i should be working, but here I am, not working and typing up my notes lmao Continuing from last post... you can make the pre-ますフオーム the dictionary フォーム. If the dictionary フォーム ends with る you would drop the る and if it ends with a consonant (plus u) change the u to an i.… Continue reading Verbs!
Category: Study Updates
Grammar
My notes got rained on and I write with felt tip pen. His face when the lead breaks is a big mood. Usage: When you come home or back to a place that can be considered your territory (eg. your office) you say ただいま. "I'm home/back." The addressee's response is おかえりなさい "welcome back."もう is frequently… Continue reading Grammar
Days of the Week
I google everything for anime aesthetics for my pics/gifs. ^_^ MeaningひらがなかんじMondayげつようび月曜日Tuesdayかようび火曜日Wednesdayすいようび水曜日Thursdayもくようび木曜日Fridayきんようび金曜日Saturdayどようび土曜日Sundayにちようび日曜日What day of the week?なんようび何曜日 Time The vowels I & U are normally devoiced when they occur between voiceless consonants. SO, when 一(ich[i]), 六(rok[u]), 八(hach[i]) are combined with 分(fun) they are devoiced. This process creates a succession of voiceless consonants (ichi-fun, rok-fun, hach-fun.) In Japanese,… Continue reading Days of the Week
Verbal nouns & the final particle
I could use a whole pot (or two) of coffee today Verbal Nouns Some nouns can form a verb with します。These nouns are called verbal nouns. When a verb is borrowed from a foreign language, it is treated as a verbal noun. 1. Verbal nouns can be used with or without を2. You cannot use… Continue reading Verbal nouns & the final particle
notes part threeeeeeeeeeeeee
existential verbs :)...? when the subject is a thingーありますwhen the subject is a human, animal, etc...ーいます location of a subject is marked with に. The use of is necessary いらっしゃいますwhen you're supposed to show respect to the person referred to by subject. negative form of ～ます is ～ませんnegative counter part of ～に～が is ～に～はありません (use of… Continue reading notes part threeeeeeeeeeeeee
(elementary Japanese part 2)
Personal Pronouns 1st Person Singular ーわたし1st person plural ーわたしたち2nd person singular ーあなた2nd person pluralーあなたたちInterrogative Pronoun (who)ーだれ That Person (singular)ーあのひとThat Person (plural)ーあのかた When a noun modifies another no a is inserted in between them. can omit 2nd noun in response to a question when it's easily identifiable. Demostratives:Near the speaker (This)ーこNear the addressee (that)ーそNear to neither speaker or… Continue reading (elementary Japanese part 2)
Lots of Random Updates~ (Elementary Japanese Book)
I've been taking an extended break from my TextFugu studies to kind of help myself slow down with studying. So I've been going through the Elementary Japanese book and taking (handwritten, ugh) notes. So there will be a lot of probably short blog updates coming so that I don't post one huge one sorry not… Continue reading Lots of Random Updates~ (Elementary Japanese Book)
Sentence Enders
こんにちは！お元気ですか。Wahhhh! Okay, so I'm moving right along with my TextFugu studies. I can honestly say from the past 3 or so years, this is the most that I've been motivated and the furthest I've ever been with actually learning, season 3 has been no joke. This bit we're covering sentence ender よ, sentence ender ね,… Continue reading Sentence Enders
Verbs (part 2)
Since I learned the most basic of basics in the part one of verbs last week, I'll be moving on to the tenses this week. Past tense verbs ました is the first conjugation of ます。ました replaces ます when the verb is past tense (positive.) It's like replacing です with ではありません or じゃありません. にほんごをはなします。 ー＞ I speak… Continue reading Verbs (part 2)
Particles を & に and adding in verbs
These particles will be used with the verbs that I will be learning as I progress. を shows us the action we're providing to the direct object. In the last post, I used this as an example of usage for the verb to eatサンドイッチを食べます。So the teal color shows the direct object (sandwich), the bold black… Continue reading Particles を & に and adding in verbs
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