/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

Can anyone here who knows anything about Japanese explain to me why the particle 'ga' is used before imasu, but never before desu?

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

Who cares. Let's post about Japanese dogs instead.

[Anonymous No.]

I'm not an expert but I believe the で in desu is technically the particle.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4902363
SEVEN HOOPS!

[Anonymous No.]

desu is used to connect subjects to predicates.
iru and aru are the verbs for existence.

English has these two concepts rolled up into the verb "to be."

[Anonymous No.]

>>4902412
Sugoi!

[Anonymous No.]

It's just how it is. You use が to mark most adjectives (like 消極的　and 欲しい) as well as existence words (like いる and ある).

[Anonymous No.]

>>4902419
pretty much this

[Anonymous No.]

Your question confounds me. How would that misunderstanding even come up?

[Anonymous No.]

>>4902355
>why the particle 'ga' is used before imasu, but never before desu?
Oh wow.

[Anonymous No.]

猫がです

WAT.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4902447
Because he's probably from Gaia and learns his Japanese from his Naruto subs.

[Anonymous No.]

OP. post link to website with that picture, please.

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

>>4902447
Pretty much this.

Also, I need more Japanese dog pictures.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4902472
I only have picture of japanese cat in french maid outfit. I found it either by メイド or 猫 keyword in google images. Site contained more pictures with that cat, but I saved only one

[Anonymous No.]

>>4902355
>explain to me why the particle 'ga' is used before imasu, but never before desu?
WAT

[Anonymous No.]

Because `desu` is not a real verb, but
です /(aux) (pol) polite copula in Japanese/(P)/

while iru is real verb
居る [いる] /(v1,vi) (1) (uk) to be (of animate objects)/to exist/(2) to stay/(v1,aux-v) (3) (after the -te form

[Anonymous No.]

>>4902473
http://www.studyjapanese.org/content/view/54/61/

[Anonymous No.]

Can anyone here who knows anything about English explain to me why the plural 's' is used after cow, but never after sheep?

[Anonymous No.]

From what I understand, in this context, 'ga' is a subject marker. I just don't understand why the subject needs to be marked in "onna no hito ga imasu" but not "onna no hito desu".

[Anonymous No.]

>>4902550
So basically you're saying there's no theoretical sense to it, it's just the way it is?

[Anonymous No.]

>>4902550

That's just the way it is. No reason.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4902566
>>4902562
>>4902550
So basically, this?

[Anonymous No.]

>>4902559
Because desu marks predicates. Sorta.
In "onna no hito desu," "onna no hito" is not the subject, but the predicate. The subject is assumed.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4902559

Because desu is shit. Also otherwise we'd need too much of subject markers. Consider

あなたが好きです for example

[Anonymous No.]

Oh, and to simplify the inevitable question of 'wa' vs 'ga':

If the important part goes before, it's 'ga.'
If the important part is after, it's 'wa.'

Who are you?
I am John.
私はジョン。

Who is John?
I am John.
私がジョン。

[Anonymous No.]

>>4902607
Hi, John.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4902591
Aaaah I get it, so 'it' is the subject, which is deleted, and 'onna no hito' is the predicate.

It all makes sense now. Fuckin brofist anon, you're the best!

[Anonymous No.]

>>4902607
Yea, I already got that, thanks anyway though.

[Anonymous No.]

Japanese dog + female = handbag

[Anonymous No.]

Another quick question if you guys are still there. What would be the verbal noun form of a verb like taberu? like how in english it would be 'eating' as in, "I like eating". Pretty much all those -ing forms.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4902640
>verbal noun
WAAAAT.

Adding "-ing" is called present progessive. But regardless of that..
>"I like eating"
=食べるのが好き
Granted, "I like to eat" would be a more appropriate translation, but both mean the same thing. You're just going to confuse yourself at this rate, man. Just keep studying. Japanese AND English.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4902640
Bump, because this is also relevat to my interests.

I found that one can use の sometimes
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%81%AE#Particle


# Nominalizes an adjective, verb, or phrase

* 食べるのは大好き

たべるのはだいすき
taberu no wa daisuki
fondness of eating

[Anonymous No.]

>>4902670
Some use "gerund" to refer to all nouns ending in -ing, but in more careful use, not all nouns ending in -ing are gerunds.[1] The formal distinction is that a gerund is a verbal noun – a noun derived from a verb that retains verb characteristics, that functions simultaneously as a noun and a verb, while other nouns ending in -ing are deverbal nouns, which function as common nouns, not as verbs at all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerund

[Anonymous No.]

>>4902670
"I am eating" - 'eating' is a present progressive verb.
"I like eating" - 'eating' is a gerund i.e. a noun.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4902640
I believe you add 事, as in "taberu koto ga suki."

[Anonymous No.]

And how one could say "pleasure of cumming inside" using の particle?

[Anonymous No.]

>>4902670
>>4902679
So basically you just add の to the end of the present indicative?

[Anonymous No.]

/jp/ - Japan/General

[Anonymous No.]

>>4902679
Sometimes? What the hell?

[Anonymous No.]

>>4902737
life-like texture ;_;

[­ No.]

forget the dog. rika can jump through 7 flaming hoops while cooking spaghetti.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4902755
Too bad she is a mother killing bitch.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4902767
so was I, my mother bled to death after giving birth to me...

[Anonymous No.]

>>4902771
Look at the positive side: You were born a murder and you got away with it

[Anonymous No.]

>>4902771
At least she can't be disappointed of the huge failure that you are.