by ekfiscus | May 12, 2017 | Counters
In English we say, “three sheets of paper, four bottles of water, six cats/dogs/fish, ten books/binders”. Well, Japanese does the same thing! Counters are used to indicate what type of object the speaker is talking about. What counter should be used is...
by ekfiscus | May 12, 2017 | Verbs
How do you put on clothes in Japanese? It’s easy! Everything that you put on above the waist; shirts, dresses, jackets, uses the verb きる. For hats or things going on top of your head you use かぶる. When wearing glasses you use かける. For accessories like watches or...
by ekfiscus | May 12, 2017 | Verbs
Here is a helpful trick to remember how to transform Sailor Moon style all the different kinds of verbs into て form! The song lyrics list the different endings of verbs and how to conjugate each ending into て form. う、つ、る 〜って む、ぬ、ぶ 〜んで く 〜いて...
by Ray | May 11, 2017 | Verbs
う and る verbs can be sort of… pesky. But don’t give up hope yet! Japanese is fairly organized, and infrequently has exceptions like English does. But here’s the rundown: う verbs typically either end in an う-specific sound (like ゆ, ぐ, or ぶ) or with...
by Ray | May 11, 2017 | Plain Style, Verbs
~て form? Hoh yeah, buster. て form is one of the most useful forms of conjugation in Japanese due to its many uses: -describing how something currently is -making requests -asking if something is alright to do -to show something was completed But that’ll be in...
by nmflees | May 7, 2017 | Adjectives, Question Words, Referencing Words
In English, as in any language, fluent speakers often do not say literally what they mean. Instead, they will often omit words or phrases, take linguistic shortcuts, or use what we will call reference words. These are words that are used to point to something else, or...
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