Thursday, August 2, 2018
Getting a Sarada at the Resutoran Japanese Loanwords From Other Languages
Getting a Sarada at the Resutoran Japanese Loanwords From Other Languages
You probably know that katakana is used for loan words. But the *interesting* thing is that not all of these loan words come from English.
So if you�ve been wondering what happened to the �t� sound at the end of the Japanese word resutoran ????? (restaurant), it was never there in the first place - because that loanword didn�t come from English. It came from French.
And why is the word for salad, sarada ???? Wouldn�t sarado ??? make more sense? Well, it would in English... but sarada comes from the Portuguese.
It�s good to know which loanwords didn�t come from English - and its interesting to know what languages they come from - so you can remember how to pronounce them correctly.
Hopefully this will help you remember that it�s resutoran not resutoranto!
Hopefully this will help you remember that it�s resutoran not resutoranto!
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Quiz time!
How many of these Japanese loanwords do you know?
Rentogen ?????
Piero ???
Arubaito ?????
Piiman ????
Ruu ??
Esute ???
Ikura ???
Noruma ???
Karuta ???
Sukoppu ????
Igirisu ????
? HINT: Japan believes in calling a ???? a ????
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The Answers
Rentogen ????? X-ray (from German)
Piero ??? clown (French)
Arubaito ????? part time job (German)
Piiman ???? peppers [the vegetable] (French)
Run ?? roux sauce [or, more commonly, Japanese curry powder] (French)
Esute ??? aesthetic salon i.e. beauty salon (French)
Ikura ??? salmon roe (Russian)
Noruma ??? quota (Russian)
Karuta ??? Japanese playing cards (Portuguese)
Sukoppu ???? spade (Dutch; Flemish)
Igirisu ???? the U.K. (Portuguese)
Pan ?? bread (Portuguese)
How did you do?
Don�t be fooled
Some loanwords look and sound a bit like English - but theyre not!
Can you guess what languages these loanwords come from? (Hint: not English!)
Koohii ???? coffee
Zero ?? zero
Pompu ??? pump
Botan ??? button
Koppu ??? cup
Sarada ??? salad
Kokku ??? cook
Ill post the answers next week!
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