The Japanese Language Study Thread

With the 「は」 topic particle, you have to know what you want to talk about ahead of time. Obviously this will not always be the case. For example, if you wanted to know what kind of food somebody liked, it would be impossible to ask if each kind was his/her favorite using the topic particle saying "as for this" and "as for that". That is what the 「が」 particle is for: to identify or seek to identify an unknown. ピザは、好きですか？ As for pizza, do (you) like it? どんなピザが好きですか？ What kind of pizza do (like)? (Among all possibilities)

ウースレイト(Ulcerate)は、うるさいけど、とてもすき。

colorofmoney91 wrote: ウースレイト(Ulcerate)は、うるさいけど、とてもすき。 Baby's first compound sentence.

好き　and すき are the same :P I'm still pretty sure that you don't use it that way.  Because you used the wa particle the topic of the sentence is Ulcerate, but to use suki has to involve yourself (which is why you use ga with it). So if you say Ulcerate wa _____ its like implying that they are the ones doing the liking? This is my understanding of it anyways, maybe Keshiro will come and clear it up lol

annja wrote: Not sure if this has been shared already, but it was a site that helped me a lot when learning http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar  It has most things you need in a pretty compact layout.. Also http://www.angelfire.com/anime4/jslang/jibiki.htm  for confusing slang :)

^ Oh, please take care. (無理しないで)
What is awesome in Russia? (ロシアの何が凄いのですか?)

DamoXt7942 wrote: ^ What is awesome in Russia? (ロシアの何が凄いのですか?)

女性たち　

私は一年間ロシアで生活しましたが。How do you say "it feels like home" ? All the ways I was coming up with were very long winded.

^ Same things actually. 

And Apsalar, "feel like home" is "家庭的です" in Japanese ("like" is "...のような" or "...的" I consider).
私は一年間ロシアで生活しましたが、家庭的でした。

In the sentence 手紙を日本へ送る, why is を between 手紙 and 日本? Neither of those are verbs, and を designates the direct object of a verb, right?

I'm fluent in Chinese, for the most part (which is not Japanese, I'm aware) and I use http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/chinese-dictionary.php to check the characters. Chinese characters are 'Kanji', or 漢字 which I'm guessing is what Kanji looks like in Kanji. The meanings for the characters are the same, so perhaps you could use it... Also http://www.zhongwen.com/ I use for the character trees, which you'll see on the right-hand side of the page. It's very useful if you'd like to know how certain characters are compounded from other smaller characters.