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Post: 55088775_226 created on Sat Nov 07, 2009 11:48 amPosted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 11:48 am
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Xeno Incognito Since this thread is for 初心者, I'd like to ask some questions as I'm taking first-year 日木語 at my university... 1. How do you go about using 原稿用紙? The professor didn't go into much detail but we're required to do at least one or two this quarter for writing compositions... 2. What's the general rule for using either く or じゃありません as a suffix when expressing the negative for an adjective? I understand く is generally used for い adjectives and じゃありません for な adjectives, but I was told there were exceptions... or is this the general idea? 3. Is this greeting gramatically correct, and if it technically is, would it sound strange saying this in an "everyday" context to a Japanese person? Quote: はじめまして。（name of uni）だいがくの（my name）です。（my town）はしゅっしんです。いちねんせいです。せんこうはぶんがくです。じゅういちがつうまれです。 4. In what context is it appropriate to use のor に or は or が or を? There's so many particles for different sentences, it's confusing... 5. Also, a personal question not related to class: what's the difference between the kanji 中月and just 中? Don't they both mean morning? 1) I cannot answer this as I've never used 原稿用紙 before... ^^; 2) Yeah, that's the general idea. 高い is an い adjective so when making it a negative, you would take the い off and add くありません(or くない depending on the formality/whom you are talking to) You can also use ではありません(じゃ being another form of では) or ではない。Both are polite. There is also である but that is mainly used in writing. Literature too! smile 3) It sounds fine to me! An everyday Japanese person would understand that, but may find it clunky. It would flow better if you changed です to で (the て form of です, acts like an "and" wink . So... はじめまして。 （name of uni)だいがくの(your name)です。(your town)はしゅっしんで、いちねんせいです。せんこうはぶんがくでじゅういちがつうまれです。 (though I'm wondering what the last sentence meant, lol. It's early though so forgive me if it's valid. ^^ wink 4. Since you're in first year, I'll keep it simple. の shows possesive or a link between 2 nouns. You used it correctly in your example sentence. smile 犬の食べ物⇒いぬのたべもの⇒The dog's food 食べ物の犬⇒たべもののいぬ⇒Food of the dog (Dog food) 私の車⇒わたしのくるま⇒My car Since you're doing it at university level you'll probably learn a lot more about the use of particles, so I wouldn't worry yourself so much. (You'll be using them a lot too!) に shows the direction of an action/where something is. あの家に猫があります。⇒あのうちにねこがあります⇒In that house there is a cat. お店に行きます⇒おみせにいきます⇒I'm going to the shop は ・ が Even natives struggle on describing the difference between these! But the basic difference is that, は puts emphasis on what comes after it. が puts emphasis on what comes before it. 私は寿司を食べました。⇒ わたしはすしをたべました。⇒ I ate the sushi. 私が寿司を食べました。⇒わたしがすしをたべました。⇒ I ate the sushi I once got told, が answers an almost invisible question. だれがすしをたべました？ （Who at the sushi?) 私が（すしをたべました） (It was me. (who at the sushi). I hope that's not too confusing but thats the basics... haha. を is an easy one, marks the object of the sentence. すしをたべました －＞ marks sushi as the "object" since the action was being preformed on it. 5. I've never seen those kanji used for morning. ^^;;; I've seen 朝（あさ） for morning and that's about it. Haha. Edit: AWHHH MIDORIIII. XD Agh gonna post this anyways, lmao. Pretty much the same as Midori's but I think his is simpler... |
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