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Are you learning Japanese?
Want advice for learning Japanese?
Want something translated?
This is the thread for you ^^
verb conjugator
Top 500 Japanese verbs
Adjective conjugation
Jisho: Japanese Dictionary
Puni Puni: Grammar lessons
Youtube:
JapaneseAmmo
Japanesepod101
Tae Kim
Alphabet:
[Kanji resources to be added]
Short Stories, with translations:
Kachi Kachi Yama
Tale of Princess Kaguya
Momotarou, the peach boy
Urashima and the Kingdom Beneath the Sea
Nezuminosumou: Mouse Sumou
Kintarou, the Nature Boy
Kasakojizou: Bamboo Hats for Jizou
[Masterlist]
Verb Conjugation:
ichidan/u verbs
*there is one irregular conjugation, this is for the word いく('to come') which conjugates いって (not いて)
Want advice for learning Japanese?
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This is the thread for you ^^
verb conjugator
Top 500 Japanese verbs
Adjective conjugation
Jisho: Japanese Dictionary
Puni Puni: Grammar lessons
Youtube:
JapaneseAmmo
Japanesepod101
Tae Kim
Alphabet:
[Kanji resources to be added]
Short Stories, with translations:
Kachi Kachi Yama
Tale of Princess Kaguya
Momotarou, the peach boy
Urashima and the Kingdom Beneath the Sea
Nezuminosumou: Mouse Sumou
Kintarou, the Nature Boy
Kasakojizou: Bamboo Hats for Jizou
[Masterlist]
Verb Conjugation:
- ます-Form
godan/ru verbs
| Present Affirmative | Present Negative | Past Affirmative | Past Negative | Example Verbs |
| remove "ru" add "masu" | remove "ru" add "masen" | remove "ru" add "mashita" | remove "ru" add "masendeshita" | たべる：To Eat |
ichidan/u verbs
| Present Affirmative | Present Negative | Past Affirmative | Past Negative | Example Verbs | |
| "u" ending | remove "u" add "imasu" | remove "u" add "imasen" | remove "u" add "imashita" | remove "u" add "imasendeshita" | いく：To Go |
| "ku" ending | remove "ku" add "kimasu" | remove "ku" add "kimasen" | remove "ku" add "kimashita" | remove "ku" add "kimasendeshita" | きく：To Listen |
| "tsu" ending | remove "tsu" add "chimasu" | remove "tsu" add "chimasen" | remove "tsu" add "chimashita" | remove "tsu" add "chimasendeshita" | もつ：To Hold |
| "nu" ending | remove "nu" add "nimasu" | remove "nu" add "nimasen" | remove "nu" add "nimashita" | remove "nu" add "nimasendeshita" | しぬ：To Die |
| "mu" ending | remove "mu" add "mimasu" | remove "mu" add "mimasen" | remove "mu" add "mimashita" | remove "mu" add "mimasendeshita" | よむ：To Read |
| "zu" ending | remove "zu" add "zimasu" | remove "zu" add "zimasen" | remove "zu" add "zimashita" | remove "zu" add "zimasendeshita" | きんず：To Forbid |
| "ru" ending | remove "ru" add "rimasu | remove "ru" add "rimasen | remove "ru" add "rimashita" | remove "ru" add "rimasendeshita" | とる：To Take |
| "su" ending | remove "su" add "shimasu" | remove "su" add "shimaen" | remove "su" add "shimashita" | remove "su" add "shimasendeshita" | はなす：To Speak |
| "bu" ending | remove "bu" add "bimasu" | remove "bu" add "bimasen" | remove "bu" add "bimashita" | remove "bu" add "bimasendeshita | はこぶ：To Carry |
Irregular Verbs
| Base Form | Present Affirmative | Present Negative | Past Affirmative | Past Negative | |
| To Come | くる | きます | きません | きました | きませんでした |
| To Do | する | します | しません | しました | しませんでした |
| To Study | べんきょうする | 勉強します | 勉強しません | 勉強しました | 勉強しませんでした |
- て-Form
godan/ru verbs
| "ru', "tsu" or "u" ending | replace final syllable with "tte" | のる：のって |
| "ku" ending* | replace final syllable with "ite" | きく：きいて |
| "su" ending | replace final syllable with "shite" | はなす：はなして |
| "bu", "mu" or "nu" ending | replace final syllable with "nde" | しぬ：しんで |
| "gu" ending | replace final syllable with "ide" | およぐ：およいで |
*there is one irregular conjugation, this is for the word いく('to come') which conjugates いって (not いて)
ichidan/u verbs
| "ru" ending | replace final syllable with "te" | たべる：たべて |
Irregular Verbs
| To Come | くる：きて |
| To Do | する：して |
| To Study | べんきょうする：べんきょうして |
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Particles:
Japanese particles are small words that indicate relations of words within a sentence. They follow other words such as nouns, verbs, adjectives are parts of a sentence. Some but not all can be compared to prepositions in English. The Japanese language uses a total of 188 particles.
Description via NihongoIchiban
Japanese name suffix’s
さん(San)
The most common, used on both boys and girls. Can be used in both formal and (somewhat) informal contexts. さん is your failsafe when you don’t know which one to use. Do not refer to ones self as san, it is very rude
さま(Sama)
くん(Kun)
Casual when referring to other males usually by someone of higher status to someone of lower status. e.g. when talking to a male student. Some females are called くん, however this is less common.
ちゃん(Chan)
Usually used on children, female family members, close friends and lovers. It is a term of endearment. Often a person’s name is shortened to addちゃんto it (e.g. こちゃん, instead of こいちちゃん) not to be used on anyone of higher status, the person should be younger than you, or you should know the person really well, you can use ちゃん to your name, unlike others
Japanese Pronouns
Female:
わたし: me/I usually omitted, if you use this too much it sounds like “ME ME ME, I want all the attention ♡“.
あたし: me/I usually used by women 20-40
うち: used as I in hiragana, but ’house’ in Kanji. Mainly used by teenagers in Tokyo
Some women use their own names
Male:
俺・おれ・オレ: me/I used when talking casually to friends.
ぼく・ボク・僕: feels childlike when used informally, good boys use this.ぼくis often used as ’I’ in blogs, to distinguish the writer as male. Used when you don’t have to be too formal with a person, but still formal ( i.e. a stranger on the street), also used when talking to senpai. Girls who use ぼく are considered weird, as if they wan to be a man and are not girly, often seen as cringe.
Either
わたし・わたくし・私: when talking to a boss/client. Girls can use わたし in all cases, the same cannot be said for men
じぶん・自分・ジブン: when they don’t know what to use in formal speech:わたし is too formal and ぼく is too childish.
Making Comparisons:
To compare two items or activities the sentence pattern
A よりB (の) 方が (ほうが) C です is used.
In this pattern B is emphasized or preferred over A
A and B can be nouns or verb phrases
C can be either a verb or an adjective
When comparing verbs the base (dictionary) verb is used and omit the の before方が
e.g.
日本よりカナダの方が大きです。
Canada is bigger than Japan
りょうりはつくるより食べる方が好きです。
I like eating more than cooking
cr. my Japanese notes
Japanese particles are small words that indicate relations of words within a sentence. They follow other words such as nouns, verbs, adjectives are parts of a sentence. Some but not all can be compared to prepositions in English. The Japanese language uses a total of 188 particles.
Description via NihongoIchiban
Japanese name suffix’s
さん(San)
The most common, used on both boys and girls. Can be used in both formal and (somewhat) informal contexts. さん is your failsafe when you don’t know which one to use. Do not refer to ones self as san, it is very rude
さま(Sama)
- When working for a company and talking to a customer
- You want to be sarcastic about someone who thinks highly of themselves
くん(Kun)
Casual when referring to other males usually by someone of higher status to someone of lower status. e.g. when talking to a male student. Some females are called くん, however this is less common.
ちゃん(Chan)
Usually used on children, female family members, close friends and lovers. It is a term of endearment. Often a person’s name is shortened to addちゃんto it (e.g. こちゃん, instead of こいちちゃん) not to be used on anyone of higher status, the person should be younger than you, or you should know the person really well, you can use ちゃん to your name, unlike others
Japanese Pronouns
Female:
わたし: me/I usually omitted, if you use this too much it sounds like “ME ME ME, I want all the attention ♡“.
あたし: me/I usually used by women 20-40
うち: used as I in hiragana, but ’house’ in Kanji. Mainly used by teenagers in Tokyo
Some women use their own names
Male:
俺・おれ・オレ: me/I used when talking casually to friends.
ぼく・ボク・僕: feels childlike when used informally, good boys use this.ぼくis often used as ’I’ in blogs, to distinguish the writer as male. Used when you don’t have to be too formal with a person, but still formal ( i.e. a stranger on the street), also used when talking to senpai. Girls who use ぼく are considered weird, as if they wan to be a man and are not girly, often seen as cringe.
Either
わたし・わたくし・私: when talking to a boss/client. Girls can use わたし in all cases, the same cannot be said for men
じぶん・自分・ジブン: when they don’t know what to use in formal speech:わたし is too formal and ぼく is too childish.
Making Comparisons:
To compare two items or activities the sentence pattern
A よりB (の) 方が (ほうが) C です is used.
In this pattern B is emphasized or preferred over A
A and B can be nouns or verb phrases
C can be either a verb or an adjective
When comparing verbs the base (dictionary) verb is used and omit the の before方が
e.g.
日本よりカナダの方が大きです。
Canada is bigger than Japan
りょうりはつくるより食べる方が好きです。
I like eating more than cooking
cr. my Japanese notes
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This is a really helpful thread, thank you!!
Thank you for the thread! Really helpful! ❤
this thread is going to be so useful omg ;u; thank you!
This is awesome. Ill make sure to credit you in my classes if I use this at all
Anyone have any tips for learning Kanji?
I know about 50 Kanji's already and know them just by looking. I learnt them by reading song lyrics in Japanese whilst singing.
I know the meanings but not how write them. I also don't really understand how to read them I just remember them.
I know about 50 Kanji's already and know them just by looking. I learnt them by reading song lyrics in Japanese whilst singing.
I know the meanings but not how write them. I also don't really understand how to read them I just remember them.
The two most popular methods I have found are either:
A) Learn the particles and then basic kanji and move up from there
B) Learn the most common Kanji and g9 that way
I find people who do A generally have an easier time learning new Kanji but people in B often can learn to read faster.
Kanji generally follows the pattern of left to right, top to bottom, then inside. In terms of writing.
Also lots of people use nmemonics but I personally found that it makes things harder in the long run.
Hope this helps.
Some great resources are out there in terms of apps, and looking at the N1-5 tests will give you what Japan expects of you in terms of Kanji recognition.
Thank you!
The Kanji I know so far are very common, I think I'm going to do a combination of both A and B.
From reading repeatedly I am picking up new Kanji but I want to know how to read them, rather than just memorising the way they look.
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Japanese Counters
Hours
The hour is given by saying the number and adding 「時」, which is pronounced as 「じ」.
Above is a chart with exceptions to look out for.
Minutes
Minutes are given by adding 「分」, which is usually read as「ふん」, though look out for exceptions which can be read as 「ぷん」.
Seconds
All reading for seconds consist of the number plus 「秒」, which is read as「びょう」. There are no exceptions for seconds and readings are all the same.
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Time Counters - 間
The basic counter for a span of time is 「間」, which is read as 「かん」. You can attach it to the end of hours, days, weeks, and years. Minutes (in general) and seconds do not need this counter and months have a separate counter
二年間（にねんかん）
two years
三週間（さんしゅうかん）
three weeks
Pronunciations to watch out for when counting weeks is one week: 「一週間」（いっしゅうかん）and 8 weeks: 「八週間」（はっしゅうかん)
Time Counters - Months
To count the number of months, you simple take a regular number and add 「か」and 「月」which is pronounced here as 「げつ」and not 「がつ」. The 「か」used in this counter is usually written as a small katakana 「ヶ」which is confusing because it’s still pronounced as 「か」and not 「け」. The small 「ヶ」is actually totally different from the katakana「ケ」and is really an abbreviation for the kanji 「箇」, the original kanji for the counter. This small 「ヶ」is also used in some place names such as 「千駄ヶ谷」and other counters, such as the counter for location described in the “Other Counters”section below.
二十ヶ月
Twenty months
三十三ヶ月
Thirty three months
*** When counting months, you should watch out for the following sound changes:
一ヶ月(いっかげつ)
六ヶ月(ろっかげつ)
十ヶ月(じゅっかげつ)
Hours
| Kanji | Hiragana | English |
| 一時 | One O'Clock | |
| 二時 | Two O'Clock | |
| 三時 | Three O'Clock | |
| 四時 | よじ | Four O'Clock |
| 五時 | Five O'Clock | |
| 六時 | Six O'Clock | |
| 七時 | しちじ | Seven O'Clock |
| 八時 | Eight O'Clock | |
| 九時 | くじ | Nine O'Clock |
| 十時 | Ten O'Clock | |
| 十一時 | Eleven O'Clock | |
| 十二時 | Twelve O'Clock |
The hour is given by saying the number and adding 「時」, which is pronounced as 「じ」.
Above is a chart with exceptions to look out for.
Minutes
| Kanji | Hiragana | English |
| 一分 | いっぷん | 1 minute |
| 二分 | にふん | 2 minutes |
| 三分 | さんぷん | 3 minutes |
| 四分 | よんぷん | 4 minutes |
| 五分 | ごふん | 5 minutes |
| 六分 | ろっぷん | 6 minutes |
| 七分 | ななふん | 7 minutes |
| 八分 | はっぷん | 8 minutes |
| 九分 | くふん | 9 minutes |
| 十分 | じゅうぷん | 10 minutes |
Minutes are given by adding 「分」, which is usually read as「ふん」, though look out for exceptions which can be read as 「ぷん」.
Seconds
| Kanji | Hiragana | English |
| 一秒 | いちびょう | 1 second |
| 二秒 | にびょう | 2 seconds |
| 三秒 | さんびょう | 3 seconds |
| 四秒 | よんびょう | 4 seconds |
| 五秒 | ごびょう | 5 seconds |
| 六秒 | ろくびょう | 6 seconds |
| 七秒 | ななびょう | 7 seconds |
| 八秒 | はちびょう | 8 seconds |
| 九秒 | きゅうびょう | 9 seconds |
| 十秒 | じゅうびょう | 10 seconds |
All reading for seconds consist of the number plus 「秒」, which is read as「びょう」. There are no exceptions for seconds and readings are all the same.
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Time Counters - 間
The basic counter for a span of time is 「間」, which is read as 「かん」. You can attach it to the end of hours, days, weeks, and years. Minutes (in general) and seconds do not need this counter and months have a separate counter
二年間（にねんかん）
two years
三週間（さんしゅうかん）
three weeks
Pronunciations to watch out for when counting weeks is one week: 「一週間」（いっしゅうかん）and 8 weeks: 「八週間」（はっしゅうかん)
Time Counters - Months
To count the number of months, you simple take a regular number and add 「か」and 「月」which is pronounced here as 「げつ」and not 「がつ」. The 「か」used in this counter is usually written as a small katakana 「ヶ」which is confusing because it’s still pronounced as 「か」and not 「け」. The small 「ヶ」is actually totally different from the katakana「ケ」and is really an abbreviation for the kanji 「箇」, the original kanji for the counter. This small 「ヶ」is also used in some place names such as 「千駄ヶ谷」and other counters, such as the counter for location described in the “Other Counters”section below.
二十ヶ月
Twenty months
三十三ヶ月
Thirty three months
*** When counting months, you should watch out for the following sound changes:
一ヶ月(いっかげつ)
六ヶ月(ろっかげつ)
十ヶ月(じゅっかげつ)
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Mayhaps I'm going to use this thread to start re-learning Japanese again. I forgot most of the language while on break from Japanese
頑張ってね !
頑張ってね !
Katniss
Idol
Raises hand. I am probably lower intermediate when it comes to Japanese skills.
Maybe we should write down words we learn.
For me, I just learned
rooftop: 屋上 (okujou)
fold: 折りたたむ (oritatamu)
tides: 潮汐 (chouseki)
Maybe we should write down words we learn.
For me, I just learned
rooftop: 屋上 (okujou)
fold: 折りたたむ (oritatamu)
tides: 潮汐 (chouseki)
Katniss
Idol明けましておめでとうございます。 