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@Aikibujin … I learned to remember ね and ぬ because they both make ‘nuh’ sounds (ne and nu) that go along with their little ‘noose’-like loop … ne, nu, noose loop, ね、ぬ…
In Japan, my friends told me it was never used for superiors. I think ‘きみ’ is something for younger brothers or sisters, girlfriends or boyfriends, or very close friends––things like that. I’ve actually heard it used by male singers in J-Pop for girlfriends.
Hm, I didn’t know that! I only learned かっこよかった in my Japanese class in Japan.
It should be かっこよかった (without the い）。
I believe the いい of かっこいい turns into かっこよかった just like the いい for ‘good’ turns into よかった in past tense form. Additionally.. かっこよくなかった for ‘was not cool/good-looking.’
Is this wrong?
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Hello! How’s the weather down there? …I’m up in the blisteringly cold New Hampshire.
Ahh, you meant transportation in Osaka.
Yeah, the subway system is SO efficient. It was slightly more difficult for me because, when I arrived, I knew absolutely NO kanji characters. But thankfully, stops on the subway are announced over an intercom in English, and the main ticket booths have English listed under the location names, too. If you go too far away from the parameters city, though, there will be no more English and only Japanese.
Once you understand how it works, it’s super easy and very, very safe. Children as young as 5 take the subway to school alone.
I loved Pokemon as well… Actually, how could one not? In fact I have a Japanese version of Pokemon Emerald… I can’t understand much, though. It doesn’t use kanji, which actually makes it harder, because so many words sound similar to each other in Japanese -__-
Anyway, good luck on learning!
Christopher, you should definitely go to the Tsukiji fish market!! You’ll have to wake up very early but it’s incredible. You can see all the fish hauled in that are to be auctioned to restaurants and sold and eaten that afternoon. The place is HUGE and you can see everything under the sea!
And Aikibujin, I used a plane to travel to Japan and another plane to fly from Osaka to Tokyo… Some people use night buses, but depending on when you go, a plane is actually cheaper. I also did couch surfing when I went to Tokyo…
@Christopher Dahlin, there should be no の in my sentence TextFuguのが好きだよ
I confused the grammar with saying something like 読むのが好き woops! And thanks for the heads up on the negative informal tense of ある :)
As for では、it’s two particles, as Joel said. では makes the location the topic of the sentence, which in this case is my university and it’s having no Japanese classes, 私の大学… That’s the grammar in using では、but as for whether it was absolutely necessary in this case, I’m not completely sure. But I think so!
I’d love to live in Tokyo for a little while. It’s absolutely huge! I was only there for three days. I spent my four months in Osaka, which is huge too but much smaller in comparison for Tokyo. That ended up being good for me, as I’d never lived in a city before. Osaka was just big enough, and the transportation was (thankfully) a breeze.
Thanks for the TextFugu tips, Aikibujin.
And Joel, looks like you had a lot of fun in Japan. You visited a lot of places! Did you have a favorite city or place on your trip? I spent most of my time in Osaka, but went to Kyoto a handful of times and flew to Tokyo for a three-day weekend. I really wish I could have spent more time in Tokyo, but I loved Osaka and it was so close to Kyoto… Lots of beautiful, interesting places to see.
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I took tons of pictures! –– and shot video!!
The whole trip is actually documented on my travel blog… http://kbjapan.wordpress.com/
And here is a link to one of my videos… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo2DWMA_Lb8
Thanks for the grammar tips (^-^)b
Ahhh, that makes perfect sense! Thanks for clearing it up for me!
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