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食べる (たべる)
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To eat — Taberu (Group 2 / ichidan verb) Example: 朝ごはんを食べる (asa gohan wo taberu) — "I eat breakfast"
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JLPT N5 — 大きい vs 大きな
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大きい (ookii) is a true i-adjective used predicatively AND attributively. 大きな (ookina) is only used attributively (before a noun). Both mean "big/large".
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て-form conjugation rule for Group 1 verbs (う-verbs) ending in く
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Drop く and add いて. Example: 書く (kaku) → 書いて (kaite) Exception: 行く (iku) → 行って (itte)
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電車 vs 列車 — what's the difference?
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電車 (でんしゃ) = electric train, the common word for commuter trains in cities. 列車 (れっしゃ) = train/rail vehicle (broader, includes diesel, used in formal/written Japanese).
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N3 Grammar: 〜ために (tame ni)
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Expresses purpose ("in order to") or cause ("because of"). Purpose: 日本語を学ぶために日本に行く — "I'm going to Japan in order to learn Japanese." Cause: 台風のために電車が止まった — "Trains stopped because of the typhoon."
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What does ちょっと mean and when is it used?
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ちょっと (chotto) = "a little", "just a moment", or a polite refusal. As refusal: ちょっと… (trailing off) = "That's a bit difficult…" (softened "no"). Very common in everyday Japanese speech.
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