I've done a lot up until now without learning anything about verbs. This chapter seems pretty interesting and somehow less complicated than learning verb conjugation in German. I may take that back later, but right now it stands true. This chapter talks about how verbs go with grammar and the different tenses we will use… Continue reading Verbs (Part 1)
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To love and hate (softening the blow), turning it into questions, and の using the particle
The words love and hate are very strong. To lessen the strength of the sentence and turn it into a like/dislike type of thing use じゃありません instead of です。薬が好きじゃありません。あめがきらいじゃりません。 To turn these words into a question use か。あめすきですか。 You can use the の particle as well. This will allow you to talk about your things… Continue reading To love and hate (softening the blow), turning it into questions, and の using the particle
To hate and to really hate (and including が）
きらい ー＞ to hate大きらい ー＞to really hate (big hate) This is similar where you will use the particle が to emphasize what you hate. せいじがきらいです。I hate politics.どうけしが大きらいです。I really hate clowns.
To like, to really like, including は＆が
すき- to like (the "u" is not prominently pronounced, so it sounds more like "ski" instead of "suki")猫がすきです。The が can be switched out for は, but it will slightly change the meaning.大すき ー to really like (big like)マッシューさんが大好きです。[I really do tho 🙂 hes the bestest.] uwu :hearteyes:
Particles は＆が
は＆が have the same definition, but they are not the same.は emphasizes what comes before it (talks about something)が emphasizes what comes after it (identifies something) Ex:私はKirstenです。＜ーPuts emphasis on the name "Kirsten". I am Kirsten.私がKirstenです。＜ー Puts emphasis on "I". I am Kirsten.
I’m honestly the worst at this
I've been kinda stuck on Katakana, so I haven't had much to update. I think I've got a pretty good handle on most of it now, so hopefully I'll be posting more with updates soon. ひらがなRomajiEnglishこれkorethis oneそれsorethat oneあれarethat one (away from speaker and listener)これkore (korera)theseこの （これらの）kono (korerano)theseそれらsore (sorera)thoseその（それらの）sono (sorerano)thoseあれらare (arera)thoseあの（あれらの）ano (arerano)thoseそうですsoudesuquite so, that is rightここkokothis placeそこsonothat… Continue reading I’m honestly the worst at this
I’m still here
I swear... and I still am learning. I just have taken a break from posting as much. I've been trying to find native Japanese speakers to practice with, so it's been taking a lot of my time up. Possessive:I-> わたし（私）you-> あなたwe-> わたしたち can be added to other things, but there's a limit. don't add it to everything I… Continue reading I’m still here
こんにちは！
こんにちは！はいじめまして！わたしはカーステンです。私は二十九歳です。私は高校の管理雅です。お名前は？友達になろう！ SO! That's my first little bit all in Japanese. I did use jisho.org (and a little google translate [yuck!]) to get some of the stuff down that I hadn't learned yet.
Counting and numbers
Woohoo! Numbers! The fun thing about japanese is, you really only need to learn the first 10 and then the following numbers: 100, 1,000, & 10,000. something you didn’t know you already knew. いちにさんし／よん *ごろくしち／なな *はちきゅうじゅうEleven would be じゅういちTwenty にじゅうOne Hundred ひゃく
Elementary Japanese Lesson 1
こんばんは。Today, I decided to take a short break from TextFugu and start my Elementary Japanese book. With being where I'm at in TextFugu, I'm skimming through everything I know. There's tons of vocab and this post is really super long. I committed myself to finishing the lesson, which made this post /hella/ long. ExpressionJapaneseRomajiNotesNotesGood morning… Continue reading Elementary Japanese Lesson 1
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