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!
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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
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
Verbs (Part 1)
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)
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.
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