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ein

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Re: Any Japense speakers?
« Reply #30 on: August 27, 2009, 08:21:14 pm »
Iku could only be considered irregular because, if it followed the rules, its te form would be iite, but it's actually ite or itte. Pretty sure it's the former.
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Re: Any Japense speakers?
« Reply #31 on: August 28, 2009, 04:57:00 am »
oh :p shoulda thought of that. 'tis itte btw
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Re: Any Japense speakers?
« Reply #32 on: August 29, 2009, 10:29:22 pm »
What's all this about regular versus irregular?
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Re: Any Japense speakers?
« Reply #33 on: August 30, 2009, 02:36:04 am »
Quote from: Ioric Kittencuddler on August 29, 2009, 10:29:22 pm
What's all this about regular versus irregular?
what pattern the verb follows, assuming that applies to other languages.
regular verbs follow common patterns.
irregular verbs do whatever they feel like.
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Re: Any Japense speakers?
« Reply #34 on: August 30, 2009, 05:11:06 am »
so the less irregular words there are, the less words you have to remember in all their forms
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Re: Any Japense speakers?
« Reply #35 on: August 30, 2009, 05:19:25 am »
Pretty much, but it quickly becomes memorized.
English is full of odd verbs that slip by unnoticed.
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Re: Any Japense speakers?
« Reply #36 on: August 31, 2009, 01:17:25 pm »
I was offered a course in Japanese (could be good as I could claim that my anime watching is educational rather than just a frivilous waste of time) but I'm already learning French, German and Latin, and I'm just not that great at languages.
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