June 7, 2007

sentense-final particles

Japanese language sentenses consists of many kinds of particles.
It is no exaggeration to say that you mastered Japanese if you've got full understanding of Japnese particles.

Some particles are very important to make a sentense have a meaning, but some are not in our conversation.
For example, "sentense-final particle" are not so important for non-native speakers, especially bigginers, I think.

It is not a main purpose to explain grammar of Japanese on this blog, but I want to say that Japanese language has that kind of structural character.

I hope you to feel the meaning of sentense-final particles when you meet it.

okane : money
otosu :
yo : (sentense-final particle)

Okane o otoshimashita yo. : money, dropped : (Hey) you dropped money.
Okane o otoshimashita ne. : money, dropped : You dropped money(, didn't you).
Okane o otoshita nosa. : money, dropped : (Ya,) I dropped money.


otosu : drop
otosanai : drop not
otoshimasu : drop(polite)
otosu : drop (plain)
otosutoki : drop when
otoseba : drop if
otose : drop (imperative)
otoshita : dropped
otoshimashita : dropped(polite)

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