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  "Trying to understand Japanese without knowing any kanji is like trying to make a cake without ever seeing the ingredients."   Wally Barker Dec 2009  
Introduction.  There are numerous sources of great information available on the web and thus there is no reason to try to duplication that work here.  This "page" will attempt to provide insight about the language that I wish I had learned / been told much earlier.

 

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  Verb Conjugation Reference     Verb:  "te mo ii"  "May I verb"  
  Passive Form     Verb:  "request & permission levels"  ******  
  Causative Form     Verb:  inai & imasu  
 

Speaking Properly - Unvoicing "i"

*****   Verb:  "verb pairs"  ******  

 

Intransitive Verbs that use "wo"

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Basic But Confusing Dou & Nani Questions 

Dec 2009

 

Interrogatives and Suffix Chart

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More Interrogatives #16

 
 

Common places organized by kanji suffix.

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Verbs:  "V+ te kurete arigatou"   (thank you for verbing for me)

 
 

Adverb charts

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Verbs:  "V+mitai"    (you/it looks V)

 
 

Helping verbs - te-kimasu & te-ikimasu

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Verbs:  "V+nai de kudasai  (please don't) #18

 
 

Comparative

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Verb:  "they said".....

 

 

 

Meishi (Nouns) People by "Kanji Suffix"

   

 

 
       

Verb:  "Suru verb list"

 
 

Working with Adjectives - summary of forms

       
 

Adjectives - by function

       
 

Random Katakana Tips

       
 

kanji - [in process] 99

       
 

 

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OTHER LINKS

http://eng.nihongodecarenavi.jp/eng/entry_503.html

http://tangorin.com/examples/其れで&show=more#more

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?11

http://japanese.about.com/library/blsjp31_12.htm

 

 

 

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