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Anonymous
| | Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2001 - 06:24 pm: | |
I need a list of all the particles and how they're used. Thank you in advance! |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 02:50 pm: | |
i doubt this is all of them, but they are most of the common particles:
が = This is a subject marker. It goes directly after the subject in a sentence. However, it cannot be used in interrogative sentences (questions). It is pronounced "ga." "Sore ga neko desu." = "This is a cat."
は = This is the same as the particle "ga," except it can be used in interrogative sentences as well as statements. It is pronounced "wa," though it is the character representing "ha." "Sore wa neko desu ka." = "Is this a cat?"
か = This is placed at the end of a sentence, after all else, and it simply changes a sentence to a question. It is pronounced "ka." "Sore wa inu desu ka." = "Is this a dog?"
を = This is the same as "wa" and "ga," except it is an object marker, rather than a subject marker. In sentences, the order is subject, object, verb. This is pronounced "o," even though it is the "wo" character. "Watashi ga neko o kounyou shita." = "I bought a cat."
な = This character must be used to allow adjectival nouns to modify nouns. It is pronounced "na." "Hisoka na dokyumento" = "Secret document."
の = This character is a Japanese equivalent for the english "'s". Also, it can be used as the meaning "of." It is pronounced "no." "Haabu no en" = "Garden of herbs", "Matto no dokyumento" = "Matt's document"
Kind Regards
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