A few questions that haven't been answered.

Scoob94P · (#1 (**permalink**))

Hi, so I posted one of these questions in the japanese help thread sticky in this forum yet it hasn't been answered so i'm reluctant to post my other question there.

1) Complex Japanese sentence structure.
I know Japanese is SOV but how would I add time, adjectives etc along side so instead of just saying for example, 私はねこをみました。But how would I add more to that and make it more complex. (I just used the cat as an example, not that exact sentence)

2) I want to take the JLPT, but i'm only going to go in for level 4 (possibly 3) next year because I won't be ready for the december test. Does anyone know if It would be changed in 2009 cause they said they were going to change it to N5 or something...

3) Does anyone know any good sites giving help and revision and practice papers with answers for the JLPT??

Whoa, that was a lot but thank you sooooo much

I guess they're in order of how much I want them answered ^^

またね。

kenmei · (#2 (**permalink**))

not sure about the first 2 questions

but for #3: renshuu.org (

try there

Scoob94P · (#3 (**permalink**))

Thanks, i'll add it to my favourites ^^

Nagoyankee · (#4 (**permalink**))

1) Time would go either at the very beginning of the sentence or right before the object.

By adjectives, I take it to mean those modifying ねこ in this sample sentence. Then they should be placed right in front of ねこ.

Regarding questions #2 + #3, I just don't know anything about JLPT for obvious reasons.

Scoob94P · (#5 (**permalink**))

ありがとうごあいますnagoyankeeさん

So I could say (going back to the cat sentence)

月私はねこをみました - On monday I saw a cat
??

Nagoyankee · (#6 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Scoob94P

ありがとうごあいますnagoyankeeさん

So I could say (going back to the cat sentence)

月私はねこをみました - On monday I saw a cat
??

Umm.. 月 means 'the moon'. I think you wanted to say 'Monday', which is 月曜日（げつようび）.

月曜日に私はねこをみました。

Scoob94P · (#7 (**permalink**))

oops, yeah, sorry ＾＾
月曜日　＾＾

chryuop · (#8 (**permalink**))

Interesting question....
How about before the verb? I have seen time words which don't need time particles right before the verb or right after the topic particle. Any rule for that too or a native speaker sees the way it sounds better or the way he wants to deliver the message? Let me make up a couple of example, not exactly the phrase I have seen so maybe in these cases it might be wrong.
私は今日車の上に猫を見ました or
私は車の上に猫を今日見ました.

Nagoyankee · (#9 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by chryuop

Interesting question....
How about before the verb? I have seen time words which don't need time particles right before the verb or right after the topic particle. Any rule for that too or a native speaker sees the way it sounds better or the way he wants to deliver the message? Let me make up a couple of example, not exactly the phrase I have seen so maybe in these cases it might be wrong.
私は今日車の上に猫を見ました or
私は車の上に猫を今日見ました.

First, the correct particle for 'on the car' is で.

Both sentences are correct but they have different nuances. The second sentence really emphasizes the time = 今日, making it a non-everyday kind of a phrase.

First = I saw a cat on the car today.

Second = It was today that I saw a cat on the car. (It wasn't yesterday or the day before. It was TODAY.)

chryuop · (#10 (**permalink**))

Hee hee, I didn't manage to deliver the message I wanted to

I didn't want to say a cat on a car as inside of it but physically on top of it (you know, when you see a cat on a roof or on a hood of a car).

That is fascinating and scary at the same time. I had learnt that using は or　が you can actually deliver a difference stress on the message delivered...now also on the position of the word. This will take me a long time to understand it.
Thanx alot for your explanation.