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How To Read and Understand Japanese Sentences.

As you know, Japanese language is a SOV (Subject-Object-Verb) pattern while English is SVO pattern.

Some learners may know a good amount of vocabulary words but they still cannot understand the meaning of a sentence even if they know how to read every single word in that sentence. Why is that so?

This may be due to learners reading the wrong way. In order to understand Japanese sentences, follow the following steps:

1. Identify the subject with the noun followed by either a は or が. (Usually in the beginning of a sentence but there are some writers who purposely put the subject in the middle.)

2. Read the end of the sentence to locate the verb. Yes, you read this right. Just go straight to the end of the sentence to identify the verb.

Example:

私はその人を常に先生と呼んでいた。

In this sentence, the subject is 「私は」。Next, go straight to the end and identify the verb

Here, the verb is 「呼んでいた」 which means "called".

So now, you know what the subject is doing with 私は and 呼んでいた which means "I called."

Next, read the rest of the middle part 「その人を常に先生と…」 meaning "that person always teacher"

The whole sentence means "I always called that person as teacher."

Note: This sentence is the first opening line from the Japanese classic literature novel 「こころ」 by 夏目漱石。

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[konjaku]

瓜楓[Urikaede] Acer crataegifolium

It is so named because its bark is green and looks like the skin of a gourd. There is also a species named 瓜膚楓[Urihadakaede](Acer rufinerve; 膚 means skin,) which is confusingly named for the same reason, and both are endemic to Japan. But their leaves are different in shape, and in autumn, the leaves of Urikaede turn yellow and those of Urihadakaede turn red.

Another name is 白箸木[Shirahashinoki], which means the wood as material for 白箸(White chopsticks.) It is also confusing because wooden chopsticks left in their original state are also called by the same name. 木[Ki] means wood or tree.

By the way, entremets in Japanese cuisine are called 箸休め[Hashiyasume](lit. what to rest the chopsticks.) https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/2019362/

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[2001hz]

Yasunari Ikenaga: '朱い櫛 樹子' red comb and jiko (2013)

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[learnelle]

Hihi! I took a break from properly posting but I’m back to announce that my language learning has never been more consistent !!! I’ve been relearning Deutsch and 日本語 using textbooks en Français- which helps me to learn all 3 languages at once :’)

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[inkichan]

いろどり · irodori - Japanese for life in Japan

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IRODORI is a useful website made by The Japan Foundation. It is a series of 3 textbooks, with audios and materials completely free, focusing on developing skills useful for life in Japan.

Whether you are planning to come to Japan in the future and want to learn what you should be able to do before you arrive, or whether you are already living in Japan and wish to check your Japanese ability and increase the number of things you can do, we sincerely hope that this textbook will help you achieve your goals. - "what is irodori" website page.

The textbooks are super organized, divided in: starter (A1), elementary 1 and elementary 2. Finishing elementary 2 means having an A2 level [At A2 level, you can hold short, basic everyday conversations on familiar topics.]

I recommend styling your learning method with the goal you have in mind. You can understand more about it reading the post I made.

Hope it was helpful! Let me know and let's share resources~

またね～@inkichan

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An aquarium toilet in Akashi, Hyōgo. Japan

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改まった形｜Polite Forms

In formal settings like in a business meeting or at a public gathering some words are switched with politer forms. You often hear them when somebody is giving a speech, holding a presentation or on TV. But they appear in written form as well, especially in business context. Basically, everywhere where keigo is used, it is also expected to apply politer forms.

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[elitehanitje]

Kenny Omega Speaks Japanese Fluently and Shocks The Audience

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Credit to @japanese_with_josh

I found this really helpful to hear a real life situation- not just from a textbook!

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Batch download Japanese vocabulary infographics

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The Difference Between に and へ

Most of the beginner textbooks will teach learners that に is used for destination and へ is used for direction but there are some explanation that are missing and that is what confusing to many learners.

• 公園に行きます。

• 公園へ行きます。

Both sentences are correct. Both means "I'm going to the park".

But... there is a slight nuance difference. When you use に, you put the destination (which is the park) as the main thing you want the listener to know that the place you want to go is the park. The final destination you will arrive at is the park.

On the other hand, if you use へ, you want the listener to feel that you are making a move, you are making a journey, a process, an effort to go to the park. In other words, へ somehow emphasize on your journey to a place.

Let's say you're flying from UK all the way to Australia, that will take at least 20-22 hours by flight. The journey is extremely long and you want the listener to feel that, so you could say by using the particle へ: 私はオーストラリアへ行きます。

Now, the following part is what most teachers or textbooks didn't tell you. A study shows that more and more Japanese people are using に, and へ has gone out of fashion. According to the survey, one of the reasons may be due to globalization and how easily people are connected around the world through the Internet that people don't feel the journey or the distance is long. Therefore, they don't see the need to use へ anymore.

WARNING!!!

There is a grammar point that you MUST use へ instead of に。The pattern is:

へ + の + Noun

Examples:

• 先生へのプレゼント。Gift for teacher.

• 帰宅への道。The way home.

Another situation which needs to use へ is when the news anchor announces this:

台風が北へ向かっています。

The typhoon is heading north.

If you use に and say 台風が北に向かっています, it means you are very sure that the typhoon will land in the north. No one can predict 100% where it will stop or land so it is incorrect to use に in this sentence.

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Vocabulary used in this lesson:

公園 (こうえん) park, playground

プレゼント present, gift

帰宅 (きたく) home

道 (みち) way

台風 (たいふう) typhoon

北 (きた) north

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[konjaku]

蔓日日草[Tsurunichinichisō] Vinca major

蔓[Tsuru] : Vine, creeping plant

日日[Nichinichi] : Day by day; every day; daily

草[Sō] : Grass, herb

When I was passing through a dreary village, many these vines were crawling out of the yard of a house that has been uninhabited for several years, and some of them were beginning to produce some flowers under the drizzle that had just started to fall. It is a naturalized plant native to Europe, not only the flowers but also the leaves are suitable for appreciation, but is highly fertile and will spread if left unchecked. When the weather warms up a little more, they will produce much more flowers in the place that no one will ever see.

Incidentally, 黒澤明[Kurosawa Akira]'s film Sanjuro(椿三十郎[Tsubaki Sanjūrō]) was based on the story 日日平安[Nichinichi heian](Everyday in peace) by 山本周五郎[Yamamoto Shūgorō]. This story has recently entered the public domain. https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/001869/files/57728_75665.html (ja) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq_rSsbhQnE

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[2001hz]

Yasunari Ikenaga: '血脈 樹子' bloodline tree child (2012)

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[blnxpc]

Worduction

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