Can anyone check and correct my japanese homework?

Question

I'm not sure if this is all right, I'm still new with the TA form and its been difficult for me to get it right.

What is the differences between Hoshi and TA form? both means WANT so that confuses me a lot

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Im going to have a vocab quiz tomorrow, heres the words that will be in the quiz

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I'm having a hard time getting things right, i always get years and months mixed us and yasumi <- means REST now, but isnt it vacation? i dont get it

and how to use ~gurai, konogoro, mousugu, nai in setences??

nai is a very short word and it means "there is not" but how to use in sentences?? any tips for me to get words right?

I made flash cards to remember them right but im still struggling with a few words :(

thanks

Answer 1

Anata ga hoshii = I want you

Anata to aitai= I want to meet with you.

Kanojo wa anata to aitagaru= She wants to meet with you (garu implies a third party)

In your homwork, &quot;Yukisan wa nani ga hoshii&quot;= what does yuki want? This is casual, and the garu may be left off.

Yasumimasu= I am resting, I am vacationing. It means both. Natsu no yasumi= Summer vacation. Summer break. Summer rest.

Gurai is used with time frames.

Tokyo kara Kyoto made shinkansen de ni jikan GURAI kakarimasu.

It takes about two hours on the shinkansen from Tokyo to Kyoto.

Konogoro is &quot;these days.&quot; So, it&#039;s implying recent time

Konogoro, Kensan ni atte inai.

Recenty, I haven&#039;t seen ken.

Mousugu is used as anytime.

Mousugu, watashi wo denwa dekiru.

You can call me anytime.

Nai is the negative copula for da.

Kono mise wa sorehodo yasuku nai yo.

This store isn&#039;t cheap. (sorehodo is used for a degree, so this is an extreme)

It sounds like you need to practice more.  Are you in contact with anyone from your class? And why did you wait so long to ask for help? Asking and then cramming before a test isn&#039;t helpful. Next time, before a test, I think you should study with someone who knows Japanese. :)  

Answer 2

I&#039;m presuming you&#039;re talking about the difference between &#039;hoshii&#039; and &#039;~tai&#039; in the first part.

The way I remember it, &#039;hoshii&#039; is to want an object, or want an action from someone else. &#039;~tai&#039; is used when the subject (usually yourself) wants to perform an action, and is always placed on the end of a verb.

eg:

ケーキがほしいです - I want cake

ケーキを食べたいです - I want to eat cake

As for the second part... my computer automatically shrinks your attachment so I cannot read it.

years is always &#039;nen&#039; or &#039;toshi&#039;

months are &#039;gatsu&#039;, &#039;getsu&#039; or &#039;tsuki&#039;

&#039;gurai&#039; (proper = kurai) means &#039;about&#039;

eg: １０時ぐらい - about 10 o&#039;clock

I don&#039;t know about &#039;konogoro&#039;, but &#039;mousugu&#039; means &#039;soon&#039;

so: もうすぐ１０時です - it will be 10 o&#039;clock soon

nai is simplified form of &#039;arimasen&#039;. Thus, it can be used as a informal negative verb ending, or to indicate that something is not there.

eg: ケーキを食べない - Don&#039;t eat the cake

ケーキを食べたくない - I don&#039;t want to eat the cake

ケーキはない - There is no cake

Hope this helps ^_^

Answer 3

That&#039;s cool that u r learning Japanese! =]

Answer 4

&gt; yasumi &lt;- means REST now, but isnt it vacation?

Isn&#039;t a vacation a kind of rest period?

Don&#039;t expect a one to one correspondence between English and Japanese...in fact drop the concept completely - you already know there are at least 3 ways to say &quot;to be&quot; in J but only 1 in E, right?

&gt; nai is a very short word and it means &quot;there is not&quot; but how to use in

it is simply the non-formal word for &quot;is not&quot;, one of those &quot;to be&quot; forms I just  mentioned.

There is a colloquialism - &quot;shikata ga nai&quot; - more or less &quot;it can&#039;t be helped&quot; but more precisely &quot;the state of &#039;s**+&#039; doesn&#039;t exist&#039;

btw, if you have learned formal level at all (it is not in the conversation you posted) then &quot;nai&quot; is exactly equivalent to &quot;dewa arimasen&quot; or &quot;ja arimasen&quot; except for politeness level.

As for the &quot;hoshi&quot; - actually &quot;hoshii&quot; which is important because it is an &quot;=i&quot; adjective, its usage is something like &quot;I desire&quot; - it is sort of an existentialist thing....

repetition, repetition, repetition...if you haven&#039;t got into adjectives yet with past tense, you are in for a treat - but once you get past that, it is all gravy :)

btw, you might be at the point where you are starting to study kanji too...when you see how sentences are written for real, instead of just in kana, it will be easier to recognize the grammatical parts from the vocabulary, and that in turn will make it easier to read and speak.

hang in there - gambatte yo!