[Nekoshema]

Wakarimasu - do you understand.
that one helped me out a lot when my friend shogo came to stay with me.
then of corse there are the easy ones like
inu - dog
neko - cat
midori - green
ichi - one
ni - two
san - three
yon - four
baka - idoit [this ones used a lot with my friends]
pika pika - shiny shiny
made - wait
ikemasho - hurry [demanding]
try looking for pimslers learning japanese, it's really good.
~ sumimasen, ego ga wakarimasu ka~
~ iie, watashi wa ego ga wakarimasen, anata no nihongo ga wakarimasu ka
~ hai, watashi wa nihongo ga skoshi [don't know how to spell] wakarimasu
basically i just typed
~ excuse me do you understand english?
~ no i don't do you understand japanese?
~ yes, a little.
i'm going off on a rant now aren't i? lol, hope this helps