Author: youtonihongo

We use different words to count the month, date or time. In this article, I will teach you the numbers and days of the week in Japanese. If you want to learn more about Japanese counters, please read this article first. Let’s learn Japanese counters, counting words *Are you looking for a place to practice…

Do you want to invite your Japanese friends out? What do you say when you want to invite them? In this article, I teach you the Japanese volitional form. After you finish reading this article, you can invite your Japanese friends out using Japanese phrases. *Are you looking for a place to practice Japanese? Youtonihongo…

How can you say I like ○○ in Japanese? In this article, I teach you expressions about like and love. Contents すきnegative formquestion formだいすきすき When I say I like 〇〇, I would say ○○がすきです。 N1は　N2が　すきです。 N1 is subject and N2 is object. (ex) わたしは　くるまが　すきです。 I like cars. Remember that “Like” is a verb, but すき…

How do you ask someone to do something? In this article, I teach you how you can ask people to do something with てください. てください We use てください to ask or recommend a person to do something. Te form ＋ ください If you don’t know what te form is, please read this article first. Learning…

When you would like to invite someone or ask to do something together, how can you invite? In this article, I teach you how you can ask in Japanese and what the difference between ませんか and ましょう。 What can you learn in this article ・Japanese expressions for inviting your friends? ・Difference between masenka and mashou.…

When we mention the existence in English, we would say there is bla bla or there are bla bla. However, there are two verbs in Japanese, ある(aru) and いる(iru). Today, I’m going to teach you the difference between ある and いる. Contents あるいるliving and not livingconclusionある ある is a group 1 verb. What’s a group…

There are three groups for Japanese verb conjugation. In this article, I will teach you plain form and polite form past tense in each groups. If you don’t know three groups, please read this article first. Japanese verb conjugation rule with chart Contents Polite formGroup 1Group 2Group 3 Polite form chartPlain formGroup 1Group 2Group 3…

How can you add information to a noun and explain the noun more specifically. When you read this article, you will learn how to say that this is my pen or this is a key to a car in Japanese. Contents how to use のhow to ask and answerconclusionhow to use の の describes next…

How can we make negative sentences in Japanese? In this article, I will teach you how to create negative sentences in Japanese. Contents Nounナ adjectiveイadjectiveverbGroup1group2group3conclusionNoun There are two ways to make negative sentences for nouns, which are ではありません or ではないです。 Noun＋ではありません／ではないです (ex)A: あなたはアメリカじんですか。 B: いいえ、アメリカじんじゃ（では）ありません。 or いいえ、あめりかじんじゃ（では）ないです。 Let’s learn more. What’s the difference between じゃない…