by Martin | Jun 23, 2021 | Auxiliary verbs
How to make negative sentences in Japanese In Japanese the auxiliary verb “nai/ない” is used to change the meaning of the sentence from positive to negative in the same way as English uses “not” for it. Both “nai/ない” and...
by Martin | Jun 22, 2021 | Verbs
Here are the most common Japanese verbs and verb group tables. The list of basic 20 verbs Au(あう/会う) – “To do”Aru(ある) – “To be”Asobu(あそぶ/遊ぶ) – “To play”Iu(いう/言う) – “To say”Iku(いく/行く) –...
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...
by Martin | Jun 8, 2021 | Particles
What are Japanese participles? Let’s learn particle kara/から for now. How to use particle kara/から kara/から is similar to the English preposition from. In English, prepositions are always followed by a noun group and make a prepositional phrase. A prepositional phrase...
by Martin | Jun 7, 2021 | Particles
What are Japanese participles? Let’s learn direct object particle o/を for now. Direct object particle o/を Direct object particle o/を is a direct object marker. The particle o/を marks the direct object of the verb. That is, it tells us who or what is receiving the...
by Martin | Jun 7, 2021 | Particles
What are Japanese participles? Let’s learn the particle ga/が for now. The Particle ga/が The particle ga/が works as a to things you give attention marker. When a word is followed by ga/が, it will be marked as a thing you give attention to. In Japanese some specific...
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