私の静かな家 私の家は静かです。一人です。恋人はいません。私はちょっと悲しいです。でも2週間に彼女は帰ります。あれから幸いあります。

日本語の「、」 I have seen many guides and explanations for 助詞 (は, が, に, で, etc.), but I have not yet seen definitive rules for when to use a comma "," instead of a particle, like when starting a sentence with 「今、」. What are the situations where the comma is used instead of a particle?

私の長い旅 二年前、ミシガン州に住んでいました。でもミシガンが好きじゃないでした。私の付近は危ないでした。運転するも怖いでした。オハイオ州の農場の地区出身ので、大きい都市がきらいです。大学を卒業しました時、妻と一緒にアイダホまで旅行しました。この旅は長いでした。三千一百五十キロメートルでした！今、私たちはアイダホが大好きです。山とジャガイモがあります。法律も好きです。アイダホは私たちによく合う。 Sorry for the butchery. Here is what I am trying to say in case my Japanese doesn't make any sense. Two years ago, I lived in Michigan, but I did not like Michigan. My neighborhood was dangerous. Driving there was scary, too. I hated the big city because I was from a rural area in Ohio. When I graduated from college, my wife and I traveled to Idaho. This trip was long. It was 3150 km! Now, we love Idaho. There are mountains and potatoes. We like the laws, too. Idaho suits us well.

ただいま！ I seem to understand that ただいま is something you say when you get home to announce your arrival. Is this the only context in which it can be used? For instance, could it be used to tell someone (not physically in your home) that you had arrived home safely? What is the literal meaning of this phrase, by the way? ありがとう！

How do you combine the -たい verb ending with the conditional tense? For instance, if I want to say If you want to buy that dog, talk to the staff member. I think it would be like putting together あなたはその犬を買いたい 店員と話してください There seem to be several different conditional tenses. Would this be correct? あなたはその犬を買いたければ店員と話してください

日本語を勉強します I think Japanese vocabulary is finally to the point where I can piece some things together and start to do more than just reading. I've provided an English translation of what I am trying to say in case I butcher it pretty badly. Hopefully it's not too bad. 今日は 私は電力の工学者です。妻と一緒にアイダホに住んでいます。うちは2年間に自分で日本語を勉強しています。私は少し読む日本語の記事ができます、でも未だ書くと語ると聞くの練習が要ります。これは私の思い出すを助けます。今年にもっとの動詞の活用形学ぶを望みます。 Hello I am an electric power engineer. My wife and l life together in Idaho. We have been studying Japanese informally for two years. I can read Japanese articles a little, but I still need practice writing, speaking, and listening. This will help me recall the words I know. I hope to learn more verb tenses this year.

watashi no ie no soto 今日は八月五日です。私のいえのにわに木はあります。この木にりんごがたくさんあります。このりんごがよんこ食べました。おいしいです。私のいえの外が好きです。山があります。きれいです。