Ok, got my book today. I can start off with
KUSE NI
MONO NO
TOKORO GA
-BA

As it stands, blah blah:

WA - Alyks/done
GA - Alyks/done
MO - Hagaren199/done
-TE MO (-DE MO) - Hagaren199/done
DE MO - Hagaren199/done
TO - AdamLieliel/done
TO WA - Shakkun/done
YA - Alyks
TO KA - Shakkun/done
NADO - Phauna
KA - Shakkun/done
DE - Shakkun
NI - Shakkun
E - Abaddon/done
KARA - Abaddon/done
MADE - Atreya/done
NO - Atreya
O - Atreya
KURAI (GURAI) - drwarrior12/done
HODO - Abaddon
BAKARI - Abaddon
DAKE - ew8049/done
SHIKA - ew8049/done
NOMI - ew8049/done
KIRI - aovora
NO DE - aovora
MONO DE - aovora
KEREDOMO - aovora
TOKORO DE - aovora
NO NI - Phauna/done
KUSE NI - Zarxrax
MONO NO - Zarxrax
TOKORO GA - Zarxrax
-BA - Zarxrax
-TARA - drwarrior12
NARA - AdamLeliel
MONO NARA - AdamLeliel
TOKORO - drwarrior12/done

There are more, this is just the first part we're doing. We might have to assign new people if you don't do anything to your assigned bits by the end of September.

I've done NO NI.

If phauna has done NO, then I will move on to O. I was half-way done with NO though, but doesn't matter now...

No, Phauna did NO NI, not NO.

Nukemarine Wrote:The full title of this book is "All About Particles - A Handbook of Japanese Function Words"

http://www.amazon.com/All-About-Particle...960&sr=8-1

It lists about 70 Japanese particles detailing about 200 functional uses. Each functional use gives two sample sentences on average. That means you have about 640 sample sentences covering you basic Japanese particle needs.

Y'all may know this already, but 14 years later, the same author wrote a book called "How to tell the difference between Japanese particles". From what I've read, it was meant to be a vastly improved version of the old book. By that I mean it wasn't written as a follow-up, but as a replacement.

IMO, both books cover the basic particles and their usage. However, the new one is better organized and easier to follow. In addition, as the title suggests, the new one does a pretty good job teaching how to tell the difference between particles. It really helped me figure out when to use which particle. There is a small quiz at the end of each section, which is also very helpful.

For these reasons, I would recommend the new book over the old book.

alyks Wrote:No, Phauna did NO NI, not NO.

Ah phew, thanks for clearing that up... ^_^ Will continue working on NO.

No, not NO, NO NI, no?

Thanks for letting me in to the google doc. Let me know if I can contribute once you're ready for part two.

Just sent a request for an invite. My e-mail is xxxx - removed for fear of teh 1337 sp4m

But you accepted me already, so thanks!

Also, if you need me to do a section, I will. Just let me know which and give me about a week.

You might want to not post your email address on a forum, spambots will get it. Just privately message it to whoever. Just edit your post and delete the address.

Good point, phauna

Thanks for the tip

Finished HODO and BAKARI.

Finished NO, WO... And we are nearing the end of the september... ^_^

These are what need to be done:
NARA - AdamLeliel
MONO NARA - AdamLeliel
KIRI - aovora
NO DE - aovora
MONO DE - aovora
KEREDOMO - aovora
TOKORO DE - aovora
DE - Shakkun
NI - Shakkun

Are you guys going to do them? Or should we just do them without you?

Crap, I've been so wrapped up with starting college I haven't had a chance. I'm going to say I won't be able to do any for now, so.

Ahh wow, I totally forgot about this! Essay storm and everything. NI and DE are up on the spreadsheet now. Sorry guys, pretty embarrassing. :[

I won't be able to do any others for a while though, probably until after semester.

After this I'm interested in working on The Handbook of Japanese Adjectives and Adverbs, especially the adverb section looks like a great way to enrich Japanese knowledge.

vosmiura Wrote:After this I'm interested in working on The Handbook of Japanese Adjectives and Adverbs, especially the adverb section looks like a great way to enrich Japanese knowledge.

I don't have that one, but I think the handbooks are more useful as references. I tried mining from Handbook of Japanese Verbs, but it didn't work out. Now I just use it as a reference, and it's much better.

I don't know how Handbook of Japanese Verbs is exactly (its on order) but based on the index I'd guess its a bit different from HoJ A&A in that the Verb book is organised by verb forms, whereas the largest part of the A&A book is focused on 200+ individual adverbs, grouped into sections by function, with several example sentences of usage for each adverb.

Hey, Will there be a new spreadsheat for the next ones?
I'd like to start helping.

mentat_kgs Wrote:Hey, Will there be a new spreadsheat for the next ones?
I'd like to start helping.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p...SyQg&hl=en
I suppose this will do.

Yo, I already did a few today. Tomorrow I'll do some more.
Let's finish this input quickly because the book is awesome!

You know what would be good? Proofreaders.

Yo guys! Lets put some effort to finish it before the weekend!