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Japanese Language Course – A Tale of Two Adjectives
2010
06.15
06.15
For the next part of this japanese language course we’re gonna have fun with adjectives. Adjectives can either modify the noun that immediately follows or connected in much the same way that a particle is used. There are two categories of adjectives: “na” and “i” adjectives. Let’s get started then. The na-adjective Na Adjectives act [...]
Japanese Language Course – Particle Acceleration
2010
06.10
06.10
Establishing Word Functions with Particles Welcome back for another installment of this Japanese language course! When I first saw the word particle in relation to grammar, I assumed maybe I was misreading the word ‘participle’. I found out pretty quickly though that a particle is a unique function in Japanese that really has no equivalent in [...]
Japanese Language Course – State of Being Verbs
2010
06.03
06.03
Do you remember all of your state-of-being verbs in English? Am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been? Well, get ready to throw all of that out the window because Japanese has no way of translating that verb directly. Instead they simply declare something is so by using the Hiragana symbol of 「だ」 to a [...]
Japanese Language Course – Alphabet Part 3 – Miscellaneous Sounds
2010
05.23
05.23
We now come to part three of our primary alphabet lesson for this japanese language course for beginners. Even though we’ve covered the distinct characters for Hiragana and Katakana, there are some other sounds left to be covered. So come on and join me for part three of this japanese language course. Voiced Consonants The [...]
Japanese Language Course – The Alphabet Part 2 – Katakana
2010
05.21
05.21
Thank you for coming back for part two of my Japanese language course for beginners. As I mentioned at the end of the last lesson, this lesson will focus on the Katakana writing system. Katakana, as I mentioned in the last lesson, is pretty much only used for writing foreign words and by that I [...]
Japanese Language Course – The Alphabet Part 1 – Hiragana
2010
05.17
05.17
Introduction: When learning a language, it’s clearly best to start with the basics and this japanese language course is no different. I remember back in kindergarten that the first thing we had to do is to learn the alphabet. After learning those symbols/letters, we then learned what sounds were associated with those letters and then [...]
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2010
05.15
05.15
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