rich1.0Juan 🍁 (npub1r3…npk7y)https://yabu.me/npub1r3hrmdf7r62vwmrgxlx3trwky2ntklze6hz9crsesxvt7m3c7l7qynpk7ynjumphttps://yabu.meJust completed my 12th hour with my Japanese language instructor. Here's a few of the quirky/intriguing things I've come across so far: 1- If you can count to 12 and say the word がつ (gatsu) you know all the months of the year. いちがつ (ichigatsu) にがつ (nigatsu) and so on. 2- There is a different word for existing/having something, depending on whether that thing is sentient or not. います (imasu) vs あります(arimasu) 3- There is no past, present and future tenses. Only past, and non-past. 4- You tweak the verb depending on what you're trying to say. I will watch a movie えいがをみます eiga o mimasu I want to watch a movie えいがをみたいです eiga o mitaidesu Shall we watch a movie? えいがをみましょか eiga o mimashou ka Would you like to watch a movie? えいがをみせんか eiga o mimasen ka 5- You use a different word depending on what your counting. For example: 2 people 2 dollars 2 pens 2nd day of the month there's a different word for <2> ... 🤔 *grain of salt please. I'm very early in my journey