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Originally Posted by thyagobr
Oh, there's something I wanted to ask.
Could someone give me a "general rule" about how to form sentences in Japanese?
I already know about the Subject-Object-Verb style of japanese language, but if I want to say "I'm studying japanese". I suppose it is "Nihongo benkyousuru", not sure. But if this is correct, there are no particles? And where should I use the "desu"? I know it's used at the end of some sentences, but when exactly?
I basically want to be able to discover the meaning of any word and create a sentence with it. For example, I want to be able do find out how "japanese" and "study" is in japanese, and know how to create sentences with them.
Thanks a lot =]
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Nihongo
o benkyousuru
Desu always comes at the end.
In the last sentence Desu is not needed because you have suru (to do) at the end. This makes it a complete sentence. Just sound it out, with enough knowledge of the language you should be able to make out what sounds good an what doesn't make sense. (with time and practice)