import { addBanner, addArticle, addTitle, addHeader, addParagraph, addSubHeader } from '/scripts/article.js'; import { addInset, addInsetList, addInsetCodeListing, addInsetBulletList } from '/scripts/inset.js'; import { addImageWithCaption, addButtonGroup } from '/scripts/visuals.js'; import { addSidebar} from '/scripts/sidebar.js' import { addSyntax } from '/scripts/code.js'; import { addVocab, homework_menu } from '/scripts/japanese.js'; import { menu } from '/scripts/web_dev_buttons.js'; import { global_menu, local_menu } from '/scripts/grid_layout1.js' const heading = document.querySelector(".heading"); const global = document.querySelector(".global_menu"); const local = document.querySelector(".local_menu"); const sidebar = document.querySelector(".sidebar"); const main = document.querySelector(".main_content"); heading.append(addTitle("Japanese Language")); heading.append(addParagraph("Philip Osztromok")); main.append(addHeader("Japanese Verb Forms")); main.append(addSubHeader("The masu form")); main.append(addParagraph("The masu form indicates present tense and is the polite form. An example of this is")); main.append(addVocab("wakarimasu", "I understand")); main.append(addSubHeader("The masen form")); main.append(addParagraph("The masen form is similar to the masu form and indicates present tense negative. It is also the polite form. An example of this is")); main.append(addVocab("wakarimasen", "I don't understand")); main.append(addSubHeader("The nai form")); main.append(addParagraph("The nai form is the casual form of the plain negative and in usage, it is similar to the way we use not with a verb in English. It is formed by dropping the masu (or masen) ending, changing the final vowel sound to an a and adding nai. For example, we can use nomimasen for I am not drinking. In the nai form, this would be")); main.append(addVocab("nomanai", "I am not drinking or I don't drink")); main.append(addSubHeader("The tai form")); main.append(addParagraph("This is not strictly a verb form but it is used to indicate a desire so it is roughly equivalent to I want in English. It is formed by adding tai to the stem of the verb.")); main.append(addVocab("nominai", "I want to drink")); main.append(addSubHeader("The te form")); main.append(addParagraph("The te form is used to connect verbs and clauses. For example, if we want to say I want to eat, we can use the tai form which is tabetai. If we want to say I want to eat and drink we might say")) main.append(addVocab("watashi wa tabete nomitai", "I want to eat and drink")); main.append(addSubHeader("The te iru form")); main.append(addParagraph("The te iru form is a continuous form so it describes an action that is ongoing or something that is happening as a consequence of a past action. An example of this is")); main.append(addVocab("watashi wa ikite iru", "I'm alive")); addSidebar("japanese");