Help with basic sentence structure
Help with basic sentence structure
Hey!
Will someone help me out with some basic sentence stucture. Lets start out with an introduction and move on from there.
Do this if your only in a teaching kind of mood.
I just want to know some simple conversation. Tell me what your saying though
I start...
Konnichiwa, genki desu ka? Is that even right. Its been a long long time since i studied japanese. i forgot it all. help me out or make fun of me...but im trying
Will someone help me out with some basic sentence stucture. Lets start out with an introduction and move on from there.
Do this if your only in a teaching kind of mood.
I just want to know some simple conversation. Tell me what your saying though
I start...
Konnichiwa, genki desu ka? Is that even right. Its been a long long time since i studied japanese. i forgot it all. help me out or make fun of me...but im trying
Last edited by ben on Fri 02.25.2005 2:57 am, edited 1 time in total.
RE: Help with basic sentence structure
It's correct. Just attach o- to genki for politeness.
Basic sentence structure is S-O-V. Like in Clay's example:
私は パンを 食べます。
Watashi wa PAN wo tabemasu.
Literally translated into English, it would be "I bread eat."
Basic sentence structure is S-O-V. Like in Clay's example:
私は パンを 食べます。
Watashi wa PAN wo tabemasu.
Literally translated into English, it would be "I bread eat."
Last edited by hihlordjp on Fri 02.25.2005 2:58 am, edited 1 time in total.
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RE: Help with basic sentence structure
thanks because right know i really need help with my sentences
in a couple of weeks im going to go to japanese class with some other japanese kids. That should be interesting.
in a couple of weeks im going to go to japanese class with some other japanese kids. That should be interesting.
RE: Help with basic sentence structure
are there some other basic rules about writing sentences that i should know?
RE: Help with basic sentence structure
*Usually* WA comes first then GA or O depending on what you want to say. And usually the verb is last. But one nice thing about Japanese is you can play with the order without being 'incorrect'. One common trick comedians use is pausing before negating a verb.
Ikimas.....en
You can't do that with English unless you watch a lot of Waynes World movies!
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RE: Help with basic sentence structure
Waynes world stinks!
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RE: Help with basic sentence structure
NOT!
CHYAA RIGHT!
CHYAA RIGHT!
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RE: Help with basic sentence structure
well...
does anyone else have anything to suggest? I think im really starting to understand...i guess... but i will keep trying and right know i am really motivated...
well if someone could just put down some different but basic sentences i could kinda figure it out...
ーベン。
does anyone else have anything to suggest? I think im really starting to understand...i guess... but i will keep trying and right know i am really motivated...
well if someone could just put down some different but basic sentences i could kinda figure it out...
ーベン。
Last edited by ben on Sat 02.26.2005 2:48 am, edited 1 time in total.
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RE: Help with basic sentence structure
You'll find that most Japanese sentences will have an ordering that is the complete opposite of English. Just leave the subject where it is, and reverse everything else.
For example, the sentence:
"I go to school by bus at seven o'clock everyday."
when placed in "Japanese" order would be:
"I everyday o'clock seven at bus by school to go."
In Japanese:
私は毎日午前七時にバスで学校へ行きます。
Watashi wa mainichi gozen shichiji ni basu de gakkou e ikimasu.
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*Not all sentences will fit this pattern quite so nicely, but you'll find that in many, many instances this basic rule of thumb holds true.
For example, the sentence:
"I go to school by bus at seven o'clock everyday."
when placed in "Japanese" order would be:
"I everyday o'clock seven at bus by school to go."
In Japanese:
私は毎日午前七時にバスで学校へ行きます。
Watashi wa mainichi gozen shichiji ni basu de gakkou e ikimasu.
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*Not all sentences will fit this pattern quite so nicely, but you'll find that in many, many instances this basic rule of thumb holds true.
RE: Help with basic sentence structure
That is weird, but it is easier than in some other languages sentence structure.
Thanks
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