Help with a few things please

[Hanza]

could somebody please post a link or tell me how i can get a hiragana/ katakana download thing for my keyboard? So i can type in hiragana, katakana and kanji please?

And also could someone give me a list of ALL the particles/ markers used? such as wa, ga, O, ni, e, etc... and could you also list what they mark please?

This would all be extrememly appreciated.

 

[Glenn]

And also could someone give me a list of ALL the particles/ markers used? such as wa, ga, O, ni, e, etc... and could you also list what they mark please?

That's a tall order. It depends on how you define "particle," as well. If you count the compound particles （について、につき、につれて、にもかかわらず、にたいして、にもとづいて、にて、をもって、ものの、などなど）, the list gets longer than just counting は、を、が、に、で、から、よ、わ、ぞ、ぜ、など. Also, it would be good if you could tell us what you already know. I think doing a google search would be a better way to find a list of all the particles, but even then I doubt that you will find a complete list anywhere. That's just my gut feeling; I haven't actually looked.

Also, lots of particles have more than one meaning and usage, and in some extreme cases there can be as many as ten (I think に has about that many, although some people may disagree, as they all pretty much come from the same place).

I think what would really be most useful to you at this point (although I'm just guessing, because I don't know how much you actually know) would be All About Particles, a book that seems to be often recommended around here.

Other books that would be worth getting, if you have the resources, are A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar and A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar.

 

[Buntaro]

Hanza-san!

Are you using Windows? Which version?

 

[doinkies]

For your question on how to type Japanese, please look at the sticky thread called "How to Type Japanese" which Glenndoinkies posted.

 

[KittKatt]

A good kana ( hiragana=katakana) site is Teaching Yourself Japanese.