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Hi! I'm learning Japanese, but I'm not too good at it.

こんにちは！　日本語を勉強しているんですけど、かなり下手です＾＾；

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Jan 30	accepted	What do repeated ８s mean in internet slang?
Jan 30	revised	What are the usages of のだから? Fix quote, add furigana
Jan 30	comment	Where does です come from? The entry for です on 大辞林 lists a few theories down at the bottom. It says: 「です」の語源については、「でそう（で候）」説、「でござります」説、「であります」説、その他があるが、まだ定説化されたものはない。
Jan 30	comment	Where does です come from? Be careful of the etymological fallacy! The etymology of a word is not always the same thing as "what it actually means".
Jan 30	comment	Particle を between nouns More references found via Google: an explanation on another forum and two entries on Weblio: one entry and another
Jan 30	revised	Particle を between nouns Remove "and repetition" because it described the question that got removed
Jan 30	comment	Particle を between nouns I asked about a similar example of `NをN` once, and Chocolate suggested it was ellipsis for 「・・・と言う」 or [・・・と呼ぶ」 or such. I think (but don't know) that this is the same thing.
Jan 29	accepted	Does the 助動詞「ます」 still have a 連体形 in modern Japanese?
Jan 29	awarded	Nice Answer
Jan 28	asked	What do repeated ８s mean in internet slang?
Jan 28	answered	What do repeated ８s mean in internet slang?
Jan 28	revised	Does the 助動詞「ます」 still have a 連体形 in modern Japanese? Clarify question
Jan 28	revised	Does the 助動詞「ます」 still have a 連体形 in modern Japanese? added 107 characters in body
Jan 28	revised	Does the 助動詞「ます」 still have a 連体形 in modern Japanese? edited body
Jan 28	comment	Does the 助動詞「ます」 still have a 連体形 in modern Japanese? @TsuyoshiIto A-ha, I didn't read enough or read carefully enough. I've edited my question to express the following: I'm still confused. Darius Jahandarie says the 連体形 appears only in relative clauses, and that ます can't appear in that position. If that's true, doesn't that mean it no longer has a 連体形?
Jan 28	revised	Does the 助動詞「ます」 still have a 連体形 in modern Japanese? edited body
Jan 28	comment	When should the polite form of 〜たり be used? @DariusJahandarie Forked into a new question: japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/11063/…
Jan 28	asked	Does the 助動詞「ます」 still have a 連体形 in modern Japanese?
Jan 28	comment	When should the polite form of 〜たり be used? In response to "〜の requires 連体形, which doesn't permit polite forms": ます has a 連体形, doesn't it?