I've never heard the -cha ending by itself, but in informal speech -cha is used as a shortened form of -te wa: tabecha ikenai = tabete wa ikenai = You mustn't eat.
-chatta is used in informal speech as the the shortened form of -te shimatta: tabechatta = tabete shimatta = I ate it all. Hope this helps. Rich -----Original Message----- From: "Fred Kemp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 15:35:52 -0000 Subject: [Japanese_Language] the -cha ending of -ru verbs Hiya ! Boku wa Blue Leaf ! Does anyone one what the -cha at the end of -ru verbs stand for? For example : 1.) to know 'mÂÃ shitcha 'mÂÃÂÂÂÃ shittecha 'mÂÃÂÃÂÂÂÃ 2.) to eat ÂHÂÃÂÃ tabecha ÂHÂÃÂÂÂÃ tabetecha ÂHÂÃÂÃÂÂÂÃ 3.) to come ÂÂÂÃ kiccha ÂÂÂÃÂÂÂÃ kitecha ÂÂÂÃÂÂÂÃ ( I think there's also one for suru ( to do ). ) Reply to me if you know what it means. Thanx ! Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Japanese_Language/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
