hrabbit wrote:
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soulhunter14 wrote:
REMEMBER: "~dewa arimasen" is the negative form of "~masu" while "~ja arimasen" is less formal, and "~ja nai" is not formal.

in "~masu" the less formal form of it is "~ru/~iru/~eru".

Ahhh~ thanks! I have had trouble with Japanese negatives lately

hrabbit wrote:
Here's a neat little thing I learned...

When writing the topic marker "wa" it is written with the hiragana of "ha" !

therefore,
Example:私は元気です~ Watashi wa genki desu. ~I am good.
not: 私わ]元気です


but if you are writing a word with "wa" in it (this is if you were writing it in hiragana) then you would use わ


sooo when writing the subject marker "wa" you use "ha" but it is still pronounced "wa"


I know, its a little confusing but if you see it a lot you start to pick it up. hope that made some sense....

soulhunter14 wrote:
here's what I've learned from youtube:

Kore - this
Sore - that

examples:

Kore wa kamera desu ka?
(Is this a camera?)

Kore wa kamera desu.
(This is a camera.)

REMEMBER: by adding "ka" at the end of the sentence, it becomes a question. The sentence pattern doesn't change. Just add "ka".

in answering:

Hai, sore wa kamera desu.
(yes, that is a camera.)

Negative Form:

Kore wa kamera desu ka?
(Is this a camera?)

Answer in negative:
Iie, Sore wa kamera dewa arimasen.
(no, that is not a camera.)

REMEMBER: "~dewa arimasen" is the negative form of "~masu" while "~ja arimasen" is less formal, and "~ja nai" is not formal.

in "~masu" the less formal form of it is "~ru/~iru/~eru".

<3_UtadaHikaru_Aijin_<3 wrote:
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hrabbit wrote:
Here's a neat little thing I learned...

When writing the topic marker "wa" it is written with the hiragana of "ha" !

therefore,
Example:私は元気です~ Watashi wa genki desu. ~I am good.
not: 私わ]元気です


but if you are writing a word with "wa" in it (this is if you were writing it in hiragana) then you would use わ


sooo when writing the subject marker "wa" you use "ha" but it is still pronounced "wa"


I know, its a little confusing but if you see it a lot you start to pick it up. hope that made some sense....

hai hai

this is very true

soulhunter14 wrote:
as well as the hiragana character "e" and "he" for example when you right the sentence "nihon e ikimasho" you should use the character of "he" not "e" (sorry, can't right the character, don't have japanese language installed here.)

as well as the hiragana character "e" and "he" for example when you right the sentence "nihon e ikimasho" you should use the character of "he" not "e" (sorry, can't right the character, don't have japanese language installed here.)

allanah wrote:
Wow I just typed up a whole thing about informal Japanese and I got logged out and the reply wasn't posted. Ugh. I'll try again another time. I'll just say this

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as well as the hiragana character "e" and "he" for example when you right the sentence "nihon e ikimasho" you should use the character of "he" not "e" (sorry, can't right the character, don't have japanese language installed here.)

This explanation is technically right. The 'he' is pronounced 'e', but the example used is not right. It should be 'nihon ni ikimasho' "Lets go to Japan". 'Ni' is 'to' in this case. I can't think of any examples of 'he' except 'Allanah he' which would be used on a greeting card and would mean 'For Allanah'.

Wow its hard to write in English this way :P

soulhunter14 wrote:
the one uploaded by aploosh, am I right aijin? That vid is very helpful even if it's an old vid.