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
Tag: Japanese particle
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
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.
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