tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post2459219831131277915..comments2008-01-24T09:51:10.108+09:00Comments on J-List side blog: Learning Japanese can be easy. No, really!Peter in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406234614984212429noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post-17121012154559490682008-01-24T09:51:00.000+09:002008-01-24T09:51:00.000+09:00Yes, that is a downside, verb forms for everything...Yes, that is a downside, verb forms for everything from informal to formal to command to passive, etc. Most follow simple rules, i.e. masu -> mashita for formal past tense, and so on. Informal "let's go" (ikou) and the informal command form (ike) were the ones I remember being difficult.Peter in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406234614984212429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post-16690138850513235682008-01-24T02:45:00.000+09:002008-01-24T02:45:00.000+09:00I have this very good textbook you sell, called "t...I have this very good textbook you sell, called "the Complete Japanese Verb Guide", and it seems "nihongo" verbs are pretty complex, with all these forms: plain, masu, imperative, conditional, volitional, and so on. Not to mention plain and formal; present and past. Seems harder than English, to me.timohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03184495807669604910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post-54047995187003131362008-01-23T22:47:00.000+09:002008-01-23T22:47:00.000+09:00Yes, true. When you "input" someone into your brai...Yes, true. When you "input" someone into your brain you register them as 妹 (imouto, younger sister) or 姉 (ane,older sister). Not as just "sister" which can mean many things, including a nun ^_^Peter in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406234614984212429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post-52836802154670757812008-01-23T22:10:00.000+09:002008-01-23T22:10:00.000+09:00I imagine that if I were Japanese I would just kno...I imagine that if I were Japanese I would just know the relative ages of my sisters. We egalitarian Americans don't generally worry about this much.jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06941665968757241278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post-85199469084950777642008-01-23T20:10:00.000+09:002008-01-23T20:10:00.000+09:00And very sorry for posting this with the wrong ima...And very sorry for posting this with the wrong image!Peter in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406234614984212429noreply@blogger.com