mikecash said:Kevin, I would bet money that everybody else who read this thread had the exact same initial reaction as I did. I'm just surprised that nobody else did you favor of pointing it out.
mikecash said:I think he may have finished with Lesson 30 by now. After all, it's been almost a whole day since he finished Lesson 15.
You mean remember how to drop certain aspects to conjuuage?Damicci said:One thing about learning Japanese via romaji is people will break doen stems with conjugations.
KEVIN:
When you see a suggested conjugation such as:
yonde imasu ka
there are only two instances of japanese grammar here.
The conjugated form of yonde+imasu = yondeimasu and the question particle "ka"
Stem - Conjugate
yonde - imasu
try to remember this when you are conjugating verbs. that way you won't make the mistake of wanting to add a copula instead of a conjugate to a verb stem.
Also the reason why there are 52 lessons is because it supposed to COVER A YEAR 52 weeks/52 lessons = 1 lesson/ 1 week
So you don't need to rush through all the lessons, take time to review each lesson several times.
Rome was not built in a day my friend.
jt_ said:I don't know what book you're using, but you really need to read the grammar explanations more thoroughly.)
jt_ said:I agree 100% with Mike here. It's great that you have a book and you're studying, but you really need to slow down for your own good.
I guarantee you that basically everything you're confused about here is explained in detail in your textbook. You're just going too quickly to take it all in.
You're trying to figure out -te forms, -nagara, and conditionals all at once. Most Japanese classes take at least a year or two to get through all of this. You might feel like you're making rapid progress (and you are, in a sense), but unless you slow down, _really_ read the explanations and study the examples, your understanding of all of these concepts is going to be very shallow. This is going to hurt you when you try to take on "real", non-textbook Japanese.
Also, everyone is using the word "conjugate" in a very confusing way. To "conjugate" a verb just refers to the action of changing a verb into its different forms -- this is "conjugation." For example, "iku" is the dictionary form of a verb that means to go; "iku" by itself can mean "I go", and you can "conjugate" it into "itta", which is past (or perfect) tense, and can mean "I went." "Itta" isn't called "a conjugate", it's the past (or perfect) tense of "iku". Calling all of these different forms of the verbs "conjugates" is just going to confuse you. I don't know what book you're using, but you really need to read the grammar explanations more thoroughly.)
Please STOP EVERYTHING you are doing and go back and read the following post:GoldCoinLover said:Kore wa hon o yomimasu.
Or perhaps, Kore o hon yomimasu is a better way to say it?I am reading this book.
(I made this sentence up. Hope I conjugated it right)
Now, I gotta learn better how to use the plain dictionary form. Hehe.
I hope I did this right.
GoldCoinLover said:It is a pen.
Kore wa pen desu.
This is a pen.
Sono pen wa desu.
Notice the noun comes AFTER sono, and the particle comes after "kore".
GoldCoinLover said:It is a pen.
Kore wa pen desu.
This is a pen.
Sono pen wa desu.
Notice the noun comes AFTER sono, and the particle comes after "kore".
GoldCoinLover said:It is a pen.
Kore wa pen desu.
This is a pen.
Sono pen wa desu.