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Ok I have a ton of questions, and I didn't think I wanted to cram the questions/translations thread. Sorry about all the questions, it's just I have so much I want to ask, and online translators are O.K., but they don't always translate correctly. The books I have don't answer these questions, I only have "practical Japanese" and "Your first 100 words in japanese" and "elementary course in japanese", the last one which I borrowed from the library. They're good books, and I read it all the way through, but practical Japanese only teaches "konnichiwa. watashi wa ue he ikimasu.". I appreciate that I have it though. Your first 100 words in japanese is pretty good, it teaches household appliances and basic words, not sentences. Elementary course in Japanese, I love it, it tells you what all the words mean but sometimes it's really confusing. Well, aside form the book reviews, here are my questions:

1/ What is the difference between "ookii and ookina"? I also see "chiisai" and chiisana. IS "you ni" and "you na" also related to this?

2/I've noticed all these verb forms..The ones I have confusion with most are ~rareru/~sareru(話される), ~reba(話せば), ~tara(話したら), ~saseru(話させる ), ~ou(話そう), and ~darou(話すだろう). I know that's a lot, I'm so sorry. I've heard "darou" means "will", but I have yet to confirm whether this is true..

3/ How do you say "too"? As in "I have too many papers". I read song lyrics, and I think I could guess that it is "sugi" but I'm not really sure.

4/What is "yori"? I see it a ton. An online translator gives me "from", but I thought that was "kara"? Which brings me to the next question.

5/ I spend a lot of time looking and reading what I can of Japanese texts, so I could get used to seeing it and get faster and recognizing katakana, because I've got hiragana down after a few hours of flash cards. I have heard a seen "kara" but not used as 'from' when I read translations. Does it means something else too?

6/ How do you say "because" in Japanese? Are there different ways?

7/ What's the difference between "kochira" and "kono"? And I also see "kochirakoso" a lot in video game texts and literature books.

8/ "suru" is so confusing..Sometimes I see "shite" sometimes "suru".. What is the difference and when do I know to use "suru" or "shite"?

9/ When do I use "yappari"? I try to watch the news in Japanese and try to listen for anything I might understand, and I hear "yappari" when they are talking to other people.

10/ A friend told me "jibun" is the same as saying "watashi". But I thought "jibun" was "myself"? But I also hear people on tv say "jibun no..".


I'm so sorry about all the questions, I always have questions I try to find on the internet but get a bunch of verb charts, which I appreciate very much, but I don't know how to use which verb. I know it says it, like "passive, potential, volitional", but i don't even know what that means in english. I've asked a few english tutors who didn't explain but gave me sites, and I'm very thankful for it, but they just have more example sentence of when the verb form is used, which is useful, but I can't construct my own sentences. I've tried and asked my native friends if they are right and they say it isn't when I use that verb form. My other friend who I go to her house sometimes to visit, I ask her questions sometimes but she doesn't really understand what I'm saying, and I wish I could help her too, but I can't explain in nihongo very well and she sometimes smiles or gives me a puzzled look.
So if you can any or part of these questions, I'd be very grateful.

Sorry again about the long post and thank you for your help. では、申し訳ありません。どうもありがとうございます ！