I'm just gonna write with kanji and stuff, if there are people who could write japanese with romaji but no kanji that's fine with me too. If so, just tell me. I'm from Finland but I think I'm pretty good at Japanese so I can try to answer if you have any questions about the grammar stuff etc. 日本語のトピックは見つかりませんでしたので、今作りました。 日本語を喋れる人方がいらっしゃるのでしょうか？ 私は一年間の日本留学で日本語を習いましたが、もともとはフィンランドの出身です。 日本にはヒッピーはなかなか居ないと思いますが、他の国の日本語に興味を持つ方もいらっしゃるのではないかと思いました。 それでは、日本語で会話をしていただきたいと思います。 宜しくお願いします！
What about teaching? I really do want to learn japanese....Have done for a while. I've looked up on a few things but then got distracted. Konnichi wa =)
wRRaさん、こんばんは！スティーブンと申します！ 僕はアメリカのオハイオ州で生まれ育ったんですが、今は一年間日本に留学してます！母が日本人なので、僕はアメリカと日本のハーフなんですよ。 今の学校はICUまたは国際基督教大学といいます。東京から電車で３０分ぐらいかかります。とても良い学校で、本当に国際って感じですね。でも、最近は地震や原発の影響で留学生の友達が何人か母国に帰ってしまったので、非常に寂しいです・・ ４６４９！（ヨ・ロ・シ・ク！）
ee na! Minnasan ga kanji to katakana nanka de taipu dekiru. Urayamashii desu yo. Jaa, ore no kanpyutaa de sonna dekinai kara---romanji de yattemiyou. wRRa-san wa nippon de hiipii o mitsukerarenakatta to yuu no wa zannen desuyo. Iru hazu desu yo. Tada minnasan wa mou toshi tottan desu ne. Ongaku kankei no hito toka, Jazzu kissaten yatteiru toka, sou yuu mitai na hito bakari... Sarariman-taipu jaa nai ne. Nihongo no peeji yaru no ga ii to omoimasu. yoroshiku...
Sore to mo ne Ore wa mou 30nen ijou nihongo o tsukatteimasu kedo, moshi Oosaka-ben toka Kansai-ben nanka ni kyoumi ga areba, ore ni kiite mo iindesu yo. Homma ya nen. Nan demo ee sakai ya na! Dousei, kansai hito wa akkan chu koto jaa nai ya nen. ...Honde na, anta ga dare ka to okottara, urusai kuchi de Oosaka-ben de yuu to, homma ni katsu zo! kimatteiru yanke!
I know that the verbs grammar in Japanese is very hard to understand. I have tried to learn this language but give up like a year ago. Maybe you can teach me some so I can get my confidence back and keep learning. Thanks.
The verbs are not that difficult. At first the grammar seems hard because it is different. But once you get used to it, it is actually very simplistic. You don't have to worry about genders, and there are relatively few verb conjugations. The verbs do not change for future tense. In fact all you need to know is that there is the basic form (e.g. to go----iku), a polite form (e.g. to go: ikimasu), and then a basic tense (e.g. eat---taberu), a negative tense (e.g. eat: do not eat, or no eat---tabenai), past tense, (e.g. ate: tabeta), a negative past tense (e.g. did not eat: tabenakatta), a suggestive tense (e.g. shall we go: ikkou), and the verb changes for something that is 'happening' (e.g. eating---tabeteiru). There is another root form for when you are combining sentences, or even combining verbs (e.g. eat and go, or go and eat: tabete iku). All you are doing is changing the root form of the verb---so for example, tabe~ is the root form of the verb to eat. The formal form is usually ~masu (such as ikimasu or tabemasu using the 2 verbs in the previous examples), ~masen (for negative), ~mashita (for past tense), ~masen deshita (for negative past tense), ~mashou (for the suggestive), ~teimasu (for something that is happening). When connecting verbs, only the last verb is formal (e.g. tabete ikimasu). There is still a higher level of formality, which is still very simple, but as a beginner this is good enough. Also there is a probable, or uncertain tense, which is just the basic root form, or basic negative form (in a negative case), followed by the copula in a probable form---for example: maybe I/you/he/she/it/we/they will eat: taberu darou, for the informal tense, or in the formal tense, taberu deshou. That is all there is to it. It doesn't matter if it is I, you, he, she, it, we, or they, that are the subject of the verb. My explanation may not use the correct grammatical terms, but this is pretty much how all the verbs work. The verb always goes at the end of the sentence, though it may be followed by a postparticle, such as ~ka (which turns the sentence into a question), or ~yo (which is like a verbal explanation mark).
Wow, that's really nice of you. You're a real teacher. It will take me sometime to understand and remember those words.
Just start with the basic verb pattern and start making sentences, Then move to past tense, and so forth. Most Japanese lessons start with the more formal form so you could do that, or you could use the root form. For example, Watakushi-wa gakkou-e ikimasu, or watakushi-wa gakkou-e iku (I go to school) the past tense: ~gakkou-e ikimashita. Ok, here is an exception, a few verbs like iku do not become ikita for past tense----instead they become itta in the informal case, so it would be Watakushi-wa gakkou-e itta. Here is another exception that is used quite a bit---the verb 'to do:' The informal form is suru, but the formal form is shimasu. But the past tense becomes 'shita' for informal and shimashita for formal. Negative is shinai/shimasen. The exception is the present basic tense which is suru---everything else uses shi~ as the root. So here are some verbs to practice with: taberu/tabemasu - to eat, kau/kaimasu - to buy (note the informal past tense is kawanai), wakaru/wakarimasu - to understand, nomu/nomimasu - to drink, uru/urimasu - to sell, miru/mimasu - to see, suwaru/suwarimasu - to sit, kaku/kakimasu - to write, draw, oboeru/oboemasu - to remember, memorize, dekiru/dekimasu - to be able to, kiku/kikimasu - to hear, etc.
Yes-----there is my book, 'How to Understand Japanese Verbs in 20 Easy Steps' Just send $25.00 and I'll ship it out to you. (Just kidding). I can't think of any off hand. I know there are those books that have a white cover with black lettering, French Verbs, German Verbs, etc. There might be one on Japanese, but I can't guarantee it. I think the text books I learned with were by Nagayama, or something. They were pretty good, and I think there were 3 volumes to it---but that was well over 30 years ago. I would recomend a Nelson's kanji dictionary if you want to be able to read it at all. But I apologize, I am not very familiar with the text books that are out there.
I am in my second year of taking Japanese, and it is super hard for me! I really need to practice more often, but sometimes it's hard to find people to practice with. Anyone up to help? XD I need as much of it as I can get!
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