Tag: beginners、Japaneseexpressios、N5

How can you say I like ○○ in Japanese? In this article, I teach you expressions about like and love. 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 is ナ adjective.…

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. ある ある is a group 1 verb. What’s a group 1 verb? please read…

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 Polite form There are two types of expressions in Japanese, polite form and…

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. how to use の の describes next noun. For example, これは　ねこです。This is a cat. You…

How can we make negative sentences in Japanese? In this article, I will teach you how to create negative sentences in Japanese. Noun 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 and ではない.…

I gave a present to my brother. My brother gave me a present. Like in these sentences, “give” is give. It won’t change whoever gives presents or receives the presents. However, there are two words for “giving”, which are あげる and くれる. What’s the difference between あげる and くれる? To understand the difference, we must…

How can you ask Japanese people? In this article, I’m going to teach you the 5 Ws: What, Who, When, Where, Why. What When we ask “what”, we use “なに”. Let’s take a closer look at an example. Japanese：きょうは　なにを　しましたか。 English：What did you do today? In this case, you want to ask objective, so we put…

How can we say “this”, “that”, “here” or “there” in Japanese? When we talk about these things, the words we use change depending on physical distance between a speaker and listener. The words are called こそあどことば because the first syllable is こ(ko), そ(so), あ(a) or ど(do). Let’s learn Japanese kosoado words in this article. What…