Preface

1. Differences between English and Japanese Structure

1)	Word order (S+O+V)
	I	love	you		Watashi wa	anata wo	aisu
	You	love	me		Anata wa	watashi wo	aisu
		watashi		I
		anata		you
		aisu		love
		wa (or ga)		indicates subjective
		wo (or ni)		indicates objective

2)	Indication of subjective, possessive and objective

	subjective			possessive			objective
	I	Watashi wa		my	Watashi no		me	Watashi wo
		Watashi ga						Watashi ni
	you	Anata wa		your	Anata no		you	Anata wo
		Anata ga						Anata ni
	he	Kare wa		his	Kare no		him	Kare wo
		Kare ga						Kare ni
	she	Kanojo wa		her	Kanojo no		her	Kanojo wo
		Kanojo ga						Kanojo ni
	they	Kare-ra wa		their	Kare-ra no		them	Kare-ra wo
		Kare-ra ga						Kare-ra ni
	who	Dare ga		whose	Dare no		whom	Dare wo
								Dare ni
	where	Doko ga		where	Doko no		where	Doko wo	Doko de
								Doko ni	Doko e
	what	Nani ga		what	Nani no (Nan no)		what	Nani wo
								Nani ni

	wa indicates subjective (especially theme or topic in a sentence)
	ga indicates subjective (but indicates objective in some cases)
	no indicates possessive "of"
	wo indicates objective
	ni means "at" or "to"
	ra or "tachi" indicates plural

3)	Omission of words which are definitely clear between speaker and listener
	I	love	you		Watashi wa	anata wo	aisu
	I and you are defintely clear between I and you, so they will be omitted
	Watashi wa anata wo aisu will be "aisu"
	The meaning is clear only a verb "aisu" which indicate I love you

4)	Present tense verb does not indicate present tense in any time
	I	love	you		Watashi wa		anata wo	aisu
	aisu is an original dictionary form of "love" but it means sometimes future tense
	We use "aishite-iru" which means "be loving" for present tense
	aishite-iru sometimes becomes "aishite-ru"
	Watashi wa anata wo aishite-iru (or aishite-ru)							I love you
	Watashi wa anata wo aishite-i nai (or aishite nai)							I do not love you
	Anata wa watashi wo aishite-iru ka (or aishite-ru ka) ?							Do you love me ?
	Watashi wa anata wo aishite-i ta (or aishite ta)							I loved you
		nai indicates negative
		ka indicates question
		ta indicates past (some words followed by "da")

5)	There used to be polite expressions in Japan
	Watashi wa anata wo aishite-i masu (or aishite masu)							I love you
	Watashi wa anata wo aishite-i masen (or aishite masen)							I donot love you
	Anata wa watashi wo aishite-i masu ka (or aishite masu ka) ?							Do you love me ?
	Watashi wa anata wo aishite-i mashi ta (or aishite mashi ta)							I loved you
		masu is used for positive polite expressions or questions
		masen is used for negative polite expressions

6)	Conclusions
	Correct sentence of "I love you" is				"aishite-i masu"		(in writing)
					or "aishite masu"		(in speaking)
	in speaking -i- would be dropped to be aishite masu