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Hello,

I know a fair bit of Japanese but it's all broken... I've learnt bits here and there from friends and books... but I can't put basic sentences together.

no matter how many times i've read about particles and structure I just don't get it... I don't really know what i'm not getting (does that make sense?)

I know sentences that i've just heard people say and seen in books... like kore wa nan desu ka? ... but if i'm with friends i'd just point and say nani desu ka? but I don't get what the wa means ?

I can understand what my friends are saying as I just pick out the words I understand and answer with a one word reply or something like that. But I seem so dumb in doing so... I would like to be able to speak in full sentences rather than speak like a baby with a fews words here and there.

so if anyone could break it down in simple simple terms and help me with particles and structure that would be greatly greatly appreciated.

Thanx