[duksiew]

anyone know some easy ways to learn the plain form? ZOMG! i have an exam for tomorrow, and i'll study soon xD but yeah, theres plan form, AND I ABSOLUTELY suck at plain form.
is this right?
present form: use うsounds
example: taberu
past form: change to あ sounds -> changing taberu to: tabeta?
negative: add a nai? -> tabenai ?
past neg: tabenakatta
please help me T^T'' tell me what sounds i change when its past, neg forms? xD thanks!

haha sounds like you got that down already though. your right about taberu. The way i worked it out was, if its -eru, always put the ending after -e. Tabe-nai

-ru = past -ta / neg -nai / neg past -nakatta

examples:
- suteru, suteta, sutenai, sutenakatta
- shiraberu, shirabeta, shirebenai, shirbaenakatta
- tariru, tarita, tarinai, tarinakatta

-u = -su > shita /
-ku > ita ex: kiku > kiita
-gu > ida
-bu > nda ex: asobu > asonda
-tsu> tta ex: matsu > matta
-mu> nda
-ru > ita ex: naoru > naorita
-u > tta ex: kau > katta

For all -u verbs, negative just take off the -u and add -anai. ex: matsu > matanai, kiku > kikanai, kariru > kariranai, naoru > naoranai
EXCEPT: -au, becomes awanai

Anyway thats my little bit of help. lol

[duksiew]

dang, double post lol, my comp is screwing up

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

this site really helped me with, pretty much everything, don't know if anyone else here uses it?

[sui]

haha sounds like you got that down already though. your right about taberu. The way i worked it out was, if its -eru, always put the ending after -e. Tabe-nai

-ru = past -ta / neg -nai / neg past -nakatta

examples:
- suteru, suteta, sutenai, sutenakatta
- shiraberu, shirabeta, shirebenai, shirbaenakatta
- tariru, tarita, tarinai, tarinakatta

-u = -su > shita /
-ku > ita ex: kiku > kiita
-gu > ida
-bu > nda ex: asobu > asonda
-tsu> tta ex: matsu > matta
-mu> nda
-ru > ita ex: naoru > naorita
-u > tta ex: kau > katta

For all -u verbs, negative just take off the -u and add -anai. ex: matsu > matanai, kiku > kikanai, kariru > kariranai, naoru > naoranai
EXCEPT: -au, becomes awanai

Anyway thats my little bit of help. lol

Perfect help! By the way, about your negative common up there...question...
-ru = past -ta / neg -nai / neg past -nakatta
the question is...what about the past positive? how would you write them?

[duksiew]

Perfect help! By the way, about your negative common up there...question...
-ru = past -ta / neg -nai / neg past -nakatta
the question is...what about the past positive? how would you write them?

uhh, past positive...would be the regular past, no? lol

-ta, as in tabeta, would be past positive.

[ntxoo89]

KONBANWA MINNA SAN genki desu ka??? okay i'm barely learning japanese in college since my highschool didn't let us learn japanese. so i'm a noob in japanese language right now...but i'm having lots of fun in that class. i'm learning to write in hirigana..but i really want to learn how to write in kanji too ^&^ anyways...i'm just posting oh by the way does anyone knows a good site to learn hangul??(korean language) b/c i really want to learn hangul after hangul imma try to learn thai then cantonese and mandrin hehe imma try to learn all asian language. JA...JA NE MINNA SAN SAYONARA!!!! oyasumi nasai *bows and leaves*

[peachesapples123]

Does anyone know what mita kureh means? Something like that. I'm not too sure but it's what Marth says (from Super Smash Bros Melee) when he wins a battle so I was just kind of wondering what it meant. ^^;;

[JYSTYLE*]

does anyone know how much standard shipping for letters cost in japan? =)

[asianami]

はぢめましてんこそば──ッ♪(＊・∀・)＝○))゜Д゜)♡；；ﾜﾗ
!!!＆こﾝばんわｯｯ!!!

あみも自己紹介するネェｗ↓↓

名前＊あみ【本名じゃナイよ】
歳＊14歳たか01【高校に!!やった!!＾０＾】
性別＊恋する乙女え笑
血液型＊B型
性格＊あカるL1，ぅるさL1，L1つもハイテンション，あほw笑
一言＊ばカだけど，仲良くしてねー

はーぃ，日本語下手ﾃﾞｰｽっっ汗汗
もＵ間違ぃがありますなら，教ぇてくださァ＝ぃ★!
まだ勉強してるねー＾＾

ぁooo

これからョロシクﾈ───ｯ!!!(●＞∀＜●) ・・・もぅ①回ｗ笑


JYSTYLE*ｻﾝへ
well, if you mean by just a regular letter/envelope, then 80 cents last time i know ! n__n;
the price will get higher tho depending on how much it weighs. ^^*

ntxoo89ｻﾝへ
LOL HAJIMEMASHITE-!! NTXOO89-SAAN! ^o^
That's so col that your'e studying Japanese in college!
GAAAAAH THERES NO ASAIN LANGUAGES WHATSOEVER IN MY SCHOOL
(heel barely ANY asians u___u;) so im stuck with self-studying! Dx
did you just took up japanese this school year?!
errr i studied for a while now but i have to brush up on my japanese again x__o
OOH btw if you go to the learn korean thread, im pretty sure there's tons of a sites
they have in the first post that'll show how to write hangeul.
hangeul (in terms of writing&reading) IS MAAAD EASY!!!
...it's just the pronunciations that gets to you ;__; *tears* SO HARRRD!! ToT ;

duksiewｻﾝへ
WOOT SOMEBODY WHO ALSO USES THAT SITE TOO
YAAAY HIGH FIVE ME MAAAN! 8DDD *high fives you* XDDD ;;
i love that site. i started out with thejapanesepage.com
but when i found guide to japanese , i think it's much easier to understand and stuff.
i still go on to tjp sometimes tho haha XD
(THEY'RE SELF-STUDYING TIPS ARTICLE IS REALLY FRIGGEN HELPFUL SRSY READ IT! NOWWW >]]]])

[duksiew]

^^haha ミクシイを使ってる人のように、上手書けるよね！

But ya, i love that site! it works wonders for grammar explanations!! How long have you been learning??

[keczianthei]

correct me if im wrong, does 'yata' mean "yes!".. (or is there even such a word like that?) T_T

[calcifer]

correct me if im wrong, does 'yata' mean "yes!".. (or is there even such a word like that?) T_T

Yata means sort of like..."hooray!" (do you say hooray? I just learned this word from books) " I did it!" "I made it!" "I achieved it!"anyway it is a shout when you feel happy.

はぢめましてんこそば──ッ♪(＊・∀・)＝○))゜Д゜)♡；；ﾜﾗ!!!＆こﾝばんわｯｯ!!!あみも自己紹介するネェｗ↓↓名前＊あみ【本名じゃナイよ】歳＊14歳たか01【高校に!!やった!!＾０＾】性別＊恋する乙女え笑血液型＊B型性格＊あカるL1，ぅるさL1，L1つもハイテンション，あほw笑一言＊ばカだけど，仲良くしてねーはーぃ，日本語下手ﾃﾞｰｽっっ汗汗もＵ間違ぃがありますなら，教ぇてくださァ＝ぃ★! ---->もし間違いがあったら、教ぇてくださァ＝ぃ★!まだ勉強してるねー＾＾ ---->まだ勉強中なので　or まだ完璧じゃないからー　etc...ぁoooこれからョロシクﾈ───ｯ!!!(●＞∀＜●) ・・・もぅ①回ｗ笑JYSTYLE*ｻﾝへwell, if you mean by just a regular letter/envelope, then 80 cents last time i know ! n__n;the price will get higher tho depending on how much it weighs. ^^*ntxoo89ｻﾝへLOL HAJIMEMASHITE-!! NTXOO89-SAAN! ^o^That's so col that your'e studying Japanese in college!GAAAAAH THERES NO ASAIN LANGUAGES WHATSOEVER IN MY SCHOOL(heel barely ANY asians u___u;) so im stuck with self-studying! Dxdid you just took up japanese this school year?! errr i studied for a while now but i have to brush up on my japanese again x__oOOH btw if you go to the learn korean thread, im pretty sure there's tons of a sites they have in the first post that'll show how to write hangeul.hangeul (in terms of writing&reading) IS MAAAD EASY!!!...it's just the pronunciations that gets to you ;__; *tears* SO HARRRD!! ToT ; duksiewｻﾝへWOOT SOMEBODY WHO ALSO USES THAT SITE TOO YAAAY HIGH FIVE ME MAAAN! 8DDD *high fives you* XDDD ;;i love that site. i started out with thejapanesepage.combut when i found guide to japanese , i think it's much easier to understand and stuff.i still go on to tjp sometimes tho haha XD (THEY'RE SELF-STUDYING TIPS ARTICLE IS REALLY FRIGGEN HELPFUL SRSY READ IT! NOWWW >]]]])

LOL it was a cute introduction of yours and I thought you were Japanese. How could you get influenced this much by Japanese girls? I made some corrections since you asked! good luck!

[asianami]

▼duksiewさん
duksiewさん，ありがとぉ～～人´∀｀).☆.。.:*
あ”　ﾐｸｼｲ?!ｗｗ　すぃませーんが，ﾐｸｼｲが知らﾅｨの・・＞＜。
LOL YEAH IT IS!! That site has such an easy, straightforward explanation to grammars and such!
So .. effing.. AWESOME! <3
ahaha maybe .. around the beginning of this year? XDDD;;
its kinda off&on.. i can be motivated and then a month later..
"gahh dont want to study!! DDDD;" or "TOMORROW i'll study FOSHO`" (not!!! -___-;)
you know, that feeling right?! oosh, how about YOU? how long have you studied japanese?!


▼kecziantheiさん
err it's "yatta' LOL XD
and it's just lyke an expression to use when you're happy..
lyke you know ex: "YES!! I DID IT!! I PASSED!! WOOHOO!"
or "HELL YEAAAH! I PWNED YOU MAN!!" XDDD ;;
that kind of yes! :3


▼calciferさん
LOLOLOL~ HAHA THANKiES! <33 : D
that compliment made me smile LOL XD
and gahh.. knew there was bound to have SOME grammar errors somewhere >__>;
(thankies for correcting it tho!! haha your AWESOME-O! >0<)
dammit, need to brushen up on my japanese! >:O
(it's been lyke a month since i've used it!!)
&HAHAHA YOU THOUGHT I WAS JAPANESE? LOLOLOL XDDD ;;
i try to mimick it by browsing thru
their blogs (ex yaplog, ameblo, etc)&one of my japanese freinds
taught me how to talk "japanese girl-y and stuff" HAHA
& paying attention to how they use the smilies and stuff also help~~ :3
hahahah! xD ;

[CitrusFlower]

how doy you take japanese word and make into a sentence?how do you know when to add a "desu" and "no" in a sentence?im learning japanese from a book and i need alot of help

[Psychotic Otaku]

vyvy94I hope my explanation isn't confusing... ><;;

1. 'No/の' is a possesive marker. You use it when you want to show possesion of something or someone.
Example:
Romaji: Kore wa watashi no cd desu
Japanese: これは私のＣＤです。
Translation: This is my CD.
Purpose: The 'no' here is showing that the cd is mine

2. 'Desu/です' in Japanese is the verb 'to be' conjugated as 'am/is'. You use it to show the state of an object or person, it's placed at the end of the sentence.
Example:
Romaji: Watashi wa kanadajin desu.
Japanese: 私はカナダ人です。
Translation: I am Canadian.
Purpose: The 'desu' here is defining that I am Canadian.

N.B!!- The 'wa/は' is a particle that identifies who/what state of being the person/object is in, in the case of the example, it is indicating that I am canadian.

The most basic japanese sentence i can think of is [sthg] desu. But I think it's kind of casual in it's form.
Example:
Romaji: Hon desu.
Japanese: 本です。
Translation: This is a book.
Purpose: I'm taking a Japanese word (Hon) and combining it with 'desu' to form a simple sentence.

[eledoremassis02]

Do any of you guys blog in Japanese?

[Psychotic Otaku]

^ I do.. but my Japanese is pretty sucky lol

[eledoremassis02]

whats your blog (if you don't mind)

[Psychotic Otaku]

i don't know if it can be labeled as a blog.. but here's where i do my blogging etc in japanese. http://jp.cyworld.com/jaysca101

[eledoremassis02]

won't load >< I wonder why?

[Psychotic Otaku]

^ fixed the link... it was supposed to be without the www >-<;;