Sunday, April 8, 2012

から

Word から can be found easily in any daily or formal conversation. There have two meaning so far I know, that is 'because' and 'from'. The meaning selection depend on から location itself. So, if から is before a comma (,), it means 'because'.
I give you and example:

眠れない(れない)  から、疲れているよ(れているよ)
Because I can not sleep, I'm tired!




Another meaning of から is used to show time or location which is it should be use together with で. Example:


学校(う)  は  8時(じ)  から  2時  まで  
School is from 8.00 until 2.00


アメリカ  から  日本  まで  行きます(きます)
I will go from America to Japan




In third example, there have no subject marker (word that highlight with particle '' . If you see sentences like this subject marker is a speaker himself (I).

Saturday, April 7, 2012

ました and ませんでした



Remember for our last two lesson we learn about ます and ません form. However there have a past tense version of those two which is ます will become  and ません will become ませんた. What is the differences between non past version and past tense version? Hmm.. maybe you can determine it by look at example below


(わたし)  は  飲ます(ます)
I drink


私(わたし)  は  飲(  )
I drank




中村(ら)ん  は  日本語  を  話 せん
Mr. Nakamura does not speak Japanese


中村(ら)ん  は  日本語  を  話せん 
Mr. Nakamura did not speak Japanese




Monday, April 2, 2012

Verbs + ません

Remember on my last post we learn about verbs + す, to make it negative is by simply replace 'す' with ''. Here I'll give same example in negative す forms.




example:



平沢(わ)  ん    日本語  を  話ません( ません)
Mr. Hirasawa don't speak japanese


私  は  車(ま)  が  あません
I don't have a car


私  は  毎日(ち)  勉強ません(きょません)
I am not study everyday


私  は  明日(た)  勉強しません(きょません)
I will not study tomorrow

Verbs + ます form

Any verb that attach with ます represent non past tense which mean it can be translated either as a 'future tense' or 'present or continuous tense', sometimes it also use as a formal form of communication.

example:
平沢(わ)  ん    日本語(ご)  を  話ます(ます)
Mr. Hirasawa speak japanese


私  は  車(ま)  が  あます
I have a car


私  は  毎日(ち)  勉強ます(きょます)
I study everyday


私  は  明日(た)  勉強します(きょます)
I will study tomorrow