Re: japanese particles (Was: Chinese writing systems)

On Thu, 7 Nov 2002 12:38:44 +0800 Florian Rivoal <florian@...>
writes:
> ..kara  ...made is a very common form to express "from... to..." for
> time, location. and many other things. you can use it for "toukyou
> kara kyouto made densha de ikimasu." i go by train from tokyo to
> kyoto. or "1ji kara 2ji made nemashita" i slept from 1o'clock to
> 2o'clock. "muko made 5fun de ikemasu" you need 5 minutes to get
> (until) there.
> "akira kara tegami o moraimashita" i recieved a letter from akira.
> and so on.
> On the other hand, the target of a movement expressed by verbs like
> to come(kimasu) to go(ikimasu) to return (kaerimasu) is usualy
> inticated by e (writen with the "he" hiragana).
> "eki e ikimasu" i go to the station
> "kuni e kaerimasu" i go back to my home-land.
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I think i learned "ni" for that kind of construction... |daigaku ni
kaerimasu| "i go back to college".


-Stephen (Steg)
 "mueva sefarad: una savorsiya del sol mediteraneo en el atlantiko norte"
     ~ from an ill bethisadian travel brochure

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