What is the difference?

[MMM]

Originally Posted by Kejebra

I'm starting to get a better picture now.

However, I have to say something more. I can speak English, Swedish, German and some French. In all those languages there are easy grammatical rules to follow. Yet, in Japanese there seems to be an absence of them, or possibly that they apply in a different way that is hard for me to understand.

As enyafriend said: They can't stand on their own. Even though they may mean the same thing. They just simply must work in pairs. That's the way things are.

Now THAT seems like something you can't keep track on. To know when they must work in pairs and when they musn't or doesn't.

Japanese definitely has grammatical rules, it is just they are very different from Western languages, especially when it comes to writing. It takes time, but you will unlock the clues and I promise it will make more sense...just stick with it. We have all been there.

[enyafriend]

Originally Posted by Kejebra

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As enyafriend said: They can't stand on their own. Even though they may mean the same thing. They just simply must work in pairs. That's the way things are.

Now THAT seems like something you can't keep track on. To know when they must work in pairs and when they musn't or doesn't.

Wise men says that there are no shortcuts to success.

In short, after you have put in more than 2 years of serious studies and attained a level whereby you are able to hold a decent conversation with someone in Japanese, all these puzzle pieces will eventually falls into place.

You have to be at a certain level before you are able to understand them comfortably. If you ain't there yet, then you just ain't there yet.

[Kejebra]

Puh.. I may sign up for a beginner japanese class or something. There are actually plenty to chose from in my town. Extremely convenient considering I live in a rather small town in Sweden.

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Reality? More times is　現実。 But maybe will be understood. Only 現 or 実 maybe, but exactly "reality現実" is not.