Kono tutorial wa sugoi yo ne. Ganbarimasu minna! Nihonggo wo benkyou shimashou!! Before I forget, I want to let everyone know that there are several kinds of verbs in Japanese. They are the following: Nonpast Indicative Past Indicative Volitional Past Volitional Presumptive Past Presumptive Continuative/(-te Form) Imperative Request Provisional Conditional Alternative Potential Passive/Respectful Expression Causative Causative Passive Honorific Humble Progressive Japanese people usually uses casual like what we do to our friends, family, relatives and other people we know. They use Respecful Expression like adding -masu, -masen to emphasize that they, of course, respect their elders, and other people they don't know. In Filipino, we add 'po' and 'opo' for these, ne? So don't be confused when you're reading or watching anime or JDRAMA/JMOVIES when most of them are slang/casual. Other genres like taiga (medieval stories) etc. that connotes "HIGHNESS" have these respectful expressions. They even add -sama for "YOUR HIGHNESS" as respect for the person. On the other hand, they have also have similarities with the English language. Why? Because when they are talking and they have one subject, they don't add WATASHI WA/ETC. repetitively. Example. That cat is mine. I like her. Kono neko wa watashi no koto. Suki desu yo. Explanation: The subject IS the cat and you're just telling the third person that you like the cat so you don't need to add WATASHI on it. Usually, they omit WATASHI WA when they are talking about themselves unless they are changing the subject towards them. They also mention their names (especially children). Example. Meg-tan (childish of -chan) wa yasashii desuuuu! Spoiler! [spoiler]Girls call themselves ATASHI while boys call themselves ORE (rude) or BOKU![/spoiler]

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