![]() ![]() Using the correct particles is very important because the meaning of a sentence can completely change just by changing the particles. Particles are one or more Hiragana characters that attach to the end of a word to define the grammatical function of that word in the sentence. This is done with something called particles. We want to now make good use of what we learned in the last lesson by associating a noun with another noun. We’ll learn how to make these tenses declarative by attaching 「だ」 to the end of the sentence in a later lesson.įirst, for the negative, attach 「じゃない」 to the noun or na-adjective.ĭefining grammatical functions with particles This may be a bit hard to grasp at first but none of these state-of-being conjugations make anything declarative like 「だ」 does. We can conjugate a noun or adjective to either its negative or past tense to say that something is not or that something was. In Japanese, negative and past tense are all expressed by conjugation. *Used as a greeting to indicate whether one is well Conjugating to the negative state-of-being Vocabulary ![]() It’s all quite a pain in the butt really but you don’t have to worry about it yet. There are also times when you cannot attach it. The declarative 「だ」 is also needed in various grammatical structures where a state-of-being must be explicitly declared. Therefore, it is more common to hear men use 「だ」 at the end of sentences. So you may be wondering, “What’s the point of using 「だ」?” Well, the main difference is that a declarative statement makes the sentence sound more emphatic and forceful in order to make it more… well declarative. Also notice how the subject isn’t even specified when it’s obvious from the context. For example, below is an example of a very typical greeting among friends. You can say you’re doing well or someone is a student without using 「だ」 at all. A state-of-being can be implied without using 「だ」!
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