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 Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 11:38 am
watashi wa gaia de compyuta o sumasu.
translation:i play gaia on the computer.
the verb suru(sumasu is the positive form) means to do and is used for any activity
example: watashi wa tenisu o sumasen
that means i dont play tennis.
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 3:51 pm
suru is an irregular verb (often classified as a Class 3 verb along with kuru, to come). so it doesn't conjugate like a u-verb or ru-verb.
suru = plain affirmative form (or dictionary form)
shimasu = polite affirmative form (-masu form)
shinai = plain negative
shimasen = polite negative
austin is right, you can pair suru with many nouns and essectially make it a verb all it's own. The nouns can be foreign loanwords (like jogingu=jogging, tenisu=tennis) or kanji compounds that do not have corresponding verbs (benkyou=study)
kyou, watashi wa jogingu o shimasu (I will jog today)
watashi wa tenisu o shimasen (I don't play tennis)
in your first sentance, you've switched your particle, and are saying "By means of gaia, I play computer" I think what you're looking for is
watashi wa conpyuutaa de gaia o shimasu (I play gaia on the computer, more literally: by means of the computer, I do/play gaia)
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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 9:13 am
Also, if the sentance already has a direct object in it (before you combine a noun with 'suru') then you dont use the 'o' inbetween the noun and suru.
For example:
Watashi wa benkyou o shimasu. I will study.
Watashi wa nihongo o benkyou shimasu. I will study Japanese.
You never* use 'o' in a sentance twice so you would NOT say: watashi wa nihongo o benkyou o shimasu.
* Never say never! The exception is if you are making a compound sentance where you are using a sentance with 'o' in it as a clause/inbedded sentance, but that is more advanced.
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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 6:15 am
uummmmmmmmmmm......konnichiwa?
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 4:41 pm
Man I had a bunch of irregular stuff to lecture you on but Freakezette beat me.
sad
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 11:37 pm
nichiyoobi ni wastashi wa suiei o puuru ni ekimashita. is this right?
(sorry i didnt post this in the what is it in japanese post thing!)
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 2:22 pm
Ican't learn any verbs until I learn nouns and pronouns and...everything else whee I love this site though at least here you can try to learn Japanese 3nodding
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