Japanese Grammar

Everybody Wants Some. . . I need some too! Japanese Grammar Plug and Play Base TE hoshii
Letting Others Know What You Want... In Japanese
Japanese Plug and Play Ghetto Grammar #107 JPPGG by Makurasuki Sensei & Brought to you in part by the Japanese Language Learner Assistance League and The San BrettskerinoJapanetic Enthusiasts of America club. International. Let's say that one day, while visiting Japan, you find yourself wanting to get someone to do you a favor. We must tell them that we need them to do us a favor and the more specific we are, the better . . . I mean . . . you're probably notgoing to want just any old thing, I...

Shall we. . . ? How to say let's verb in Japanese
Japanese Grammar Lesson - Masho^
Lets Do Something in Japanese Todays bunpo will show us how to say, "lets verb" in Japanese. Then we can put this construction into question form by adding ka so that we will be able to invite or persuade someone to verb with us by asking, "shall we verb. . . ? Two polite forms of this grammar and their construction is as follows Verb (Base II) masho^****   Let's verb!  and Verb (Base II) masho^ ka? - Shall we verb? **** Please note that in my JPPGG  the carat ^ is used to indicate long vowel...

More Japanese Grammar Fun
Base TE Oku - To 'verb'... for later
Japanese Grammar Plug and Play JPPGG Lesson 101: Verb (Base TE) Oku - To verb for later By Brett McCluskey When translating from Japanese to English, whether text or spoken conversation, there are times when it is quite impossible to extract an exact equivalent or expression having the same meaning in both languages. Today's lesson will focus on one such grammar principle. This particular bunpo will take a little more time for westerners to absorb than some of the easier Japanese grammar. T...

When You Used to Do it! Ghettogrammar #87
Aspects of the Japanese entry way or Japanese Genkan - PLUS- used to verb (base TA) Japanese grammar
A brief history of the tradition of the Japanese Genkan. Japanese grammar Lesson #87: Used to ~ verb During my first stay in Japan, I used to get embarrassed because my American friends feet would 9 friends out of 10 give off an offensive scent. Some more putrid than others. You could smell their feet for long distances too. The smell of sweaty feet could cut through some mustard if you know what I mean. It was hard not to gag on occasion. I would be embarrassed for him and me, because I thou...

How to say "I got'to homie" rhythmically in Japanese: Ghetto grammar supplement #114
Ghetto Grammar supplement 114 : on saying "I got to ... homie!" or must verb in Japanese
Ghetto grammar supplement #114   Todays ghetto grammar lesson takes us to Kansas, where along with Toto todays language journey will take us and show us how to say a very long, and unfamiliar Japanese bunpo(grammar) construction, 1st presented in my other article here. It only looks long and formidable at first but Ill tell you the secret ghetto way of learning this seemingly difficult grammar. You must get into a ghetto groove and really internalize this rhythm. You will want to play with th...

Japanese Ghetto Grammar #97: verb (base TE) Shimau
Ghetto Grammar #97: Base TE Shimau, to completely verb.
Todays lesson: Verb (Base TE) Shimau. To completely verb (negative connotation)   Sanseidos Daily concise Japanese - English Dictionary defines the verb shimau as, to finish completely, or to put an end to.   For this plug and play grammar to work, just take any Japanese verb and put it into base te. (If you need help putting verbs in bases, go here.) In Ex. 1 we have the verbs for taberu (to eat), and nomu (to drink). Putting them into base TE we have tabete, and nonde. Now adding the past ...

DIY Japanese - Japanese Grammar Plug and Play
Japanese Grammar Plug and Play 115
Japanese Language Mastery Toward Better Japanese. Japanese Grammar Plug and Play Lesson #115 - The bunpo of Intentions - Intend to verb   In Japanese, it is easy to construct sentences that convey equivalent expressions of your intentions. To say that you intend on verb'ing, or intend to verb in Japanese, use the following construction: Verb (Base III) TSUMORI DESU. For the negative construction, use intend ~not to verb use: Verb (Base I) NAI TSUMORI DESU. put a verb into either Base III or B...

Japanese Verb Twins, Iru and Aru
Japanese verbs of Existence - Iru and Aru
In Japanese, the verb aru is used to signify the existence of something, while the verb iru is used to signify the existence of someone. They shouldnt be used interchangeably, even though their meanings are the same.  You would do well to get acquainted with these two Japanese verbs, because they are used so frequently. Aru is for inanimate subjects or objects while iru, is for animate subjects or objects. Iru is used when speaking of the existence of living things but more particularly, peop...

Work It - Plug and Play Japanese Grammar
Japanese Grammar Plug and Play - Discussion of Japanese Base TA
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How to say, "You Shouldn't Have Done It!" in Japanese.
I knew I shouldn't have done it! Japanese Expressions -
In this lens, we will explore some Japanese contractions and a grammar form that will enable us to express the thought " I knew I shouldn't have done it!" This may be a little more of an advanced Japanese grammar topic.