{"id":7820,"date":"2009-08-03T08:55:31","date_gmt":"2009-08-03T12:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=7820"},"modified":"2009-08-03T08:55:31","modified_gmt":"2009-08-03T12:55:31","slug":"j-doc-learn-japanese-grammar-nuances-of-the-particles-%e3%81%ab-and-%e3%81%a7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/03\/j-doc-learn-japanese-grammar-nuances-of-the-particles-%e3%81%ab-and-%e3%81%a7\/","title":{"rendered":"J DOC: Learn Japanese Grammar! Nuances of the Particles \u306b and \u3067"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Japanese Doctor<\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>is a recurring feature written by Friend Of JET, Jon Hills<\/strong>, who maintains the blog for Hills Learning<\/strong> (<\/em>www.hillslearning.com<\/em><\/a>). \"doc<\/em><\/p>\n

Hills Learning is a NY-based language learning services company offering customized and personal Japanese and Chinese language learning options. Their main service is private one on one language lessons in the NYC area.<\/em><\/p>\n

One of the most difficult parts of learning Japanese is not learning colloquial phrases or expanding vocabulary, but perfecting the usage of small words. Although small words to non-native speakers might seem to be trivial, just look at how important the articles \u201ca, an, and the\u201d are in English. \u201cA girlfriend\u201d vs. \u201cThe Girlfriend\u201d means something entirely different in English, although in Japanese there is no direct equivalent to describe this situation. Japanese speakers who are learning English explain to me all the time that they still don\u2019t quite understand when to use \u201ca,\u201d vs. when to use \u201cthe.\u201d Conversely, the Japanese particles (\u304c\u3001\u306f\u3001\u3067\u3001\u306b\u3001\u3092\u3001\u3078) continue to confuse both beginner and advanced students of the Japanese language.<\/p>\n

In this entry we\u2019ll try to explain the subtle differences and the correct usage of the articles \u3067and \u306b. Both articles show the location of where something is, or where an action takes place. So if you were going to say…<\/p>\n

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The Japanese Doctor is a recurring feature written by Friend Of JET, Jon Hills, who maintains the blog for Hills Learning (www.hillslearning.com). Hills Learning is a NY-based language learning services company offering customized and personal Japanese and Chinese language learning options. Their main service is private one on one language lessons in the NYC area. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t