word order

I said "word order is not important" before.
But , today, I would like to say a key point to make a sentence with right word order.
It is very easy.

A subjective word should be put the beginning of a sentence and a verb at the end of a sentence.
That's all.

eg:
Watashi wa densha de ikimasu. : I, train,by,go : I go by train
densha : (electric) train
de : by
iku : go
(ika-nai, iki-masu,iku,iku-toki,ike-ba,ike, itta)

Kore wa pen desu. : This, pen , is : This is a pen.
kore : this
pen : pen
desu : is / are

Ano hana wa totemo utsukushii (desu). : That , flower, very, beautiful (is) : That flower is very beautiful.
ano : that
hana : flower
totemo : very
utsukushii : beautiful
(an adjective word have a function of be-verb)

can't , can not

Watashi wa nihongo o hanasenai. : I, Japanese, can't speak. : I can't speak Japanese.
(I'm not able to speak Japanese, I don't have skills to speak Japanese)

watashi : I ,
watashi wa : I (subject)
nihongo : Japanese language
hanasu : speak
(hanasa-nai, hanashi-masu, hanasu, hanasu-toki, hanase-ba, hanase)
hanasenai : can't speak

Watashi wa nihongo o hanasanai : I, Japanese, don't speak : I don't speak Japanese.
( I can speak Japanese but I don't speak Japanese)

hanasu : speak
(hanasa-nai, hanashi-masu, hanasu, hanasu-toki, hanase-ba, hanase)

Watashi wa hashirenai. : I , can't run. : I can't run.
hashiru : run
(hashira-nai, hashiri-masu, hashiru, hashiru-toki, hashire-ba, hashire)

Watashi wa hashiranai. : I , don't run : I don't run.
hashiru : run
(hashira-nai, hashiri-masu, hashiru, hashiru-toki, hashire-ba, hashire)

tobenai : can't fly
tobu: fly
(toba-nai, tobi-masu, tobu, tobu-toki , tobe-ba , tobe)

tobanai : don't fly
tobu: fly
(toba-nai, tobi-masu, tobu, tobu-toki , tobe-ba , tobe)
nomenai : can't drink
nomu : drink
(noma-nai, nomi-masu, nomu, nomu-toki , nome-ba, nome)
nomanai : don't drink
nomu : drink
(noma-nai, nomi-masu, nomu, nomu-toki , nome-ba, nome)

exception;
In Japanese, there are cases in which "noun"+"suru" makes it verb.
suru : do
(shi-nai, shi-masu, suru, suru-toki, sure-ba, shiro)
benkyou : study(noun)
benkyousuru : study(verb)
unten : driving(noun)
unten suru : drive(verb)

Watashi wa benkyou shinai : I, study, don't : I don't study.
Watashi wa benkyou dekinai : I , study, can't. : I can't study.
dekiru(verb) : can, be able to
(deki-nai, deki-masu, dekiru, dekiru-toki, dekire-ba, dekiro)

infinitive

Infinitives ( to+verb) are often seen in English conversation.

eg. I go to bookshop to buy book. ("to buy" is infinitive in this case)

In Japanese , "....suru tameni" , " ...no tameni " or " ...tameni " is very convinient word for infinitives.

Watashi wa hon o kau tameni hon-ya ni ikimasu.( I, book, buy, to(infinitive), bookshop, to, go)
kau : buy
tameni : for the purpose of
hon-ya: bookshop,
ya : "ya" means shop
iku : go
(ika-nai, iki-masu, iku, iku-toki, ike-ba, ike)

"tameni" comes just after a verb(plain)
yomu tameni : to read
au tameni : to meet, to see
iu tameni : to say

"no tameni" comes after noun
dokusho(reading) no tameni : for reading
unten(driving) no tameni : for driving

"suru tameni" means " for doing..." ( same with " no tameni")
dokusho(reading) suru tameni : for reading
unten(driving) suru tameni : for driving

Pactice;

Watashi wa anata ni au tameni koko ni kita. : I came here to see you.
watashi : I
" wa " of "watashi wa" makes "I" subject.
anata : you
ni : to, with
"ni " of " anata ni" makes "you " objective.
au : meet , see
(awa-nai, ai-masu, au, au-toki, ae-ba ,ae)
tameni : for
koko : (noun) here
ni: to
kita : past tense of "kuru" , came
kuru :come
(ko-nai, ki-masu, kuru, kuru-toki, kure-ba, koi)
ki + ta : came

Watashi wa anata ni au tameni koko ni kita. : I, you , with, see, for , here, came : I came here to see you.

It's gonna happen!

Fukudome, Japanese baseball player, made his debut at Major League Baseball U.S. as a player of Chicago Cubs.
In his debut game , some fans of Chicago Cubs have boards on which Japanese phrase "Guuzen daze! (偶然だぜ!)" is written. ( I'm sorry if you can not see Japanese Kanji character on your computer.)

According to Japanese news, "Guuzen daze" is a mistranslation of " It's gonna happen."

"Guuzen" is not a good word for Fukudome because it means that " What you have done is an accident" or " You will do something by chance."

If you want to say "Something will happen" or " You will do something big" , I think "Nanika shidekasuze" or " Taishita yatsu daze" is more appropriate.

Let us see these phrases today.

Nanika shidekasuze. : some thing, do : You will do something big.
nanika : something
shidekasu : do (very colloquial and rough ), and has a nuance do somethin big
ze : a suffix (colloquial, "ze" doesn't have any meaning.)

Taishita yatsu daze. : great, guy : You are great guy.
taishita : great, wonderful, amazing
yatsu : guy, man,
daze : da(suffix) + ze(suffix)
"Taishita yatsu" is just a noun "great guy".
But , by adding "da" at the end of the word, the word becomes a phrase with a subject hidden.
e.g. Hon. : book.
Hon da. : This/ that is a book.
kirei : beautiful
Kireida. : You are / She is/ I'm beautiful.

In addition , "taishita yatsu " has a nuance that great guy who has done somethig big or who will do something big.

word order is not important

In sentences, the case of the words are important to make the sentences to have a meaning.
In a sentence " I love you " , " I " is a subjective case and " you " is an objective case.
If " You love me", "You" is a subjective case and "me" an objective case.
You may understand , in English, the word order determines a case of each word.

Let us say " I love you " in Japanese.

Watashi wa anata o aishiteimasu.
watashi = I, my, me
watashi + wa = I
anata = you, your
anata+o = you(object)
aishiteimasu= love

You may understand that a particle word( eg. wa, o, ga and etc.) makes the word have a case ,not a word order.
Let us see a sentense with replacing "watashi wa " with " anata o".

Anata o watashi wa aishiteimasu.
This sentense also means "I love you ".

Japanese people may not misunderstand what you mean as long as the word has a particle.

Major particles to make the word subjective are " wa" and "ga".
Major particles to make the word objective are " o".

Watashi wa hon o yomimasu. ( I, book, read) = I read a book.
Hon o yomimasu watashi wa. ( book, read, I)=I read a book.
Yomimasu hon o watashi wa.(read, book, I)= I read a book.

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