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Mystichuntress's Japanese Tutorial: Random Phrases

Random phrases

I have compiled a list of random phrases you will probably never use. I'm pretty certain they are grammatically correct, but sometimes, jokes don't work in another language...
Have fun with these. Even though I have no idea of the circumstances in which you will use these...
If you are interested in learning a particular　structure I have use, feel free to ask, and I will make a lesson for it.

しまった
Shimatta!
Dammit!

わたしは　ドイツごを　はなせません。
Watashi-wa Doitsu-go o hanas

Mystichuntress's Japanese Tutorial: Ability to do

Ability - I can...

There are two ways to say "Able to do something" in Japanese. One is using -られる (-rareru) which is the potential form of a verb. The method I'm going to explain will be できる (dekiru) which is easier to use but lengthier.

Formation
Aは　verb (plain present)ことが　できます。
A-wa verb (plain present) koto ga dekimasu.
A can do verb

Note that the particle that comes after the verb is が。
The plain present form of the verb is also known as the dictionary form. This is the form in which the verb is fou

Mystichuntress's Japanese Tutorial: Animals

Animals　どうぶつ

Everyone likes to talk about what pets they have, what animal is their favourite, etc. Here is a list of the animals I know. I may have missed a few though...　If you'd like to learn the names for insects, please check the "Insects" vocabulary list.

But before I get to that, I thought the Zodiac was worth mentioning.

Zodiac, じゅうにし
In Western Countries, the zodiac we use are based on the constellations i.e. Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces. The Japanese also have a zodiac, but their's h

Mystichuntress's Japanese Tutorial: Verbs

Distinguishing Verbs

This lesson will teach you how to convert between the different forms of verbs in Japanese and how to tell them apart.

There are 3 distinct groups of verbs in Japanese: the　いちだん (ichidan) verbs, ごだん (godan) verbs and irregular verbs. The いちだん verbs are also known as "iru/eru" verbs because when they are in their plain forms, they end with an "iru/eru" sound. HOWEVER this does not mean that all verbs that end in "iru/eru" are　いちだん verbs. The ごだん verbs are also known as "u" verbs beca

mystichuntress's Japanese grammar - comparisons 2

Comparisons 2: ～の　ほうが

Also used to make comparisons, in my opinion, ～の　ほうが has more uses than　より.
It can be used to say "which is more____, A or B?" "B is more ____ than A" etc.

Words that are underlined you replace with your own. There are 3 parts to each of the sentences: First in Japanese, second in romaji, third in English. Each structure is followed by an example.

Sentence Structures

Aと Bと (では) どちら　(の　ほう)が adjectiveですか&

Mystichuntress's Japanese Tutorial: Verbs 2

て form of verbs

Verbs can take on many different forms. The て form of a verb does not mean anything by itself, but it can be used for a variety of structures, such as sentence joining, so it is important to learn how to change a verb into its て form.
In Japanese, there are 3 types of verbs: いちだん (ichidan) verbs, ごだん(godan) verbs and irregular verbs.
There are only 2 irregular verbs which do not follow any rules when taking on different forms so they need to be rote learned. Generally, there are more ごだん verbs than there are いちだ&#

Mystichuntress's Japanese Tutorial: Adjective use

Using adjectives

Adjectives are describing words and are used to describe nouns. Something we've all learnt since we were at primary school. Where some languages, such as French, distinguish between
feminine and masculine adjectives, Japanese distinguishes between い-adjectives (i-adjectives) and な-adjectives (na-adjectives). Because I am a lazy person, for the rest of the lesson whenever the word "い-adjective" or "な-adjective" comes up, I will use the abbreviation "adj".

Distinguishing between the two types
There is no clear cut way of telling whether an adjective is an い-adj or な-adj. The only w

mystichuntress's Japanese grammar - comparisons

Comparisons: より

There are several ways to make comparisons in Japanese. Here is the simplest way: to use より　(yori)
Where I have underlined words, you replace them with your own. Each sentence is repeated 3 times: once in Japanese, second in romaji, third in English.

より　can be used to make comparisons between two nouns. It roughly translates to "more than" or "-er than" in English.

Sentence structure:
A は　B より　adjective です。
A wa B yori adjective desu.
A is adjective-er than B.

Examples
バスは　タ

Mystichuntress's Japanese Tutorial: List of verbs

List of common verbs

Verbs in Japanese come in many different forms as they do in English. Just as there are transitive, intransitive, weak, strong and irregular verbs in English, they also appear in Japanese. Japanese divide their verbs into three distinct groups: いちだん (ichi-dan), ごだん (go-dan), and irregular verbs.

I will go into detail in a later lesson what this means and how to tell verbs apart. For the time being, here are 3 lists of verbs already divided into the appropriate groups. This is so that those who already understand the different verb types can find them easily. I have listed

Mystichuntress's Japanese Tutorial: Expressions

Daily Expressions
Here are some useful expressions

おはよう　（ございます） - ohayou (gozaimasu)
Good morning

こんにちは - konnichiwa
Hello

さようなら - sayounara
Goodbye

じゃ　(また)　ね - ja (mata) ne
See you (again)

こんばんは - konbanwa
Good evening

おやすみなさい - oyasuminasai
Good night

おなまえは　（なん　です

Text: Particle Ni

The next particle to cover is 'ni'. 'Ni' has many uses, but for the purpose of this tutorial, I will be covering two of them.

The first one is "the goal of movement" or "the goal toward which things move." This is just like the 'e' particle. You can use either one, it does not matter.

きょう、わたしはがっこうにいきます。
Kyou, watashi wa gakkou ni ikimasu.
Today, I will go to school.

–REFRESHER–
Today, I (subject) will be going (movement) to school (place of destination; you are moving to get there).

きの

Mystichuntress's Japanese Tutorial: Doing 2 things

Doing two things at the same time

This structure is used to describe the same person doing two different activities at the same time. This means ながら cannot be used to describe what two different people are doing at the same time. For that, the structure あいだ will need to be used - I will explain this one later as it involves the plain form.

Formation

verb stem ながら verb
verb stem nagara verb
While doing verb stem, I do verb or I do verb while doing

verb stem

To explain this:

The verb stem is the part of the verb that comes before ます (masu) when the verb is writ

Mystichuntress's Japanese Tutorials: Colours

Colours

Colours in Japanese can be divided into two categories: い-adjectives (あかい akai) or nouns (みどり midori). This is similar to English. We can use colour words as both adjectives and nouns.
e.g. The red pen.
The pen is red.

All colours have a noun form (which is just the colour word minus the い. However, not all Japanese colours have an adjective form. Therefore, the adjective あかい (akai) for red also has a noun form あか (aka). みどり for green is a noun and has no adjective form. The い sound at the end of みど&

Mystichuntress's Japanese Tutorial: Numbers

Numbers

The numbers are quite basic, formed in a similar way to Chinese. This is due to the fact there are two counting systems. One is Japanese and the other is derived from Chinese.
The Chinese set can be used to count forever, although when used for counting objects, they are combined with the correct counter. (Counters are used to count objects - there are many!) The Japanese set only reaches ten and can be used to count objects which do not have a specific counter designated to them.

Japanese Set
The -つ numbers

1. ひとつ - hitotsu
2. ふたつ - futatsu
3. みっつ - mittsu

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Words of Paradise

by ~mystichuntress, Dec 12, 2012, 8:20:46 PM
Literature / Poetry / Emotional / Free Verse

If words could be like birds
Flitting from flower to flower
Honeyed promises
would drip
from your lips
And soothe the aching of my soul.
Sweetened vows
like the bird of paradise,
tropical, exotic,
beauty and brilliance
Are duplicitous;
Empty,
holding no more value than to smooth
the ruffled feathers.
Words that are
Estranged from the flight of
Gestures,
voice and
emotion
can be deceptive.
Nothing but a spectacular display
Of the plumage of charisma and intelligence
Meant only for the courtship dance
And so moults once the chase is over.
...
...
...
If only my love I could pledge
By deeds instead of words.

Words of Paradiseby ~mystichuntress

Literature / Poetry / Emotional / Free Verse

I need more practise writing poems. So here you go!

Critique by ~jtcheney Dec 27, 2012, 5:50:07 PM

This poem has many elements that I appreciate: The imagery used in this is utterly phenomenal. Great use of simile to help paint a colorful picture. You have a gift in your imagery.
The actual message of the poem is strong. The way you step your words out from "Gestures, voice, and emotion can be deceptive seems like it throws off the beat a bit, but it actually works here because it throws the flow to a stop and changes the work and moves the reader into another direction.

Indeed my friend, if love could be pledged by deed instead, then pale and fleeting words would nary compare to the luster and brightness of a love more true.

Thanks for sharing. Your style is creative, and I'm glad I took the time to analyze it deeper.

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