notes

• 「。」
  • ends a sentence
  • helps to disambiguate the ends of logical clauses (being used for modification) from the ends of sentences
  • a complete logical clause must end in one of two ways
    • 「。」 (marking the end of a complete sentence)
    • a clause connector (e.g., 「から」 or the 「て」 form)
• 「、」
  • non-structural
  • indicates a pause
• 「？」
  • replaces the rising intonation used in speech to ask a question
  • not needed with the 「か」 particle
• 「「」」
  • work like English quotation marks
• 「『』」
  • marks a quotation within a quotation

    resources

• youtube