Day (whatever) 6th lesson

(Here at)  Or like, it's here.

koko de

It's not here

koko de ja arimasen

Restaurant

resutoran

What?

nani  -- (They say use nani o)

Sake

osake (osake o)

Beer

biiru (biiru o)

want  (I want)

hoshii  (but use ga before it for some reason..)

don't want (I don't want)

Hoskihu arimasen

I don't drink sake

osake o nomimasen

Now

ima

Later

ato de

At my place?

Watashi no tokoro de?

At your place

anata no tokoro desu

3rd and 4th days

No, thank you

iie kekko desu

To drink

nomimasu

To eat

Tabemasu

Something

nanika  (sounds like monica)

I know

Wakarimasu

I don't know

Wakarimasen

Won't you eat something?

Nanika tabemasen desu ka?

Shinjuku station:

Shinjuku iiki (don't knwo how to spell station)

Where is Weno Park?:

Weno coen wa doko desu ka?  (don't know how to spell these, either)

Is it here?

Koko desu ka?

Is it there?

Asoko desu ka?

It isn't here:

Koko ja arimasen.

But you speak well, don't you?

demo jouzu ni haneshimasu ne?

Blah blah blah...

Second Day

I listened to it-- I remember ii yana otenki desu ne?
Weather is bad, isn't it?

I'm not Japanese
Nihon-jin ja arimasen

I'm American:
Watashi wa engo-jin desu

And you? (end of sentence)
anata wa?

You are American
anata wa amerika-jin desu

But:
demo

Yet:
Mada

Yoku:
Well (not in health)

I'm not feeling well:
genki ja arimasen

Thank you very much:
doumo arigatou gozaimasu

You can speak very well:
anata wa yoku hanasemasu

I'm not good at it yet:
demo mada jouzu ja arimasen

First day of Japanese

So last summer I tried to learn Japanese but gave up after being frustrated because I didn't know how the words looked and seeing it is almost everything for me.  I've started this blog to not only track my progress but also to assist my cognition and memorization by having somewhere to physically manifest my learnings after forcing myself to remember what I have learned earlier that day.  Here we go

Excuse me:

sumimasen

a little:

sukoshi

Japanese (language) 

nihongo (ga)

English (language)

eigo (ga)

Are you American?

amerika-jin desu ka?

Yes

hai

No

iie

I understand:

wakarimasu

I don't understand:

wakarimasen

You:

Anata (wa?)

I:

watashi (wa?)

To make anything a question:

ka (at the end)

A little:

sukoshi

Is/are:

desu

Good morning:

Ohayou gozaimasu

Goodbye:

sayouara

See you later:

Ja mata

Good afternoon:

konnichi wa

Don't you?  Isn't it?  Aren't you?:

ne

Thank you:

arigatou

Make things polite:

gozaimasu

Skilled:

jouzu

Not skilled:

jouzu ja arimasen

The weather is nice:?

ii otenki desu ne?