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09-05-2008, 12:44 AM

The sentence structure is...

Subject (particle [wa; ga; mou]) Date (particles like [e; ni; de]) Time Person/Place Object (particle, like maybe "wo") Verb/Noun/Adjective

Probably a bit confusing there, but maybe someone can explain it much better than I could.

I can give an example, though of a short sentence.

I went to the bookstore and I bought a book.

Watashi wa honya e ikimashita. Soshite hon wo kaimashita.

Meh...I'm trying to think of a way of explaining this sentence. lol

Watashi = Subject (I)

wa = subject indicator, which shows that the subject of the sentence is "I"

Honya = Place

e = Particle used with places.

ikimashita = verb (iku = to go)

Soshite = and

Hon = subject of second sentence

wo/o = to me, "hon" would be a direct object, so I'd use "o" here. You use "wo" with direct objects.

kaimashita = verb

*Begs anyone to try and explain this better than what I did here, since I got confused writing it* lol

Last edited by SSJup81 : 09-05-2008 at 04:19 PM.
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