My first long(ish) sentence...

[Coffeesan]

わたし は ときどき みづ を のむ

Okay this should say literally ''I sometimes water drink'' and ''I sometimes drink water'' when you put it into English structure etc. Pretty sure this is right as its pretty short. Then I tried to add to it..

わたし は ときどき みづ を のむ と いつも すし たべます

''I sometimes water drink and always sushi eat'' literally and when in a English structure ''I sometimes drink water and always eat sushi''. Anyway this second sentence took me 20mins to figure out and theres a few things which I think may be wrong..

1.) x2 Wo particles, the 2 verbs tabemasu and nomi are effecting the 2 nouns/foods so there should be 2 direct object particles right?

2.) I seperated the 2 sentences with the conjuction particle ''To'' but not sure if people will read ''water and sushi'' or ''water with sushi''. I know in this simple sentence it doesnt make much difference but in another context it might and I dont know how someone would infer which it is.

Please critique.. If its even readable.. If it is I'm going to try and add too it by saying where and when and introduce another person to the sentence then mabye add an expression regarding the activity or something..

 

[Toritoribe]

Water is みず, not みづ.

The particle と is used to connect two or more nouns/noun phrases/noun clauses. "The dictionary form of verbs + と" is a conditional clause, meaning "when/if".

（私[わたし]は）すしを食[た]べると、いつも水[みず]を飲[の]みたくなります。
I always want to drink water when eating sushi.


The -te form or the -masu stem of verbs is used for the case.

I always drink water and sometimes eat sushi.
私はいつも水を飲んで、ときどきすしを食べます。
私はいつも水を飲み、ときどきすしを食べます。

 

[Coffeesan]

Water is みず, not みづ.

The particle と is used to connect two or more nouns/noun phrases/noun clauses. "The dictionary form of verbs + と" is a conditional clause, meaning "when/if".

（私[わたし]は）すしを食[た]べると、いつも水[みず]を飲[の]みたくなります。
I always want to drink water when eating sushi.


The -te form or the -masu stem of verbs is used for the case.

I always drink water and sometimes eat sushi.
私はいつも水を飲んで、ときどきすしを食べます。
私はいつも水を飲み、ときどきすしを食べます。

Guess I screwed up pretty bad, especially as I dont have a clue what you're saying in the last half (not your fault) I need to do a lot more work mmm..

About the ''Ji'' thats how I saw water written so I guess the source I got it from was wrong and maybe isn't very reliable. That's also lots of Kanji I only recognise 私 Kanji for the pronoun ''I''. 食べます Tabemasu the Kanji is replacing the ta but what does it mean? Eat? And if so.. Why doesn't it replace the whole word rather than just the first syllable?

 

[Mike Cash]

The kana portion of verbs are called "okurigana" and are necessary for showing verb tense.

食べます
食べました
食べません
食べて
食べられます
食べたい
食べたら
Etc
Etc
Etc

You can see what a confusing mess it would be to have one kanji handling that much stuff.

 

[Toritoribe]

Also, the reading of the kanji changes depending on the okurigana.
e.g.
食べる ＝ たべる
食う ＝ くう
食む ＝ はむ
食す ＝ しょくす

I don't have a clue what you're saying in the last half (not your fault) I need to do a lot more work

Usage
To combine clauses or adjectives, as if by the English conjunction "and". For example:

• 薬局へ行って薬を買う yakkyoku e itte, kusuri o kau: "(I am going to) go to the pharmacy and buy medicine."

Japanese verb conjugation - Wikipedia

Usage
The i form(= The -masu stem) also has some uses on its own, such as:

• In conjunctions in formal writing.

Japanese verb conjugation - Wikipedia

About the ''Ji'' that's how I saw water written so I guess the source I got it from was wrong and maybe isn't very reliable.

It would be useful to remember that ぢ and づ are not so often used in modern Japanese. (Of course there are strict rules when to use which, and you need to learn it someday, though.)

BTW, it's not "ji" but "zu".