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Particles

ゼロス — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:19:43 +0000

I am in Japanese class and I have a writing test Monday and I am having a really hard time getting and understanding particles… like which ones mean what and how to use them… can anyone help me understand them a bit better.

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マーク・ウェーバー — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:38:06 +0000

From my notes
(this was made for myself, so there will be parts missing and so on, since it is only what I found hard that I have written down)

を is used to refer to the object / thing we’re doing an action to. For example: Wash the car. Eat food. Drink soda. The “direct object” are the bolded words. We’re doing things to them, using the verbs.

The particle に is used to indicate the indirect object (i.e. who, what, or where an object is directed to). For example, in the sentence “give a present to Sandra” we are indicating that the present is going to Sandra.
The particle に is used with verbs that are associated with motion, places, dates, times, as well as indicate what an object is directed to

Particel の shows possesion
ex
あんどうの　もり＝　Mr. Ando’s Woods
もりの　あんどう＝　Mr. Ando of the Woods / Woods’ Mr. Ando

は/が
Mean is/are/am (depending on the tense)
がemphasizes what come before it!!
ex:
しごとがすきです
この　くるま　が　ほしい　です

はemphasizes what comes after it!!
かれ　は　にほんじん　かしら？

Hope that helped

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ゼロス — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:46:45 +0000

Thank you for helping I am spazzing out about the midterms because even though i have an A if i fail the Midterm I auto fail the class -.- the midterm is worth 40% of your grade in my class which is twice as much as the final is worth so ya XD Welcome to College life I suppose XD

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ゼロス — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:47:36 +0000

Oh and do you happen to know what section of Textfugu goes over particles?

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irmoony — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:25:00 +0000

Well, there are a few lessons about particles spread out thorough the entire TextFugu: は particle in S2, CH6, が in S3, CH3, を and に are learned alongside verbs, then と and で in S6, chapters 1 and 3 respectively. So yeah, it’s kinda all over the place (it would be too much if we had to learn it all at once, wouldn’t it :p)

I’m not sure if there’s a bit overview on particles anywhere, I’m only in S4 myself.

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Luke — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:53:12 +0000

Check out this great PDF: http://www.tofugu.com/2009/03/25/japanese-particles-cheatsheet/

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ゼロス — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:45:58 +0000

I love how you say it would be to much to learn at once XD my teacher for first quarter Japanese wants us to learn all the particles by Monday…. and have them memorized XD that’s why I don’t particularly like school classes they rush you through it.
by the way she just first introduced particles Wednesday XD

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ゼロス — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:46:41 +0000

ahh omg thanks Yggbert you’re the best!

So I want to make sure I understand this

Watashi no pen desu = This is my pen
Watashi Wa Chelsea Desu = I am Chelsea
Watashi Ga Chelsea Desu = I am Chelsea (like used if someone was to ask “who is the Chelsea in this room”)
I understand Wo is to mark an object but could someone give me an example
Ichi ji ni Desu = It is 1 o’clock (not sure if I wrote that right)
And could someone give me an example of how Mo would be used so I can understand that a bit better :) thank you!