#LIKE TABERU -> TABEMASU THEREFORE TABERU -> TABETA AND NOT *TABETTA. ITS SO SIMPLE
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i know people complain about like. learning the rules for te-form or informal past tense in japanese being difficult but. right now swedish feels a million times worse
#*entirely aware this could be because i was MUCH younger learning japanese#and. idk i was more exposed to japanese media LMAO#im talking. all the rules on adjectives. weak vs strong verbs#one MILLION times worse. there are aspects of japanese that im like...#im sure if you werent exoticising it or whatever that it wouldnt actually be that 'mysterious' or difficult 😭😭😭😭😭#<- this doesnt apply to kanji it really is that frustrating.#LIKE TABERU -> TABEMASU THEREFORE TABERU -> TABETA AND NOT *TABETTA. ITS SO SIMPLE#AND YET. YOURE TELLING ME I GOTTA REMEMBER 6 DIFFERENT VOWEL CHANGE RULES#FOR STRONG VERB PAST TENSE??????????#ok its entirely possible also that its just. how theyve decided to write this textbook (which is from the 80s. btw)#either i find another source or i identify like. actual phonological rules myself to make this simpler#ok. managed to distill it but honestly i think i just made it harder for myself LMAO#theres still the challenge of like. u cant really tell a strong verb from looking i dont think u kinda just#need to know that its one...
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