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| Rad | Monday 04th of April 2005 10:28:21 AM |
| Help me please.. - konnichiwa mina-san! (hello everyone) well, that's how far my japanese goes mostly memorized phrases. I'm currently memorizing japanese phrases right now and i think its easy to memorize them when you actually know the meaning and purpose of each word. here are my questions when do you use to, wa, no, ga, o, imasu, desu, arimasen, arimasu, kudasai, onegai? i figured out "to" is and, and "no" is used to describe the word after no with the word before it like "pinku iro no kuruuma"(pink car) but the others im not really sure and kinda confused. help pls.. (tasukette kudasai - im not really sure about this hehe, correct me if im wrong) I would really appreciate your help. domo arigatou gozaimasu in advance :D | |
| surfin_bart | Tuesday 05th of April 2005 12:41:10 PM |
| - These are not conjunctions. I think it will be better to look at them like prepositions or more accurately 'post'positions since they modify word they follow, not the word they precede. to -- this is used like 'and' when connecting a series of things wa - this does not have any translation in English. It denotes the topic of the sentence. It is similar to 'ga' but slightly diffrent -- experience will teach you the differene. no - a possesive. just like 's. the woman's box = onna no hako ga - no translation in English. denotes the subject of a sentec o - no translation. follows a noun that is being acted pon by the sentences verb. This is not used when the copula 'desu' is used. imasu - the polite form of the verb iru - to be; it is also the polite present tense ending to many verbs. desu -- the copula. similar to the verm 'is" arimasen - negative polite present tense form of the verb aru = to exist arimasu -- polite present tense of the verb aru (see above) kudasai -- 'please' (literally 'to pass down')used following te form of a verb. you are politely asking someone to something for you. onegai - honorific please | |
