Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Masu Form

Masu Form/polite form

Group1
う to い
う, つ, る
飲(の)む - 飲みます(to drink)
取(と)る - 取ります(to take)
話(はな)す - はなします(to talk; speak)

Group2
...eる and ...iる
drop る add ます
見る - 見ます

Group3
する - し+ます
くる - き+ます
勉強する - 勉強します

Polite Negative
add ません instead of ます
わかる(to understand) - わかります(understand) - わかりません(don't understand)

Past
add ます instead of ました
わかる - わかりました(I understood)

Negative Past
add ませんでした(I didn't understand) instead of ます

Let's...!
ましょう instead of ます
勉強しましょう。 - Let's study!

Verb Groups
Te Form
Masu Form
NEXT Ta Form

If there are any mistakes please comment with corrections, they are greatly appreciated!

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Saturday, May 17, 2014

All resources

Instead of having them all spread out into different posts I figured I would post them all here in one.
I'll just update this post every time I find something new and useful.

1. Memrise There is also an app for apple and android
2. PuniPuni It's really cute. Looks like it's more for children but...that's what I like about it. ;P
3. Kanji-Link A very helpful and in depth explanation.
4. Denshi Jisho GREAT for looking up the meaning of a kanji and their stroke order. You can also search kanji by its radicals.
5. Rikaichan for Firefox(Rikaikun for Chrome) best thing I have installed onto my computer!
6. Google Japanese Input A Japanese keyboard for your phone basically. I use it everyday. Even has cute emojis I can't stop using. :3
7. Digital Japanese Keyboard Only good for Hirigana.
8. Lang-8 has been very helpful for me. I have met some very nice people thru that site.
9. Kana and Kanji Quiz(Windows App)Good for studying and practicing Katakana, Hirigana and Kanji.
10. Genki($20-$50+) Can be expensive...for some reason...but has good explanations and exercises.
11. Maggie Sensei One of my absolute favorite blogs! Very helpful. I have spent so much time on that blog! ^-^;

I think that's all I have for now.
I hope these are helpful.
じゃあね!