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スーパー を でましたか？ – Did you leave the Supermarket?<br>
What did you leave? – The Supermarket.<br>Yep, that’s correct.
Oh and if it’s not too much work, could you perphaps elaborate on these functions for に:<br>
Fairly sure you’ll learn these at some point, but here’s a brief summary:
- Marks indirect object (benificiary of verb being done)
For example, “I wrote a letter to my father” – “my father” is the indirect object (while “a letter” is the direct object.
わたし は ちち に てがみ を かきました
On a similar note, it also marks the agent in passive or causative sentences (i.e. “The letter was written by Alice” and “Bob made Alice write a letter” – in both examples, Alice is the agent, and would be marked by に).
- Marks the purpose for doing a movement verb
Purpose for moving is formed by V-stem + に + いきます／きます et cetera
I went to Tokyo for shopping (i.e. I went there in order to shop) = わたし は とうきょう に かい に いきました
- Marks location-of-existence
The verbs あります, います and, for some reason, すみます use に to mark the location (while other verbs use で).
Roppongi is in Tokyo = ろっぽんぎ は とうきょう に あります
I live in Australia = わたし は オーストラリア に すんでいますThat’s not really a good idea. You kinda need to get the hang of keeping the whole sentence in mind so that you can put it all together at the end. If you’re reading a long passage, and skipping to the end of each sentence as you go, you’re going to be jumping all over the place. Plus, when you’re being spoken to, you don’t really have that option.
いま when it’s standing alone. 今は七時です = いま は しちじ です = It’s seven o’clock now
こん when it’s attached to another kanji. 今週はお休みです = こんしゅう は おやすみ です = This week is a holiday.Interestingly, in the case of 今, the readings actually have different meanings. いま = now. こん = this (week, month, time, et cetera). That’s not true for all kanji, though.
Weird freaky exception: 今日 = きょう. Also, 今年 = ことし.
Yeah, I think so. で as by-means-of.
Honestly, I couldn’t really say. Nothing seems to have helped my listening ability. =P
Maybe stick with live-action shows more than anime, because anime characters tend to speak in exaggerated caricatures. How many English speakers do you know that talk like the Simpsons? =)
The JLPT is something nice to put on your résumé, if nothing else. It’s an officially accredited test of your Japanese proficiency.
For listening, practice practice practice. There’s a few practice questions on the official website at http://www.jlpt.jp/e/samples/forlearners.html – or you can ask Google-sensei.
One sneaky trick with the listening questions is that all of the multiple-choice answers will be spoken in the recording, to prevent you from just cherry-picking specific words out of the passage. For example, if the question is, say “at what time did they agree to meet?” with the given options as 8:30, 8:45, 9:00 and 9:15, then the recording will go something like “How about we meet at 8:30?” “No, that’s too early – how about 9:00?” “I have a meeting at 9:15, so I can’t do that.” “Guess it’ll have to be 8:45″. Or something like that.
Hmm.
Googling turned up this, but it’s a little bit technical: https://bluebluewave.wordpress.com/2015/10/01/japanese-input-with-azerty-in-windows-10/
You on PC? If so, try right-clicking the file and selecting “Properties”. There’s a row of check boxes down the bottom marked “Attributes” – just un-check the “Read-Only” one.
If you’re not on a PC, there’s undoubtedly a similar option somewhere, but I couldn’t really tell you how to find it.
Yep, no worries. You may find you’ll need to look into where the nearest testing centre is on your own, though, unless your school is happy to help you out.
From what I’ve heard, finishing TextFugu should just about prepare you for N5, though you may want to look for a study guide for extra help. I couldn’t speak from personal experience on this, though, as I studied at university simultaneously, and don’t really recall what I learnt from TextFugu and what I learnt from uni. =P I also use a flash-card app on my iPhone and iPad called StickyStudy – it’s got kanji and vocab decks for each of the JLPT levels, and the N5 decks are free.
No, that works fine.
なる is usually written in kana, though. =)
I’m no expert on Anki but I think you just need to make sure the .mp3 files are in the same folder as the .anki file. Anki will automatically load the audio when the card calls for it.
One option may be to look for a Japanese shop in your area – I’ve got a few near me.
Tofugu reviewed Japan Crate fairly recently: http://www.tofugu.com/reviews/japan-crate/
They gave it a good review, though I found it a tiny bit odd that they estimated the value of the candy to be much less than what they paid for it. Up to you as to whether it’s value for money, I guess.
Otherwise… Google-sensei? I haven’t really tried to order this stuff online, so I couldn’t really comment.
I started studying in 2011, but I haven’t really been putting much effort into it since the end of 2013. Probably should work on that a bit. I could theoretically have a conversation, but my listening ability sucks, sooo…
Koichi’s busy working on a more advanced site that will follow on from TextFugu, but there’s no precise date on when it’ll be ready. You can turn to other text books, though, like Tobira or Japanese for Busy People. Newspapers and such also works.
Never mind… about both questions?
Yes, many kanji have the same reading – on’yomi especially. For example, there’s about a hundred and eleven kanji with the on’yomi こう. There’s a lot of words which are homophones too, which is why the use of kanji is fairly important in writing. But yeah, in speech, it’s context and common sense. =)
“Soudesu” = that’s right, that’s correct. It’s a way of agreeing with something someone had just said, or a way of answering a yes/no question in the affirmative.
You learn 父 in 4-6.
