Japanese Language Weekly Newsletter - Monday, June 29, 2015

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Top new questions this week: Font used to create handwriting worksheets by primary teachers to teach Hiragana I'm confused by all the different of fonts that can be used to learn to write Hiragana (e.g. the end loop of き may be closed or not). I understand that it is usually related to the difference between ... hiragana handwriting   asked by Pierre 8 votes answered by l'électeur 6 votes Explanatory 「の」 particle being used twice in the same phrase I was reading Tae Kim's Guide to Learning Japanese on the explanatory 「の」 particle and was following it very well. I was able to understand the usage of the の particle in the end of sentences to add ... particle-no learning   asked by Hamsteriffic 5 votes answered by Kaizokugari 0 votes The usage of とは in 緊急招集とは、おだやかではないな From what I understand, とは can be used to "define" things. So does this mean that it can be used to expand on what comes before とは/というのは and that which comes after will explain the speakers ... meaning particles   asked by olli 5 votes answered by l'électeur 5 votes Embedded question followed by と What is the grammar behind the use of the quote marker と in this sentence? 雨がいつ降るかと大変楽しみにしていましたが、なかなか雨が降りません。 He was looking forward to when the rain would come, but... Can I also write ... grammar questions particle-to   asked by user3856370 5 votes answered by user2559538 3 votes Is 「ごとと」 used as a particle or just plain word? I wonder what does 「ごとと」 does in this sentence そもそも陸上部は恋愛ごとと断絶していたのに I've tried to use Jisho.org but to no avail, there are no definition of it which are relevant to the content of the sentence. ... words particles   asked by User1 5 votes answered by user51966 4 votes Using 持っていく with people Is it possible to use 持{も}っていく with people? Or is another verb used for taking people to places? For example: 毎日学校に妹を持っていく word-choice   asked by Daniel 5 votes answered by Blavius 7 votes Question about とき I am working on the みんなの日本語　標準問題集　初級 I Lesson 23. There is a question related to the usage of とき。 パスポートを（なくします　ー＞＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿）とき、どうしますか。 けさここへ　（来ます　ー＞＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿）とき、駅で新聞を買いました。 The answers are: ... grammar usage   asked by Kevin 4 votes answered by user51966 4 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: Pronouncing が as 'nga' I'm a beginner and am learning from CD (Pimsleur). There are two native speakers going through the dialogue. One, the man, pronounces が as I would expect - 'ga'. The other (female) pronounces it as ... particles pronunciation particle-ga   asked by Synesso 23 votes answered by YOU 6 votes What does "mononoke" mean? I would like to know what the meaning of the word mononoke is? Of course it's the name of the princess in Miyazaki's wonderful film Mononoke-hime, but what is the deeper and acctual meaning of the ... meaning   asked by komakino 2 votes answered by momerathe 5 votes Can you answer this? When to use べき and when to use べし From my meager understanding of Middle Japanese, I have learned that, in essence, べき is the attributive form and べし is the predicative form (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong), but in Modern ... grammar   asked by Kurausukun 1 vote

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