Officer Kaoko

Hiragana: Lesson 21 - 'な' [na] Kaoko: Hello once again, everyone! I hope you are all are in the best of healths and are in high spirits for today’s lesson. Uh... we have a guest fr today’s lesson... well, you know... she is quite, ehem... famous... her head... is, wanted... for over... 16,000,000... umm... Nami: ...I didn’t come here to be targetted... where’s the money? Kaoko: Ehh! But we haven’t started yet! And you didn’t even do anything! Nami: Sheesh... so, what would you like me to do *rude tone*? Kaoko: It was a mistake I chose you for today's lesson... Nami: Seriously, why did you call a pirate over to be a help guy to some ridiculous lesson? Kaoko: Meanie! You can go home now for all I care. I won’t give you anything because you didn’t help . Nami: Eeehhh! After all the way. ごめん, ごめん! ほんとうに ごめなさい (sorry, sorry! I am really sorry)! What would you like me to do, Kaoko-oneesama~ Kaoko: Huh (変わった)? Ah, well... you see, we are having hiragana ‘な’. And want a bried explanation. Nami: (I didn’t know that it was just this) Very well, な, in hiragana, or ナ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. The hiragana is made in four strokes, while the katakana in two. Both represent [na]. な and ナ originate from 奈. Kaoko: Next is, what’s the first thing that comes to your mind when I tell you to have a word beginning with the character ‘な’. Nami: Well of course, that would be my name, ‘Nami’. My name refers to the meaning of wave 波/なみ (nami). Kaoko: Heehh.. Your name suits you to be in the sea. Nami: Having said so, I have another word. Kaoko: What is it? Nami: 涙/なみだ, meaning ‘tear’. I use to cry a lot when I was a kid... Kaoko: Thanks for your company today. That’s enough talking for today... now, let us move on! Nami: Well, I’ll have to be going then. Where’s the reward? Kaoko: You will have to wait till the end of the lesson. Nami: ... Pronunciation: 'な' is romanized 'na' and pronounced ‘na’ as in ‘nap’. Words with 'な': 'な' at the beginning: 仲間/なかま (nakama -> companion; fellow; comrade; mate; partner) 長い/ながい (nagai -> long; lenghty) 波/なみ (nami -> wave) 何/なに (nani -> interrogative pronoun; what) なぜ (naze -> interrogative pronoun; why) 泣く/なく (naku -> crying) 涙/なみだ (namida -> tears) 名前/なまえ(namae -> name) 'な' in the middle: 花火/はなび (hanabi -> fireworks) あなた (anata -> you; formal speech for addressing someone, but common speech for women) 話す/はなす (hanasu -> talking; speaking) 悲しみ/かなしみ (kanashimi -> sadness; sorrow) 同じ/おなじ (onaji -> the same; identical; similar) うなぎ (unagi -> eel) ~ない (~nai) -> used for negating verb or adjective We can just simply add ~ない at the end of verb/adjective: 食べない/たべない (tabe~nai -> not eating) 読まない/よまない (yoma~nai -> not reading) 泣かない/なかない (naka~nai -> not crying) 'な' at the end: 魚/さかな (sakana -> fish) 花/はな (hana -> flower) 粉/こな (kona -> powder) 女/おんな (onna -> woman) 刀/かたな (katana - sword) 雛/ひな (hina -> chick; young bird) ‘な’ also used as a suffix at the end of interrogative sentence: かな？(ka na?) -> “I wonder...” ('Ka na' implies having mostly made up one's mind) Example: Stroke order: Task: You shall write 'な' 50 - 100 times in your textbook. Memorize the shape, the stroke order, the sound, the pronunciation (echo the sound of the character each time you write it down), etc. *behind the scene* Nami: You finished, I was holding my patient the whole time. So if you don’t mind... Kaoko: Well of course, here! 鳴門/なると (naruto) Nami: What’s this?! Kaoko: Because of today’s lesson ‘な’, your reward will also have to be something that begins with ‘な’. Ah, and I also made this for you~ ;-) *Smokes coming out from Nami’s body, flames were showing on her eyes, her stick she was holding was beginning to melt from the heat* Kaoko: Na-Nami-san...? Nami: That’s it! You are gonna pay, you cheeky bitch! Kaoko: Eh, wha- what? What's wrong? Nami-san? *runs away in fear* Nami: まって (wait)! くそおんな (you damn woman)! Meanwhile... Mmmm~ this is delicious... Credits: Thanks to Tna-chan who helped with me with the examples~ テナは 大丈夫かなあ/Tena wa daijoubu ka naa (I wonder if Tena is alright.) ケンニは がんばってくれかなあ/Kenny wa ganbatte kure ka naa. (I wonder if Kenny is doing his best.) ケンニは どこかなあ/Kenny wa doko ka naa. (I wonder where's Kenny)

Haha, thanks ! Just to inform you guys that the forum I made is for us to create and discuss projects for our Japanese learning community . As sharing pictures for our certain lessons, ideas and suggestions for the blog and the courses , etc. In addition of that, I permit members to create forums in the off topic boards, like Gin requested for the Naruto forum there . But remember, our main home is here in DCW ! Of course you can ! Welcome to Japanese Classroom of DCW ! Sorry, haha... I will post the lesson shortly hopefully. I am having Tna to help me with the lessons, like finding the examples and stuff (because I'm quite busy these days, too. Having Tna to help me, we will post the lessons more quickly ). And just to tell you guys that she is doing a great job ! Glad to have you back, Kenny! No, you are always needed, 私達は あなたが 大好き なんです から! I have quite few things I wanna ask... but since you said you were busy ... I really didn't want to disturb you . I hope you for the best luck in the upcoming exam ! Gambatte ne, Kenny !

Kirite , I was always trying to meet you ! I read your posts and they almost kill me from laughter ! They are really are enjoyable to read . You are fun! Nice to meet you again ! Oh, and welcome to DCW ! I really hope you enjoy it here, and... post your drawings here, too ! Have fun here ! And hope to talk to you soon !

No, no, no! I changed my mind... after the theories I read in the wiki, I completely change my mind ! Now I believe Okiya Subaru is the real Akai, and Scar Akai is Bourbon. If it has been revealed, making a choice then is pointless !

Welcome back, Xevar . I enjoyed reading a paragraph from your diary. Your games in the Games' has gained a lot of popularity . I always wonder where you went, glad to have you back . To tell you the truth, I mistook you for a girl before . And I am amuse that you are in love with DCW forum . Anyway, have fun KICKING !

It goes a problem when you copy-paste .

Say, do you use the rich text editor ? Using that it was causes you this problem, switch it to the basic one, then try again .

Pretty good ;-). But -> "Oniichan,oneechan,odou san and okasan" It is 'Otou-san' or did you just typed wrong? You are welcome . Ummm, I've used 2 characters from Naruto... I wanna use characters from other anime . xD Wow, maybe we can sum this up in the na lesson . Yeah, haha . Good . But it's kinda hard to understand what you are trying to get . I love Tenten, too. That's why I used her . Are you also attending the lessons, Parkur? Would you mind me adding you to the list ? ... Tenten is AWESOME ! This is just a classroom I and my sensei started. But, there's a secret... there'd be more to this community (sorry, but I can't say any further )... Haha , would you like to join, Kaitou-chan ?

Welcome Nightie! Welcome to the absolute world of terror ... joking, welcome to DCW ! You, you better love it here !

Hello to us ! Welcome to DCW . Nice to have someone from Antarctica ! I hope you really like it here .

Nice to have someone from Jordan ! Welcome to DCW ! I hope you really like it here !

Welcome to DCW ! I am Officer Kaoko at your service !

The information boxes... I personally think it was better to remain in the center. When going to someone's profile, our eyes would always drops in the center first, having to move them to the corner (<- lazy)... I think it's easier to spot having it in the middle . And the Topics and Posts tabs... before, when you go on them, it doesn't expand everything, instead they give you the scroll-down thingie. I think it's more cooler like that . Okay, I will send it to you (lol, this is so embarrassing ). And thanks for the info! But at that time, I was only trying to see how does it work to register via Facebook (but I wasn't planning to create a new account ). I was only admiring the new upgrade of DCW forum .

Thanks for reading . I am so attached that my story has made someone cry ... Thanks very much! I kinda mistook you for me . Your name kinda sounds the same, and you also use Emoticons a lot . Hahaha . This is Shiho -> Shinichi -><-Ran fan fic (only Shiho had feeling for Shinichi. In other words,one sided love between them). But why didn't you read the first part ? Here, not long time ago, Ran dies... Shinichi lost all his hope to live. By wanting to avenge Ran's death, he pursued 2 BO members into the building... the building caught on fire, and then that where Shiho barge in to save him. But ... anyway, I recommend you read the first part ! And as for how I kept the spaces in the right places... wait, wait... First, you aren't using rich text editor, are you ?

This is the first time I see someone who considered that . I always thought that Heiji is in love with Kazuha . Considering what you just said, there's always a possibility. Who would have thought that Chiba would get a girl? And it was just recently. We never know ~ Exactly . Indeed. Maybe Gosho, even after Shinichi regain his original form, after the end of the Black Organization the story will still continue (with another title). Imagine Shiho meets Hakuba ~ They will not fell in love at first site, rather Shiho despise of him at first. Then something happens, like... he saves her from danger or something along those lines . Little by little, she starts to open her heart for him . That would be so... awesome ~ Haibara hasn't declare it that she would like to stay small forever . Say you are 18 and there's a boy at the age of 7 has feelings for you... would you like him as your boyfriend ? And Akako has no interest in any men other than Kaito. Hakuba is Kaito's foe... and Akako despise anyone who gets in Kaitou KID's way .

This is a game where you have to turn the offensive sentences to one less offensive. I will first give you a sentence... rude, offensive and... very bad! And you must change it to euphemistic sentence. For example: Sentence for today, Kaoko representing !! -> Kaoko had killed your brother yesterday Person 1: Kaoko sent your brother to heaven yesterday. Person 2: Kaoko... -> I need to do poops in the toilet Person 1: I have some business to intend in the restroom Person 2: I've got something to give to that room. Person 3: I need to throw up Person 4: I need to clean up my tummy in the restroom -> How's your disease? Person 1: How are you? Person 2: How's your... err... health? ETC! ETC! ETC! If you cannot think of anything else, create a new one! Okay, here I begin~ Who just farted? I will give them a HELL piece of me ! Akh, this is still incomplete ... any ideas you guys would like to suggest ?

Welcome to DCW ! Where are you ? Anyway, have a GREAT time !

Hi, Emy ! I am really glad to have you here. So Detective Conan doesn't broadcast in Sweden? That's... sad . Anyway, I am glad to get to read your intro . Have fun !

Hello and welcome to DCW ! You have a nice, short and simple intro. I like it! Same here, I've started reading Detective Conan when I was 6. I still can remember the nightmares I use to have . Anyway, I hope you enjoy your stay here !

Hi, Angela ! Welcome to DCW! As for you trying to find English episodes more than 130 is more likely impossible because FUNimation had already quited dubbing Detective Conan . By the way, nice poll !

Well, Gosho did say that but... I can't imagine the boss being one of the main characters .

Well, that may be true . I half-believe he provided a bullet proof in his hat.

Wow, what you said kinda makes sense to me . Well, I believe Bourbon is Okiya Subaru, and the scar Akai is the real Akai !

Sorry, but I think Ran suits to be with Shinichi better . It may be good for Haibara if she gets Conan, but it wouldn't be good for Conan to have her . Haibara is just too cold for Conan... I mean, she is sarcastic. Although, I like her better than Ran . But I like reading Shiho x Shinichi fan fic~