Making If-Then Statements: The たら Conditional

Verb = past plain /positive/negative form + ら + resultant clause
i-adjective = see above
na-adjective = see above
Copula = see above

雨がふったら、ハイキングに行きません。

• If it rains, I won’t go hiking.

買い物からかえったら、勉強しましょう。

• Let’s study after we return from shopping.

お金があったら、いいコンピューターを買いたい。

• If I had money, I would like to ( Read more... )

I’m starting to like this whole. ‘lesson’ thing. Now if only there was someone I could work together with on this…hint hint. 　エミ！どこでいるんですか。

Indefinite Pronoun の

The indefinite pronoun の is always used after adjectives or relative clauses, and replaces a noun or refers to a person/place/thing/concept/etc., that is clear from the context.

• i- ( Read more... )

I was given the idea that going over class material (particularly Japanese) in lesson form would help me remember them better. So, let’s see if this helps any, shall we?

時(toki) form: when something happens

• Noun = Noun + の + 時
• i-adjective ＝ Dictionary form + 時
• na-adjective = Adjective + な + 時
• Verb =
• Non-past/plain form + 時

Well, I'm back? Maybe? I knew it was gonna happen; I've never been very good at keeping journals, even simple pen-and-paper ones. Ah well ( Read more... )

Ya know, I love Xenosaga II and all that, but the second disc so far has pretty much only been running through dungeons that appeared out of nowhere, wasting hours trying to figure out mindless puzzles to get to the next room, and dragging yourself through mini-boss fight after mini-boss fight that didn't even further the plot. Grargh ( Read more... )

Alright, I'm back from New York! Good times all around. AND.......*dramatic pause* I finished my latest music video! Now all I have to do is compress the video to a manageable size and send it in. *accomplished ( Read more... )

I've been in New York since last Saturday, now, and we've swum (Swum? Is that a real word? Hmmm...) every single day so far. Wait...Except Monday. I think. I'm not complaining, though! Not at all! And I've less that a minute left on my music video to finish. I'm so productive on vacation...

~Rone

Pretty bland day, so far. Spent most of the time I've been awake on the computer, surprise, surprise. I got a hold of a couple of soundtracks from the Full Metal Alchemist series and the movie, so I guess today hasn't been completely wasted. I'm off to work soon, though, so I'm closing up ( Read more... )

I just beat Xenosaga! Now I need to get the second one...Last time I saw it, it was about forty dollars. Gah. I'm not gonna have that much money for a long time ( Read more... )

I'm listening to Xenosaga music, reading some wonderful fanfiction, eating crackers, and all is right with the world ( Read more... )