The Japanese Language Help Thread

[D-ryukei]

So, if "Present Continous" is not present on the japanese language.. you use the neutral form.. "taberu"
i found these forms
tabeta - past
tabete - gerund
tabenai - negative
tabemasu - polite
tabereba - conditional
taberareru - passive
taberareru - potential
tabesaseru - causive

i know it's long but, can you make me a list of sample of sentences..

OK. I'll make the samples with the netral form:
パンを食べる。 "Pan wo taberu." (I) eat bread.

tabeta:パンを食べた。"Pan wo tabeta." I ate bread.
tabete:パンを食べて、学校に行く。"Pan wo tabete gakkou ni iku." (I) eat bread, and go to school.
tabenai:パンを食べない。"Pan wo tabenai." (I) do not eat bread.
tabemasu:パンを食べます。"Pan wo tabemasu." (I) eat bread.(in polite attitude)
tabereba:パンを食べれば、おなかがいっぱいになる。"Pan wo tabereba, onaka ga ippaini naru." If (I) eat bread, (my) stomach become full.
taberareru(passive):パンは私に食べられる。"Pan ha watashi ni taberareru." Bread is eaten by me. ("~ ni" means "by ~" in this case)
taberareru(potential):このパンは食べられる。"Kono pan ha taberareru." It is possible to eat this bread. / This bread is possible to eat...(Is this English accurate?)
tabesaseru:彼にパンを食べさせる。"Kare ni pan wo tabesaseru."(I) make him eat bread.

These sentences except "Pan wo tabemasu." can also be changed into "~masu"(polite) form. And, in usual Japanese conversations (both speaking and writing), most people use polite form to communicate exept with friends or family members.

[D-ryukei]

So, if "Present Continous" is not present on the japanese language..

Would you mean "Present Continuous"(for example "I'm eating bread.")?
If so, that form exist in Japanese: ～ている "~teiru" form.
For example:
パンを食べている。"(I) am eating bread."

Now, I'll show you the verb forms of (neutral)-(present continuous)-(present continuous polite)

taberu-tabeteiru-tabeteimasu 食べる―食べている―食べています(eat)
yomu-yondeiru-yondeimasu 読む―読んでいる―読んでいます(read)
kaku-kaiteiru-kaiteimasu 書く―書いている―書いています(write)

[make_it_worse]

so, to show respect, you only have to put masu as a suffix,,?

[SSJ_Jup81]

so, to show respect, you only have to put masu as a suffix,,?

Not particularly. If anything, I guess you could say it's just more formal.

-masu
-masen
-mashita
-masen deshita

...are all formal and the "safe" way to use such terms.

nai and the other forms are plain/casual.

[Zekurom]

tabete - gerund

Tabete is also the imperative form - for example:

パンを食べて。 "Pan wo tabete." Eat the bread.

And to make it a little more polite, you can do this:

パンを食べてください。 "Pan wo tabete kudasai." Please eat the bread.

The "kudasai" ending functions as a kind of "please".

-masu
-masen
-mashita
-masen deshita

And examples of this:

学校へ行きます。 "Gakkou e ikimasu." (I) go to school.
学校へ行きません。 "Gakkou e ikimasen." (I) do not go to school.
学校へ行きました。 "Gakkou e ikimashita." (I) went to school.
学校へ行きませんでした。 "Gakkou e ikimasen deshita." (I) did not go to school.

[make_it_worse]

So if kudasai, means please. what means onegai?

[Zekurom]

So if kudasai, means please. what means onegai?

It doesn't mean "please" per se, it's kind of a politeness marker just like the "-masu" ending. Just like when we say "please" most of the time, we're doing it just to be polite, not really to make a sincere request.

"Onegai" means "request".

[make_it_worse]

is "Nani Desu" and "nanda" the same?

[SSJ_Jup81]

is "Nani Desu" and "nanda" the same?

Nandesu is more formal. Nanda is more casual.

da = plain form of desu and seems I hear kids use it more so.

[make_it_worse]

ok, exercise, i made a japanese sentence..
Nani wa anata ga tabeta?
is it correct? correct me if i'm wrong..

[SSJ_Jup81]

ok, exercise, i made a japanese sentence..
Nani wa anata ga tabeta?
is it correct? correct me if i'm wrong..

I could be wrong myself here, but are you trying to ask, "What did you eat?"

If so, I would say, "Nani o tabemashitaka?" Or, if being specific, "(Person) wa nani o tabemashitaka?" or "Anata wa nani o tabemashitaka?"

I guess in plain form, that would be, "Nani o tabeta?" or "Anata wa nani o tabeta?" I'd have someone check this, though. Plain form is my weakness...along with kanji. lol

[make_it_worse]

Hei, thanks for the correction, i forgot about the "desu ka" form.. i was about to put "wo",
and one thing,, i didn't saw the "wa" in the sentence...

EDIT:
What's the use of "youni"?

[Ru-Kun]

I'm currently learning Japanese and I also enjoy listening to J-Pop. When I listen though, I see many song titles that involve the word love. The only conclusion I have is that there are different words for the noun "love." So could someone please provide me with the different ways to say love including the verb (just dictionary form is fine). Thanks.

[Kthleen]

What's the use of "youni"?

It means "like" (as in "similar to," "in the manner of," or "as if"). For example, "kaze no you ni" means "like [the] wind" and "oikakeru you ni" means "as if chasing."

So could someone please provide me with the different ways to say love including the verb (just dictionary form is fine). Thanks.

Let's see....

-ai ("real" love)
-koi (romantic love)
-ren'ai (also romantic love, don't know the difference )
-ai suru (to love)
-koi suru (to be in love with)
-rabu (just "love" transliterated)
-rabaa (just "lover" transliterated)
-koibito (boyfriend/girlfriend, lover)
-suki [desu] (to like, to be fond of; I seem to remember hearing that it's used in confessions)
-daisuki [desu] (to like very much)
-itoshii (adj; beloved, dear)

[Zekurom]

I'd like to know the origins of the use of the word "another" to denote a very difficult stage in video games. I've only ever seen it used in Japanese video games as such.