The Particles

I need to work more on all of my hobbies...
I've just been extremely busy.

Sentence of the Day:
私は日本語で打つ。
watashi wa nihongo de utsu.
I type in Japanese.

I've become more familiar with the particle で now.
there's
は, that sets the topic,
が, labels the subject,
も, inclusive particle that adds to the topic,
を, the direct object marker,
の, shows ownership,
に, that directs toward (like "to"),
へ, that shows gereral direction, but not necessarily destination,
で, by means of / context,
と, and,
や, and...etc,
とか, a more colloquial form of や,
か, question marker,

and I think that's all of them. Yay!

Now I just need to work on my verb conjugations...
And my Kanji...

Grammar Particles and Pointlessness.

I have a new pointless Japanese sentence.
何のサンドイッチが欲しい？
nan no sandoicch ga hoshii?
What kind of sandwich do you want?

何の (nanno) means "what kind".
欲しい (hoshii) is an adjective, meaning "wanted" or "desired"
欲 (yoku) as a noun means greed or desire

And now I've learned something. So it's not totally pointless.


In Japanese, they have nouns, verbs, and adjectives. To explain how these relate, they use particles.

There are several, and I'll cover just a few for now.

が (ga) identifies a subject; it's used very often. don't confuse it with は.

は (WA) identifies a topic; it's usually used at the beginning of a conversation. it's the equivalent of "speaking about ___, ......". It's the symbol "ha", but pronounced "wa" when used in this way.

と (to) is "and". 左と右 (hidari to migi) means "left and right". it is used after each list object, where in english only commas would be used.

や (ya) is "and" and "etc.". you use it in place of と, and it will denote that the list is not complete.

に (ni) shows direction. It works very much like "to" and "towards". it also can be used for "by", and is used with time.

の (no) shows ownership. it's much like " 's ". for example, 私 (watashi) is "I" or "me". 私の (watashi no) is "my".