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Exceptions with い and な Adjectives Posted by Ginny on Jan 19, 2010
いい (good) which is an い adjective, is irregular, but only in certain cases. For example, in the present affirmative polite, いい will be いいです However in the present negative polite, いい will be よくありません Similarly, in the past affirmative polite, いい will be よかったです And the past negative polite, it will be よくありませんでした When using…
な Adjectives Posted by Ginny on Jan 16, 2010
な adjectives are adjectives that end in な. Some examples are: たいへんな (hard, serious) かんたんな (simple, easy) たいせつな (important) To form the present affirmative polite of な adjectives, drop the な and add です to the adjective しずかな (quiet) will be しずかです (It’s quiet) ひまな (not busy, to have free time) will be ひまです (It’s…
い Adjectives Posted by Ginny on Jan 13, 2010
Generally speaking, an い adjective is an adjective that ends in い. (There are exceptions to this rule, but we’ll talk about that some other time.) Examples include: はやい (fast) おそい (slow) ふるい (old for things) To form the present affirmative polite of い adjectives, add です to the adjective. Therefore: たかい (tall, expensive) will be たかいです (It’s expensive)…
Answers to the Word of the Day Posted by Ginny on Jan 10, 2010
Here are the answers (in parentheses) and the links to the Word of the Day for your viewing pleasure: 1 – 足りる (to suffice, to be enough) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=08-30-2009 2 – もったいない (wasteful) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=08-31-2009 3 – まずい (unappetizing) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=09-01-2009 4 – やる (to give) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=09-03-2009 5 – しつれします (excuse me) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=09-06-2009 6 – ごめんなさい (I am sorry)…
Japanese Noodles Posted by Ginny on Jan 7, 2010
If you were to list the different kinds of Japanese noodles available in Japan, the list would be massive. The following noodles are the type of noodles found almost everywhere in Japan: You can write an entire topic just on ラーメン. There are so many different kinds of ラーメン in Japan. The kind pictured is called…
Word of the Day Posted by Ginny on Jan 4, 2010
Let’s start the new year with a new fervor to learn Japanese? Need a tool to help you learn Japanese? Try the Word of the Day! Every month I post a couple of words either in English or Japanese. Your job is to figure out the meanings. If post the word in Japanese, answer in…
Japanese Mythology Posted by Ginny on Dec 31, 2009
Today’s post is abou Japanese mythology. Japanese mythology is rich and vast. We’ll only go through a couple of myths, and the versions of these myths will be condensed. The first myth has to do with the formation of Japan. Once upon a time a male god named いざなぎ and a female goddess named いざなみ…