This book like its precursors wasnt wrien in one go many people contributed in some way or other to making

g sure that this book got turned from just a thought i nto something real. Foremost my teachers at Leiden University Mr. M. Kunimori and Mr. N. Oya have contributed to me enjoying learning the language greatly much more than I would have had I merely kept on studying the language at home. Their comments while teaching sometimes related to the language and sometimes going off on completely random tangents have enriched my experience of the language in such a way that has made it fun as well as something to play with rather than to formally study. I owe them gratitude. Secondly many people from the online community helped me in learning how to phrase myself so that explanations were understandable and corrected me when I got things wrong something that definitely improves anyones skill at anyth ing by reinforcing that some things shouldnt be what you thought them to be. Many of these were from the IRC channel #nihongo on the irchighway network and while some people have since moved on others have stuck around and it remains a nice source of conversation concerning Japanese and other maers to this day.