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ようこそJapaneseLanguageへ！日本語に興味を持てば、どうぞ登録して勉強しましょう！日本語に関係するどのテーマ、質問でも大歓迎します。 This is a community dedicated to the Japanese language. Feel free to come in and ask questions or post your thoughts and opinions about this beautiful language.

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こんにちは！わたしのなまえはCyborganismです。よろしくおねがいします！ (piefed.ca)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by cyborganism@piefed.ca to c/japaneselanguage@sopuli.xyz

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こんにちは！

私はカナダ人です。

１月から、私は日本語をべんきょうしています。すぐ日本へいくつもりですから。

このコミュニティでしつもんしなもいいですか。

私はことばとかんじをべんきょうしなければいけません。たすけがひつようです。

よろしくおねがいします。

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[–] cyborganism@piefed.ca 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Haha, wow! I knew it sounded like a double negation situation, and it seemed oddly complicated.

But as you said, sometimes in Japanese you can't overthink it. Just memorize.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

Native speakers of any language are prone to miss this, but a lot of grammar makes no sense! For example, "I must" translates to "〜なければならない" but "I have to" which means the same thing would literally be "〜持つ(possess) へ (to)". To a Japanese person, it doesn't makes sense that "must" and "have to" mean the same thing.

So, a lot of times, it's best just to go with the flow and not to worry about the little things.