Practice of Teaching Japanese to Those Who Come from Other Cultures

easygoinghiroki @easygoinghiroki

@itsmeZnarf do u mean 'it's very hot here in Iloilo'? Then, this is better. ここはとても暑い(あつい)です。暑いis only for the hot temperature.

easygoinghiroki @easygoinghiroki

前からひっかかっていたのだが、「私は」は文の主語ではないんだよね。国文法の立場からすると、主格を表す「が」「の」を伴った「私が」「僕の」だけが自称(一人称とは呼ばない)の主語。個人的にはリンク先のNo.1の回答が好きです。 http://t.co/036xPvGO

ZnarfLondresフランシス @znarf007

@easygoinghiroki あなたの昼ご飯を食べていますか？

easygoinghiroki @easygoinghiroki

@itsmeZnarf お昼ごはんはまだ食べていません。brunchを食べたので、おなかがあまりへっていないのです。

ZnarfLondresフランシス @znarf007

@easygoinghiroki what's the meaning of this>>>あまりへっていないのです。 hehehe

easygoinghiroki @easygoinghiroki

@itsmeZnarf I meant I'm not hungry very much. あまり~ない = Not ~ very much.

ZnarfLondresフランシス @znarf007

@easygoinghiroki naruhodo.. lastly what does this mean >>> へって can't find it..LOL

easygoinghiroki @easygoinghiroki

@itsmeZnarf おなかがへる is to get hungry.

ZnarfLondresフランシス @znarf007

@easygoinghiroki ummm 分かれました。

easygoinghiroki @easygoinghiroki

@itsmeZnarf when u say u understand, わかりました is correct. わかれました means u broke up w/ ur gf!

easygoinghiroki @easygoinghiroki

@itsmeZnarf Do u know about the basic form of verbs in Japanese? All of them have one vowel 'u' in common with the last character of them.

easygoinghiroki @easygoinghiroki

@itsmeZnarf うたがう、はぶく、かくす、うつ、しぬ、なじむ、はしるetc. No exception. The basic form of verbs always ends with u sound in Japanese.

ZnarfLondresフランシス @znarf007

@easygoinghiroki yup.. im taking it up now.. the 3 groups of verbs...

easygoinghiroki @easygoinghiroki

@itsmeZnarf do u mean 3 groups are classified w/ how they change?

ZnarfLondresフランシス @znarf007

@easygoinghiroki indeed.. conjugation... though im not yet good at it.. besides verb used in examples are common like 食べる、書く、出る、飲む、待つ、いる。。。

ZnarfLondresフランシス @znarf007

@easygoinghiroki that's why, i really want to talk using action verbs so that it'll be easy for me to conjugate those verbs into diff tenses

ZnarfLondresフランシス @znarf007

@easygoinghiroki 3 groups ~u ending, ~iru and ~eru, and suru and kuru

easygoinghiroki @easygoinghiroki

@itsmeZnarf Exactly. We both need many opportunities to practice as learners of a foreign language.

ZnarfLondresフランシス @znarf007

@easygoinghiroki i've got the feeling that im almost at mid level of grammar. However i can only compose basic sentence...

easygoinghiroki @easygoinghiroki

@itsmeZnarf Is it caused by shortage of vocabularies or that of training?

ZnarfLondresフランシス @znarf007

@easygoinghiroki and i realize what you said that not all english words have exact Japanese equivalent...

ZnarfLondresフランシス @znarf007

@easygoinghiroki both... i think coz i just seldom talk in Japanese. and d dictionary i bought is very condensed.i cant find a complete one.

easygoinghiroki @easygoinghiroki

@itsmeZnarf I think the meaning of each word is like a cloud, not in a small point. Some part of the cloud shares that of another language.

ZnarfLondresフランシス @znarf007

@easygoinghiroki and of course im not yet good in Kanji, thats why i really cant read some Japanese books or articles...