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So desu ne! Particles drive me nuts Nut

Do I say "wa" or "ga" and "ni" has about 50 different ways it can be used!

As already mentioned, the key to learning Japan ...

Blue Scorpion was a real team?

I have no idea, but I figured it might be possible to get jerseys anyway considering it was such a popular drama and they obviously already had them made for the dram ...

Does anyone know if it is possible to buy a Blue Scorpion hockey jersey anywhere? I've tried searching on Google, but was unsuccessful. I'm living in Tokyo right now, so if someone knows either a on ...

What connotation does the sentence ending particle �� carry? I often hear it coupled with �� to form ��, but I can understand this compound particle once I know the meaning of ��. (a g ...

http://www.guidetojapanese.org/particles.html

This page does a good job explaining it, and the site as a whole has great grammar explanations.

Only now, after 2/3 years of independent study through textbooks am I starting to practice communication skills. Because I'm going to Japan in September, I want to have more a practical knowledge of ...

I've been learning on my own for around 2 years now. It's hard when your an undergrad, but I still find time to continue advancing.

I started off playing [url=http://lrnj.com/]Slime Forest to lear ...

hi, it's me again! Mr Green

i want to know what -nakya means? i heard it a lot of times but my dictionary can't explain to me what it is used for Sweat

and also, if we want to say "let's ...

Could someone enlighten me on the difference between the conditional conjunctions?

I was going to explain, but I just did a quick search on the internet and found this page

http://www.guidetojap ...

Could someone enlighten me on the difference between the conditional conjunctions (using �K�� as an example):

�`�K��A�`
�`�K��Ȃ�A�`
�`�K��΁A�`
�`�K��ƁA�`

and feel free to add any ...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that because typically zenzen is used with a negative, giving it the meaning "not at all", so when used on its own, Japanese anticipate the negative that is left out ...

you do well in your explanations....but as someone of far LESS understanding i will admit japanese can be quiet confusing...

like someone saying zenzen...as in "no, not at all" and then saying ...

Thanks for the clarification in that matter everyone; I guess my hunch was correct regarding the possible ambiguity in that.

A little word about ambiguity - it exists in all languages, but context ...

You missed the comma after �� (a �u�A�v is usually inserted after the 'wa' when the subject comes first in a sentence), but other than that, the grammar is 100% PERFECT!

Great job, really :vict ...

I'm glad it's useful Smile

The best way to test your knowledge of the particles is trying to make sentences like:
"I'm going with my parents to my brother's school by car, at 10 o'clock".

to give ...

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How embarrassing that I would make a silly mistake like that Doh!

. I'll try to direct all future language related questions here.

First of all, is it appropriate for non-Japanese to actually use kanji to write out their name?

Secondly, would the kanji combination �I�� be a good choice for my name Chris? I like the fact that ...

Okay, I've know for a while know about using aida �� as a subordinating conjunction (is that the correct grammar term?), but I recently learned of two particles that seem to accomplish the same purpos ...

Thanks for the insight into this! I just thought that there was a few select characters that had the vowels dropped and that there might be a few rules to determine when. For instance, would you dro ...

So this is the pronounciation thread...

I'm aware that in certain instances, vowels are not uttered in speech (e.g. �ł� pronounced de-s, �� pronounced a-sh-ta, �� pronounced i-ch - dashes used t ...