by Matthew

A couple of my friends have asked me about verbs recently: about verb groups, or dictionary forms, or negative conjugations. I have made some Gflash card sets to kick off about verb groups and dictionary forms. You can find them by searching for Ishi No Ue in the Gflash catalogue, or if you have a [...]

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by Matthew

Keigo is hard yards. One fundamental aspect of Keigo is the difference between honorific and humbling language.
The key is knowing about 内 (うち) and 外 (そと): your “in” group and “out” group respectively. You need to figure out what the relative status of a person is to you. Are they 目上 (superior) or equal to [...]

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