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Originally Posted by Nagoyankee
What's the big deal? Don't you know the conjugations?
I thought I was going to be thanked.
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Wasn't that a bit overly condescending? Just because people can understand 失われる when it is explained, doesn't mean they've ever come across 失われ or other similar words. Especially when self studying, people learn grammar in an order which may seem illogical to some. But I think it goes without saying that people learning a language should be treated with a large margin for error.
Retorting to a learner of Japanese with "dont you know...?" in such a condescending way is quite deplorable. Learners of Japanese should be assumed to have gaps in their knowledge, without being made to feel bad about those gaps.
chryuop, no problem, I think you should have more confidence in your English, you seemed to explain that pretty well
