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10-18-2009, 03:24 AM

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Originally Posted by korriken View Post
Sweet Irony. I had only occasional problem with particles (as far as I can tell anyway unless there is some sort of super difficult set I haven't seen yet). Only the て form gives me much trouble, and only when reading it.

Prepositions? I can imagine those being tough to a non native speaker. we have so many of them, not to mention some particles change depending on whether the thing being talked about is general or specific.
If you're having problems learning conjugations, I highly doubt you aren't some genius with particles. The wa/ga distinction and ni/(h)e distinction and ni/wo distinction (and the fact that there are tons of particles) makes it, in my opinion, the most difficult. You probably just don't have a way of knowing you're using them wrong. Wa/ga is very hard for a non-native to learn (unless, I assume, their native language is Korean).

I say this not to insult you, but just to point out that you shouldn't rest on your laurels w/r/t particles.
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