reading harry potter 7. keep seeing 従 with the furigana つ above it.
examples:
バーノン・ダーズリーは再びさっさと玄関まで出ていった。しかしダドリーは従(つ)いていかなかった。
ダーズリー一家は、病院を公(こう)式(しき)見(み)舞(まい)するマグルの首相の背後にぴったり従(つ)いて、さり気なく歩くキングズリーの姿をニュースで見つけたのだった。
I can see it means 付(つ)いてくる (or ついていく), but on jisho, つ is not a listed reading of 従.
I don’t know if I even have a legit question here but is 従 often used like this (to replace 付)? can 従 be read つ ?
What’s the difference between 君しか見えない and 君にしか見えない
私は私を包む若葉の色に心を奪われていた。その若葉の色をよくよく眺めると、一々違っていた。同じ楓の樹でも同じ色を枝に着けているものは一つもなかった。
I have trouble with the last sentence. Does 同じ楓の樹でも mean “even if the multiple trees are of the same species of maple tree” or “even if it is the same maple tree”? The subject of 着けている is もの, which refers to a maple tree, right?
Hi, there! I’m currently aiming for N4 next year. I was originally planning taking N5 this December and N4 next July, but I missed the registration. The thing is, my friend advised me to take N5 first before going into N4. Her friend once tried to take N4 and skipped N5 but ended up failing 3 times in arow. Now, I’ve never taken any official JLPT befoe. I did the unagibun JLPT mock up and got 149/180. Do you think it will be possible to skip N5 or should I take it first just like my friend advised me?
Hello! Currently about mid N4 level and just started the last chapter of Genki 2. I’ve decided I’ll probably go with Quartet next as it seems to be more accessible than Tobira according to the comments here but I very much would like to get a workbook to reinforce my N4 grammar as I definitely haven’t retained everything from Genki. I was also surprised to learn after watching Game Gengo’s N4 grammar compilation that some of the points hadn’t been touched on in Genki. I’m looking at the Shinkanzen Master N4 grammar but have seen people here saying those books are only worth it at the N2/N1 level. Would it be worth it for me to buy it or should I look elsewhere?
Please help me understand the って after いい.
朝食にフルーツを食べるといいって聞いたんだけど、皮をむくの面倒くさいんだよね。
If this is いい as in good then it should be よくて. I don’t think it is 言いって but what is really the って here?
I recently started learning Japanese using the Shinkanzen grammar book to prepare for the JLPT N3 test. I’m having a bit of trouble with the vocabulary. As some of you know, Shinkanzen has these tests after two sections. When I try to solve them, I mess up about 60% of the questions because the vocabulary is so difficult. It sometimes uses N2 or even N1 words, and even with furigana, I can’t understand them.
I was thinking about skipping these tests until I master N3 vocabulary and then solving them as preparation for the JLPT. To memorize grammar points, I’m using Anki. Is that okay, or should I try to solve the tests even if I don’t understand them? Are the tests as difficult as the textbook?
Are there any shows like からかい上手の高木さん on jp netflix? Im watching it since im reading the manga and the story is really good, plus my listening is pretty bad and its a simple show. I noticed its leaving netflix soon and need a replacement. A show on netflix as Im watching it usually on the train, on lunch, etc.
i recently learned about how to use も (kind of) to introduce examples of items like in the following sentence.
·XもYもZが必要だ. (Z is important, such as X and Y)
Taking that concept, can you use it with the particles や and とか to introduce examples of items but not a comprehensive list?
Doing some genki l9 practice questions and was wondering about short past tense in these examples;
could I write 'せんたくするのが嫌いだったと言っていました’ or would I have to put 'せんたくした’？
I know you have to use the plain form with のが but didn’t know if that was just suru or if you could use past tense there, or if it’s defined by the last word in the sentence being past tense?
Also, ’しずかなギターをよく聞きたと言っていました’
is this okay or would that 'しずかな´ need to be ‘shizuka da’ instead? Though I’m fairly certain the ‘da’ part only applies when it’s at the end of a sentence to replace desu.
Thanks!
When not even N5 level (in terms of wouldn’t be able to pass the N5) is it more benifical to listen to anime with english subs or no subs for comprehensible input? Japanese subs is not an option.
Could someone explain what are 中数,下数 and 上数 systems of countings and if they are still in use nowadays?
Can someone explain the に and を particles to me like an idiot? I still don’t fully understand them
In a sentence like “みんなの夢が叶なって、最高に嬉しいです”, why is 叶 read as [かのう] and not [かな] as Jisho suggests?
まぁ… 方向感覚に優れたドワーフばかりではない ということだな。
in this context, which definition ばかり assumes from this:
Any book with corresponding audiobook recommendations for someone working through core 2.3k?
今朝、雨が降りました。
I encountered this example in a Duolingo lesson, which seems to be using 降りる as the verb “fell” in the context of rain (the pronunciation is “o ri ma su ta”). Is that correct?
According to my dictionary, it seems the correct verb would be 降る instead. 降りる would mean “to disembark”. Are both pronounced the same way when using its past tense?
I am at Genki 2 chapter 15 and ready to buy Quartet. On Amazon, it says “Japanese Version”. What does it mean? Is there an “English Version”?
I’m doing a premade sentence card Anki deck and one of the sentences was:
窓を閉めてもいいですか。
I understand the meaning just fine but the も is throwing me off. Without context, should I assume this is asking if they can open the window “in addition to” something else a previous sentence would have said, or is there another specific reason it would be there?
(Actually thinking about it this is probably just demonstrating how to apply も with this sort of request, but if I’m wrong someone please tell me.)
I am at Genki 2 lesson 14 and looking forward to Quartet. Is it true to that Quartet is all Japanese, meaning no English explanation like Genki?