by the way do we also get to find out what our elements are when we are genin?

you choose an element when you sign up

really? ...i dont think i choose mine?

Awesome cool ! tnks for the info.

hey everybody umm while i away ive been doing some research element combinations and ive thought of a bit in fact here are some examples:

earth +water=mud
earth+lightning=mirrior
wind+water=cloud
wind+fire=smoke
water+earth=jelly ( lol i looked at a chemistry book on some of these)
water+wind=faom
earth+fire=mercury ( its a metal style but can also be a liquid and its toxic)
lightning+wind=time
lightning+water=space

like i said i made these up so im not stealing ^-^

i just thought of this:
its RUMORED that ametursu (sp) in the uchihi sharingon is fire+lightning=plasma
so. i thought lightning+water (kakashi two main elements) =space. becouse kakashis sharingon makes a black hole thing ( which is a space trait / manipulating space)

I've got some too

fire+earth=iron
iron+plasma=magnetic plasma
magnetic plasma+water=blood

very high level and very complex with the whole " add the sums of the former sums to complete complex matter, we could also have,

air+lightning=oxygen

oxygen would be separated from the rest of the air through the process of electrolysis which, for anyone who doesnt know, is the use of electricity to break molecules down into the atoms they are composed of. oxygen could be used to oxidize metal. depending on how good you are you will be able to oxidize different things as everything has a different oxidation level. however you could only oxidize metal. as liquid gas and non-compressed matter has a very high oxidation metal making it hard to oxidize. (iron and other metal bases are not included in non-compressed solids)