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As has been stated in a number of different ways in the other Cyber Tutorials, structural particles are the central aspect of the Japanese language. Also, as has been stated, there are no "sentences" in Japanese in the sense that there are in English. Basically, the Japanese language is a series of utterances that are linked together by structural particles along with verbs and a few connecting words.
Structural particles act as guideposts to the structure of Japanese utterances and indicate to you how each part of an utterance relates to the other parts. Therefore, if you acquire a firm grasp of the functions of Japanese structural particles, you will be well on the way to acquiring a competence in speaking and understanding Japanese.
JapaneseForEveryone CD-ROM v. 3.5 is specifically designed to enable you to acquire a full command of particle usage as part of the overall competence in basic spoken Japanese you achieve, and I hope you will take advantage of what the program has to offer. In the meantime, the discussions of particle functions offered below should be of help to anyone setting out to acquire the ability to speak Japanese.
We are continuing to add files to this
page with
information about the functions of structural particles in
Japanese.
So, if the information available now interests you, hit us again
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http://home.netyou.jp/cc/japanese/-- periodically to check out the
new particles we add.
When completed, this page will have infomation concerning 41 of the
most
commonly used particles.
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