From: Nik Taylor (yonjuuni@earthlink.net)
Date: Fri May 16 2003 - 12:11:09 EST
Isaac Penzev wrote:
> I'm quite sure Japanese is much more ideal: all cases are denoted by
> postpositional particles, there are only 2 irregular verbs
Four: Kuru, Suru, Iku, and Da. 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)
> the word order is fixed.
Word order is fairly free in Japanese, just so long as the verb is
final.
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