1. To show contrast: Sono hon wa yomimashita. I read that book (a specific book in contrast to any book) Note that hon (book) is not the subject the sentence, and the subject "I" is left out. Book is the topic of the sentence.
2.Unchanging facts. Akito-kun wa nihonjin desu. Akito is Japanese. The fact that Akito is Japanese does not change.
3.Place of specific person or thing. Okaasan wa amerika ni imasu. Mother is in America. Okaasan (mother) is a specific person.
4. Negative sentences. Okaasan wa nippon ni imasu. Mother is not in Japan.
5. Partial negative sentences Zenbu wa tabemasen deshita. I didn't eat them all.
6. "At least" or "At most" Ichi-jikan wa machimasen. I waited for at least one hour.
Hyaku en wa shimasen deshita. It didn't cost ¥100 at most.
7. Repeating action Sono ko wa "mama"-to itte wa nakijakurimashita. The child sobbed Mama over and over.
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Beginner Japanese lessons, in the format of foreign language as taught in an American High School
5 comments:
um,... this is very confusing. why the hell would you not put in the subject of the sentence???!?!?! that makes no sense. so i could lie? i could say literally "the book read," and someone could think that i had read the book, but in fact i was talking about my friend? that would be cool.
who the hell is Akito? do i know him? do i want to know him? i dont think that i do. why did you bring your mother into this????!?!?! what did you not eat all of? your mother? or was it Akito? you are very confusing. and barbaric.
you're barbaric
they're just example sentences
you guys are fReAkS!!!
but oh wells i love ya anyways
lmao, see I told you it was confusing
maybe you would come out of your state of confusosity if you just took everything at face value
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