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Nik Taylor cazdy: > Isaac Penzev wrote: > > I'm quite sure Japanese is much more ideal: That was irony. > > all cases are denoted by > > postpositional particles, there are only 2 irregular verbs > > Four: Kuru, Suru, Iku, and Da. Well, I meant _kuru_ and _suru_. As for _iku_, it shows irregularity only in past stem forms: _itta_, _itte_, _ittara_ etc., right? I wonder if _da_ can be counted as a real verb. > Plus, certain honorific verbs ending in > -ru have -i for the 2nd form instead of -ri (kudasaru -> kudasaimasu) > and -i for the imperative instead of -re (kudasai rather than kudasare) Haisoudesu. And those tricky verbs that end in -eru/-iru, but still belong to the I Conjugation (that is, -R- is a part of the stem), e.g. _hashiru_ 'to run' > _hashiranai_ 'not to run', not *hashinai*... > > the word order is fixed. > > Word order is fairly free in Japanese, just so long as the verb is > final. And so long as subject precedes object, and attribute precedes definée... Anyway, my Japanese is too rusty (it was almost 10 years ago, and for quite a short time), so don't take all this seriously :) With much respect, ~~~~~~Yitzik~~~~~~