by Martin | Jun 20, 2021 | Adjectives
Why Japanese have two different types of adjective Since Japanese has borrowed a large vocabulary from Chinese, there are two types of adjectives in Japanese. They can be called independent adjective and dependent adjective. Independent adjectives are native Japanese...
by Martin | Jun 15, 2021 | Auxiliary verbs
What is the masu/ます & masen/ません ? masu/ます and masen/ません are an auxiliary verb, which are used to show politeness in Japanese. Japanese people use them in the business scene or when they talk to strangers or people who seem older than they are. The difference...
by Martin | Jun 13, 2021 | Verbs
The basic knowledge about the Japanese verb forms Japanese verbs have five basic conjugations, which can be called the u form, the i form, the a form, the e form and the o form. The Japanese form of verbs that ends with the sound u is called the u form. Similarly, the...
by Martin | Jun 11, 2021 | Verbs
What is the dictionary form of verbs? Japanese verbs have five basic conjugations, which can be called the u form, the i form, the a form, the e form and the o form. The Japanese form of verbs that ends with the sound u is called the u form. This is the most basic...
by Martin | Jun 9, 2021 | Particles
What are Japanese participles? Let’s learn particle made/まで for now. How to use particle made/まで made/まで is similar to the English preposition until. In English, prepositions are always followed by a noun group and make a prepositional phrase. A prepositional phrase...
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