With the last post, we looked at simple sentences and negated formal sentences that contained nouns. I’m going to add a little more to these sentences, but the basic structure will more or less stay the same.<\/p>\n
Let’s say you want to say, “I am also a student” in Japanese. In Japanese, this would be, “\u308f\u305f\u3057\u3082\u3000\u304c\u304f\u305b\u3044\u3067\u3059<\/strong>” (watashimo gakuseedes). Just like the sentences in the previous post, we have the subject watashi (\u308f\u305f\u3057<\/strong>), meaning ‘I’, the noun gakusee (\u304c\u304f\u305b\u3044<\/strong>), meaning\u00a0‘student’\u00a0and the verb ‘des’ (\u3067\u3059<\/strong>), which in this case means ‘am’. The particle that I haven’t gone over is mo (\u3082<\/strong>). Mo (\u3082<\/strong>) can be translated as ‘also’ or ‘too’ in English. Just tack the mo (\u3082<\/strong>) to the subject of the sentence.<\/p>\n Usually sentences with mo (\u3082<\/strong>) are used when the person is responding to another person’s statement. For example, if I say, “\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u3000\u304c\u304f\u305b\u3044\u3067\u3059<\/strong>” (watashiwa gakuseedes) which means\u00a0‘I am a student’,\u00a0than I could respond by saying, “\u308f\u305f\u3057\u3082\u3000\u304c\u304f\u305b\u3044\u3067\u3059<\/strong>” (watashimo gakuseedes) which means, ‘I too am a student’.<\/p>\n I’ll give you a couple of pointers here: Don’t worry about translating the ‘a’ in the sentence ‘I am a student.’ Nothing really changes between the two sentences displayed above. The only thing you have to do is replace the wa (\u306f<\/strong>) particle with the mo (\u3082<\/strong>) particle. Another thing you want to consider is that you can shorten your statement to “\u308f\u305f\u3057\u3082<\/strong>” (watashi mo) when it’s really obvious as to what you are talking about. If someone states his\/her occupation as a student, and you answer “\u308f\u305f\u3057\u3082<\/strong>” you’re obviously stating that you are a student as well.<\/p>\n Now let’s say that someone says, “I am not a student” (\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u3000\u304c\u304f\u305b\u3044\u3058\u3083\u3042\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093<\/strong>)\u00a0‘watashiwa gakusee jaarimasen’.\u00a0In that case you can also say, “I am also not a student” (\u308f\u305f\u3057\u3082\u3000\u304c\u304f\u305b\u3044\u3058\u3083\u3042\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093<\/strong>) ‘watashimo gakusee jaarimasen). Notice that the two sentences are nearly identical. The only thing that was changed between the two sentences is the wa (\u306f<\/strong>) and the mo (\u3082<\/strong>) particle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With the last post, we looked at simple sentences and negated formal sentences that contained nouns. I’m going to add a little more to these sentences, but the basic structure will more or less stay the same. Let’s say you want to say, “I am also a student” in Japanese. In Japanese, this would be…<\/p>\n