Newnonimous

if that's what is called i'm not sure.

Lowrider

no wait im crazy... verb last...

Cuz' you can't, you won't and you don't STOP!

Ugetsu

Japanese is SOV, Subject, Object, Verb. This is quite alien to English speakers, as most Indo-European languages are SVO, Subject, Verb, Object. Korean, Mongolian, and Turkish appear to be related to Japanese. But there are several others as well.

Subject Object Verb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Starting simply, "I speak Japanese" is Nihongo-wo hanashimasu. By the way if you own a Mac you can probably type Japanese just using system software. Go to System Preferences, go to International, and turn on Kotoeri.

日本ごを　話します

I don't speak Japanese is Nihongo-wo hanashimasen

日本ごを　話しません

The kanji "hanashi" 話 is often used for words dealing with expression. The left hand radical is a mouth (square box at bottom) with words coming out (4 horizontal lines above the box) -- "kotoba" or word 言. The radical to the right is "shita" 舌 tongue, which is the character for "1000" over the square box that means "mouth."

Newnonimous

heh, So in other words it's almost reverse the way we speak english, sounds sorta easy to follow. Thank you again Ugetsu for answering my question

Lowrider

like anything, it's just a matter of getting used to it.

Cuz' you can't, you won't and you don't STOP!

Ugetsu

The first time that Kuro calls Aoki a "virgin" is in Book 1, period 6, after he brings up the idea of involving their parents. Of course Kuro is mainly trying to protect Rin's privacy. The word she uses is "Doutei" 童貞 which is specifically a male virgin.

Manga Fox: Kodomo no Jikan Vol.01 Ch.006: Period 6 Online Manga Scans

As I recall she has called him a fool-idiot (baka, ばか) pervert (ecchi, えっち) pedophile, (lolicon = rorikon, ロリコン). Japanese makes a lot of gender distinctions, and there is a different word for a female virgin, shojo 処女.

As Nitrogen pointed out (WHERE IS HE?) even the word for "I" varies depending on whether you are male or female.

Lowrider

nooooo... not only do they have kanjis, they have to differentiate male and female with different words!!! gaaah!

Cuz' you can't, you won't and you don't STOP!

Newnonimous

Hmmm.....fasinating.

Sensei, can you please explain how you merge letters into words with the symbols?

Kikiskeeter

I guess nobody ever took Latin or Spanish in high school, English seems to be in the minority when it comes to gender specific usage.

Newnonimous

Actually, I know a lot of Spanish Kikiskeeter. But what does it have to do with what were talking about?