hajime ha, first...

this word, Hajime (始め） written, speel with hajimewa, it's has meaning first.., but some times, it's should be first time or first of all, it's depend of the sentence that we use, let's learn it by use the sentence

X : how your japanese ?
あなたの　日本語は　どう　ですか？
　　anatano nihongo ha dou desuka?
Y : first time i can not speak at all
始めは　ぜんぜん　話しません。
　　　hajimewa zensen hanasjimasen
X : how about hiragana and katakana ? you can write and read it ?
ひらがなと　かたかな　は　どうですか？もよめますか？かけますか？
hiragana to katakana ha doudesuka? mouyomemasuka? kakemasuka?
Y : i can read and write hiragana, but.. i can not write katakana
ひらがな　は　かくとよめることができる　でも　かたかなは　かけません。
　　　hiragana wa kaku koku to yomeru ga dekiru demo katakana wa kakemasen

初めて
First Time
if we want to say it's first time in japanese, you can say hajimete desu

X: in this year i was twice go to japan, how about you?
今年は二回日本へ　行きました。あなたはどう？
　　kotoshi ha nikai nihon he ikimasita, anata ha dou ?
Y : it's fisrt time
初めてです。
　　hajimete desu.

oke, below is more about same useful phrase or words, hope you like it to improve your japanese

First week
最初週(さいしょしゅう)
saisyoshu

first love
最初愛(さいしょあい)
saisyoai

first year
最初年(さいしょどし)
saisyodoshi

first day
最初日(さいしょび)
saisyobi

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