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heading.append(addTitle("Japanese Language"));
heading.append(addParagraph("Philip Osztromok"));

main.append(addHeader("WEEK 19 - 19th July 2024"));
main.append(addParagraph("Learning verbs is very important, but we will need some other words in order to start making up some sentences."))
main.append(addSubHeader("Voabulary"))
main.append(addImageWithCaption("./images/Lesson19_A.png", "A little more vocabulary."))
main.append(addParagraph("Unlike Chinese, words where the meaning changes depnding on the tone are not very common in Japanese but there are a couple of examples of that here."));
main.append(addInset("橋 or はし"));
main.append(addParagraph("will mean bridge with a rising intonation.  If it has a falling intonation and sounds a little flatter, it means chopsticks.  The other example is"));
main.append(addInset("あめ"));
main.append(addParagraph("This means candy when it has a rising intonation and rain (approprialtely) with a falling intonation."));
main.append(addSubHeader("The nai form"));
main.append(addParagraph("The nai form is used to express a want so for example"));
main.append(addInset("よみたい"));
main.append(addParagraph("Means want to read.  The Japanese for for book is"))
main.append(addInset("ほん"));
main.append(addParagraph("If we want to say I want to read a book, in Japanese, the person is often omitted from the sentence because it is often clear from context who the subject of the sentence is, so we can say"));
main.append(addInset("ほんをよみたい"));
main.append(addParagraph("This can also mean you want to read a book and you can make that a question by adding か to the end of the sentence so"));
main.append(addInset("ほんをよみたいか"));
main.append(addParagraph("Do you want to read a book?"));
main.append(addParagraph("For practice, I will write out the たい forms of the verbs used to practice the forms in the previous lesson and also conjugate some additional verbs with the same forms as last week as well as the たい form."));
main.append(addSubHeader("Practice"));
main.append(addSmallHeader("The たい form"));
main.append(addInset("のまたい"));
main.append(addParagraph("Want to drink as in I want to drink - 私はのまたい"));
main.append(addInset("さんぽしたい"));
main.append(addParagraph("Want to walk as in I want to go for a walk - 私はさんぽしたい"));
main.append(addInset("よまたい"));
main.append(addParagraph("Want to read as in I want to read - 私はよまたい"));
main.append(addInset("おきたい"));
main.append(addParagraph("Want to get up as in I want to get up - 私はおきたい"));
main.append(addInset("おしえたい"));
main.append(addParagraph("Want to teach as in I want to teach - 私はおしえたい"));
main.append(addSmallHeader("The ます, ません, ない and たい forms"));

main.append(addInset("かう"));

main.append(addParagraph("A godan verb meaning to buy"));

main.append(addInset(romajiToHiragana("kaimasu")));
main.append(addParagraph("buy as in I buy - 私はかいます"));

main.append(addInset("かいません"));
main.append(addParagraph("Don't buy as in I don't buy - 私はかいません"));

main.append(addInset("かわない"));
main.append(addParagraph("Don't buy as in I don't buy - 私はかわない"));

main.append(addInset("かわたい"));
main.append(addParagraph("Want to buy as in I want to buy - 私はかわたい"));

main.append(addInset("かく"));

main.append(addParagraph("A godan verb meaning to write"));

main.append(addInset("かきます"));
main.append(addParagraph("Write as in I write - 私はかきます"));

main.append(addInset("かきません"));
main.append(addParagraph("Don't write as in I don't write - 私はかきません"));

main.append(addInset("かかない"));
main.append(addParagraph("Don't write as in I don't write - 私はかかない"));

main.append(addInset("かかたい"));
main.append(addParagraph("Want to write as in I want to write - 私はかかたい"));

main.append(addInset("きく"));

main.append(addParagraph("A godan verb meaning to listen"));

main.append(addInset("ききます"));
main.append(addParagraph("listen as in I listen - 私はききます"));

main.append(addInset("ききません"));
main.append(addParagraph("Don't listen as in I don't listen - 私はききません"));

main.append(addInset("きかない"));
main.append(addParagraph("Don't listen as in I don't listen - 私はきかない"));

main.append(addInset("きかたい"));
main.append(addParagraph("Want to listen as in I want to listen - 私はきかたい"));

main.append(addInset("はなす"));

main.append(addParagraph("A godan verb meaning to speak"));

main.append(addInset("はなします"));
main.append(addParagraph("speak as in I speak - 私ははなします"));

main.append(addInset("はなしません"));
main.append(addParagraph("Don't speak as in I don't speak - 私ははなしません"));

main.append(addInset("はなしない"));
main.append(addParagraph("Don't speak as in I don't speak - 私ははなしない"));

main.append(addInset("はなしたい"));
main.append(addParagraph("Want to speak as in I want to speak - 私ははなしたい"));

main.append(addInset("あう"));

main.append(addParagraph("A godan verb meaning to meet"));

main.append(addInset("あうます"));
main.append(addParagraph("meet as in I meet - 私はあうます"));

main.append(addInset("あうません"));
main.append(addParagraph("Don't meet as in I don't meet - 私はあうません"));

main.append(addInset("あわない"));
main.append(addParagraph("Don't meet as in I don't meet - 私はあわない"));

main.append(addInset("あわたい"));
main.append(addParagraph("Want to meet as in I want to meet - 私はあわたい"));

main.append(addInset("あげる"));

main.append(addParagraph("An ichidan verb meaning to give"));

main.append(addInset("あげます"));
main.append(addParagraph("give as in I give - 私はあげます"));

main.append(addInset("あげません"));
main.append(addParagraph("Don't give as in I don't give - 私はあげません"));

main.append(addInset("あげない"));
main.append(addParagraph("Don't give as in I don't give - 私はあげない"));

main.append(addInset("あげたい"));
main.append(addParagraph("Want to give as in I want to give - 私はあげたい"));

main.append(addSmallHeader("Some practice sentences using the various verb forms."));

main.append(addParagraph("One important point about Japanese grammar is that it use particles after a noun.  An example of this is the を particle which indicates that the noun is the object of the sentence.  For example, if I wanted to say, I want to read a book, in Japanese this is"));
main.append(addInset("私はほんをよまたい"));
main.append(addParagraph("Notice that we have two particles in this sentence.  I is the subject and this is indicated by the は particle.  Book is the object and this is indicated by the を particle."));
main.append(addParagraph("Fun fact.  Although は is the particlar for the subject and it used the hiragana character for ham when used as a particle, it is pronounced wa.  Conversely, the を particle uses the old hiragana character for wo, but over time, this cam to be pronounced as o and you won't see the wo sound in the hiragana anymore."));




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