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All games assume a knowledge of hiragana and katakana. Very short games might assume no knowledge of Japanese beyond this. | All games assume a knowledge of hiragana and katakana. Very short games might assume no knowledge of Japanese beyond this. | ||
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Most games with more than a tiny amount of text will assume you have reached at least the upper beginner stage. The following will usually not be annotated: | Most games with more than a tiny amount of text will assume you have reached at least the upper beginner stage. The following will usually not be annotated: | ||
* Basic particles such as は, が, を, に, へ, の | * Basic particles such as は, が, を, に, へ, の | ||
− | * だ/です | + | * だ/です, ある, いる |
+ | * はい and いいえ | ||
* Basic sentence-enders such as よ and か | * Basic sentence-enders such as よ and か | ||
− | * The pronouns | + | * The pronouns わたし and あなた |
+ | * The demonstratives これ, それ, あれ, その, この, あの | ||
+ | * Basic interrogatives such as 何, だれ, どこ | ||
* Past tense conjugation | * Past tense conjugation | ||
* Negative conjugation | * Negative conjugation | ||
* Plain vs. polite speech (honorifics and humble forms should still be annotated) | * Plain vs. polite speech (honorifics and humble forms should still be annotated) | ||
* Conditional forms (食べれば, 食べたら) | * Conditional forms (食べれば, 食べたら) | ||
+ | * ~さん, ~さま, ~くん, ~ちゃん — except when the usage is unusual | ||
+ | * Plurals formed using ~たち | ||
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+ | Note that annotations might still be provided when the word is in kanji rather than kana. | ||
== Advanced == | == Advanced == | ||
− | Games with large amounts of text such as RPGs are considered "advanced". The following will usually not be annotated: | + | Games with large amounts of text such as most RPGs are considered "advanced". The following will usually not be annotated: |
+ | * [verb]こと and [verb]の | ||
* Desiderative form (食べたい, 食べたがる) | * Desiderative form (食べたい, 食べたがる) | ||
* Causative form (食べさせる) | * Causative form (食べさせる) | ||
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* Potential form (話せる) | * Potential form (話せる) | ||
* Volitional form (食べよう) | * Volitional form (食べよう) | ||
+ | * ~てあげる, ~てくれる, and ~てもらう | ||
+ | * The contraction ~てる from ~ている (for really advanced texts, contractions like 分かんない and 任せとけ might go unannotated as well, but when in doubt, add the annotation) | ||
+ | * The contraction んだ / んです as well as basic usage of "explanatory の" itself. | ||
In addition, readings will not be provided for extremely common kanji such as 見る, 聞く, etc. | In addition, readings will not be provided for extremely common kanji such as 見る, 聞く, etc. |
Latest revision as of 12:59, 22 June 2011
As of this time, these are only rough guidelines. This stuff is subject to change!
All games assume a knowledge of hiragana and katakana. Very short games might assume no knowledge of Japanese beyond this.
Upper beginner to intermediate[edit]
Most games with more than a tiny amount of text will assume you have reached at least the upper beginner stage. The following will usually not be annotated:
- Basic particles such as は, が, を, に, へ, の
- だ/です, ある, いる
- はい and いいえ
- Basic sentence-enders such as よ and か
- The pronouns わたし and あなた
- The demonstratives これ, それ, あれ, その, この, あの
- Basic interrogatives such as 何, だれ, どこ
- Past tense conjugation
- Negative conjugation
- Plain vs. polite speech (honorifics and humble forms should still be annotated)
- Conditional forms (食べれば, 食べたら)
- ~さん, ~さま, ~くん, ~ちゃん — except when the usage is unusual
- Plurals formed using ~たち
Note that annotations might still be provided when the word is in kanji rather than kana.
Advanced[edit]
Games with large amounts of text such as most RPGs are considered "advanced". The following will usually not be annotated:
- [verb]こと and [verb]の
- Desiderative form (食べたい, 食べたがる)
- Causative form (食べさせる)
- Passive form (読まれる)
- Potential form (話せる)
- Volitional form (食べよう)
- ~てあげる, ~てくれる, and ~てもらう
- The contraction ~てる from ~ている (for really advanced texts, contractions like 分かんない and 任せとけ might go unannotated as well, but when in doubt, add the annotation)
- The contraction んだ / んです as well as basic usage of "explanatory の" itself.
In addition, readings will not be provided for extremely common kanji such as 見る, 聞く, etc.