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12-25-2010, 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by VIKTORY View Post
こんにちは皆さん。
If you really want to teach Japanese, the more natural word order is みなさん、こんにちは.

If I were you, I would present the phrase しか~~ない instead of just しか. At least that's how Japanese kids learn this expression.

I would have discussed how the following sentences would more naturally be expressed affirmatively in English but negatively in Japanese.

"I only know a little Japanese." vs. 「少ししか日本語を知らない。」

"Tom has only 2 dollars." vs. 「トムは2ドルしか持っていない。」
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