfect !!!! ::

and Kouhai is a lowerclassman.

so ...For example, There are Daisuke(Takahashi) and Nobunari (Oda).They belong to the same ice skate club of the same university.and Daisuke is older than Nobinari, and he is an upperclassman for Nobunari, so Daisuke is a Senpai for Nobunari. and then Nobunari is a lowerclassman for Daisuke, so Nobunari is a Kouhai for Daisuke.

That's very interesting. Thanks girls!

:Merci2: Saori!
I like what comparation you used for explain me what this words mean.
And i hope Daisuke will be Oda's sensei in figure skating!

PS: Arrigatou Gozaimasu for the smilie Saori! Daisuke looks great like an emoticon

I guess that you don't have Japanese font in your PC, Adelina ???
I uploaded a Japanese font. so cloud you install this ? I hope it work for you, and for the guy who cannot see Japanese letter

http://www.mediafire.com/?ydl3i2xpx4r

:Merci2: Saori! I took it..but i don't know how to install
I will ask my brother, maybe he will want to install it for me

Click the start botton --- left
Click the Control Panel --- left

and you can see the Font folder
Double click the font folder, and you should put Japanese font in it.

That's all !! very simple

Thanks I will try..but i don't know why i didn't see those buttons...it was just two buttons one is called "Done" and the other "print" .

IT WORKSSSSSSSS! THANK UUUUUUUU!