Monday, September 1, 2008

Laziness and more particles

So I've been slacking off for the last couple days, but I blame it on the 12-14 hour work days and the inescapable social commitments (i.e. family). Not that I'd want to escape them, because I love spending time with them, but it definitely cuts into my Japanese learning time. This means that I still don't have my vocabulary down pat, so I will not add any more until I know those ones.

In the meantime, more particles:

wa - topic particle, often used after the subject, literally means 'as for'
For example:
Watashi wa Stephanie desu. - I am Stephanie. 
Kochira wa watashi no tomodachi desu. - This is my friend.
Tanaka san wa ocha o nomimasu. - Mr. Tanaka drinks tea. 

e - literally 'to' or 'toward', indicates that the noun it follows is the direction toward which the motion is directed
For example:
Gakkoo e kimasu. - I will come to school/I am coming to school.
Uchi e kaerimasu. - I will go back to my house/I am going back to my house.
Kissaten e ikimashoo. - Let's go to the coffee shop.

No comments: