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How to use てから

We use ～てから to say the order actions are performed in.

You can also use this expression to emphasize the action that comes before ～てから.

Conjugation

テ form＋から

If you don’t know what テ form is, please read this article too.

Learning Japanese conjugation te form

Let’s see an example

In this sentence, you advice someone to wash their hands, then eat their meal.

In this sentence, you mention the first action, then the second action comes after から.

conclusion

We use ～てから to say the order actions are performed in.

You can also use this expression to emphasize the action that comes before ～てから.

Conjugation

テ form＋から

Exercise

①しゅくだいを（します→　）から、テレビをみます。

②いえに（かえります→　）から、ユーチューブをみます。

③すこし（やすみます→　）から、しゅくだいをしよう。

④カナダに（きます→　）から、10kgやせました。

⑤JLPTに（ごうかくします→　）から、にほんに　いくか　かんがえます。

⑥（よみます→　）から、しつもんしてください。

⑦せんせいの　はなしを　（ききます→　）から、してください。

⑧えいがを（みます→　）から、ごはんに　いきましょう。

⑨にほんでは、くつを（ぬぎます→　）から、いえに　はいります。

⑩バスが（とまります→　）から、おたちください。

Answer

①しゅくだいを（します→して）から、テレビをみます。

②いえに（かえります→かえって）から、ユーチューブをみます。

③すこし（やすみます→やすんで）から、しゅくだいをしよう。

④カナダに（きます→きて）から、10kgやせました。

⑤JLPTに（ごうかくします→ごうかくして）から、にほんに　いくか　かんがえます。

⑥きょうかしょを（よみます→よんで）から、しつもんしてください。

⑦せんせいの　はなしを　（ききます→きいて）から、してください。

⑧えいがを（みます→みて）から、ごはんに　いきましょう。

⑨にほんでは、くつを（ぬぎます→ぬいで）から、いえに　はいります。

⑩バスが（とまります→とまって）から、おたちください。

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In this article, I will teach you how you can mention a thing or person that the listener may not be familiar with.

When you read this article, you would understand what “という” is.

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How to use という

We use “A という B” when talking about the name of a person, thing or place that the listener is not familiar with.

You can also use it for subjects you are not familiar with.

Conjugation

Noun A という noun B

Let’s see some examples.

In this case, you got a call from Mr. Yamada, who you are not familiar with.

Probably, you were told by Mr. Yamada that he would like to talk to your co-worker.

Then, you would tell your co-worker about it.

Of course, you could say that “やまださんから　でんわが　きましたよ”, which means I got a call from Mr. Yamada.

However, when you say that “やまださん　という　ひとから　でんわが　きましたよ”, you emphasize that you don’t know the person.

Let’s see another example.

In this case, you are asking a food that the listener may not know well.

You can also say めんたいこを　しっていますか, but by saying めんたいこ　という　たべもの you don’t expect the listener to know about it.

Please keep it mind that you can’t use it for subjects that both you and the listener know well.

Tokyo is really famous city and the listener should know it.

Therefore, you can’t say that とうきょうという　ばしょに　いきたいです.

Instead, you would say that とうきょうに　いきたいです.

That means I want to go to Tokyo.

Conclusion

Exercise

Let’s talk about yourself!

①　わたしは ( ) という ばしょで うまれました。

②　わたしは ( ) という がっこうを そつぎょうしました。

③　わたしは ( ) という ( )が すきです。

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There are two types of sentences, polite form and plain form.

We usually use plain form to talk to friends, so in this article, I will teach you what plain form is.

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What is plain form?

Plain form includes “dictionary form”, “te iru form”, “te ita form”, “ta form”, “nai form”, and “nakkata form”.

Please read this article to know the verb groups and dictionary form.

Japanese verb conjugation rule with chart

In plain form, when we ask something, we don’t use ～か.

Instead, we use rising intonation on the final word.

Let’s listen. I say ごはんたべる?, which means will you eat?

Then, I say うん、たべる, which means yes, I will.

I say これおいしい? and おいしい, which mean is it good? Yes, it is.

ナ adjectives and nouns are a little bit tricky.

We put だ at the end of sentences in declarative sentences, but we don’t put だ in question sentences.

Please listen to following voices.

First, I say なっとうすき? Response; うん、すき, which means do you like natto? Yes I do.

Next I say ぼくは　えいがが　すきだ, which means I like movies.

ている

We use ている to say that an action is being performed.

Polite form is ています.

For instance, かれは　いま　しゅくだいを　しています。

It means he’s doing his homework.

The plain form is that かれは　いま　しゅくだいを　している.

In addition, the Past continuous form is like かれは　しゅくだいを　していた。

If you don’t know what te form is, please read this article.

Learning Japanese conjugation te form

Let’s listen to this conversation.

I say いまなにしている? and しゅくだいしている。

That means what are you doing? and I’m doing my homework.

タ form

We usually use タ form to explain a past experience.

The verb conjugation work in the same pattern for both the タ form and the テ form.

Please read this article for more detail.

Japanese verbs conjugation-past tense

Verb conjugation

Group 1 is a little bit hard to remember.

These verb changes form like this chart.

Group 2 is easier than group 1.

Just take る and put た.

たべる→たべ→たべた.

Group 3 is an irregular verb.

する→した and くる→きた.

Let’s listen to one example.

I say ごはんたべた? and うん、たべた.

That means did you eat? Yes, I did.

イ adjective

There are two types of adjectives, イ adjective and ナ adjective.

If you don’t know the difference, please read this article.

Learning Japanese grammar-adjectives conjugation

Conjugation

take い and put かった.

おおきい→おおき→おおきかった。

Let’s listen to one example.

I say あのえいがよかった? and うん、よかった．

That means was the movie good? Yes, it was.

ナ adjective and noun

Conjugation

Just put だった with ナ adjective or noun.

きれいです→きれいだった。

すきです→すきだった。

せんせいです→せんせいだった。

ない、なかった

ない (declarative sentences) and なかった (past tense) are used for negative sentences.

Please read this article for more information.

learning negative sentences in japanese

Verb conjugation

Group 1…u changes a sound and put ない (or なかった).

かく(kaku)→かかない(kakaない)

Group 2… take る and put ない.

たべる→たべ→たべない.

Group 3… する→しない、くる→こない.

When someone asks “なっとうたべない?”, that means do you want to eat natto?

Then if you don’t want to eat natto, you would say いや、たべない.

If you want to eat it, you would say うん、たべる.

Please read this article too.

Japanese grammar masenka vs mashou

イ adjective

Take い and add くない (くなかった).

おおきい→おおき→おおきくない.

Please keep it mind that if I say “かわいくない?”, it means it’s cute, right?

The question isn’t negative.

noun and ナ adjective

Put じゃない (じゃなかった) with ナ adjective or noun.

きれいです→きれいじゃない.

せんせいです→せんせいじゃない.

Please keep it mind that if I say “きれいじゃない?”, it means it’s beautiful, right?

The question isn’t negative.

Also, when you found someone who looks your teacher, you would ask your friend that “あのひと、せんせいじゃない?”

That means that man is our teacher, right?

Exercise

Let’s change to plain form.

①　たべます→

②　かきます→

③　きました→

④　ききました→

⑤　せんせいでした→

⑥　すきじゃありません→

⑦　いそがしいです→

⑧　しずかです→

⑨　たかくありません→

⑩　よみません→

Answer

①　たべます→たべる

②　かきます→かく

③　きました→きた

④　ききました→きいた

⑤　せんせいでした→せんせいだった

⑥　すきじゃありません→すきじゃない

⑦　いそがしいです→いそがしい

⑧　しずかです→しずかだ

⑨　たかくありません→たかくない

⑩　よみません→よまない

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If someone asked you if you’ve finished eating your dinner, how can you answer the question in Japanese?

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もう～た

We use “もう～た” form to say that something scheduled or something that someone wants done is already finished.

Conjugation

もう＋Vました or Vた

If you don’t know what タ form is, please read this article.

Japanese verbs conjugation-past tense

Let’s see some examples.

In this case, they’re asking if you’ve already eaten your dinner.

In this sentence, they’re asking if you’ve already finished your homework .

As these examples, we use もう to express if something has been already done.

まだ～てない

We use “まだ～てない” form to say that something scheduled or something that needs to be done is not yet finished.

You can also say that “まだです”.

Conjugation

まだ＋テ form＋いません or いない

If you don’t know what テ form is, please read this article.

Learning Japanese conjugation te form

Let’s see an example.

In this case, someone asks if you’ve already finished eating, and you answer not yet.

Please keep in mind that まだ　たべていません expresses the current situation, you are mentioning that you are not done yet.

まだ　たべません means that you don’t want to eat now, you will probably eat later.

Therefore, if you want to explain that you haven’t done something yet, you should use ていません.

conclusion

We use “もう～た” form to say that something scheduled or something that someone wants done is already finished.

Conjugation

もう＋Vました or Vた

We use “まだ～てない” form to say that something scheduled or that something that someone wants done is not yet finished.

You can also say that “まだです”.

Conjugation

まだ＋テ form＋いません or いない

Exercise

Please change to proper form.

①　もう　しゅくだいを　（します→　）か。

②　もう　シャワーを　（あびます→　）か。

③　もう　あのえいがを　（みます→　）か。

④　もう　そうじは　（おわります→　）か。

⑤　もう　あそこの　レストランは　（いきます→　）か。

⑥　まだ　ごはんを　（たべます→　）いません。

⑦　まだ　かいものに　（いきます→　）いません。

⑧　まだ　てがみを　（かきます→　）いません。

Please choose correct word.

⑨　さくらは、（まだ・もう）さいていません。

⑩　かぜは（まだ・もう）よくなりましたか。

Answer

①　もう　しゅくだいを　（します→しました）か。

②　もう　シャワーを　（あびます→あびました）か。

③　もう　あのえいがを　（みます→みました）か。

④　もう　そうじは　（おわります→おわりました）か。

⑤　もう　あそこの　レストランは　（いきます→いきました）か。

⑥　まだ　ごはんを　（たべます→たべて）いません。

⑦　まだ　かいものに　（いきます→いって）いません。

⑧　まだ　てがみを　（かきます→かいて）いません。

⑨　さくらは、（まだ・もう）さいていません。

⑩　かぜは（まだ・もう）よくなりましたか。

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The weather is changing.

How can we explain a changing situation in Japanese?

In this article, I will teach you how we can describe change in Japanese.

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になる

We use “く or に なります” when we talk about a logical or normal change.

Conjugation

・イ adjective: いく＋なる

おおきい→おおき→おおきくなる

いい→よくなる

・ナ adjective: に＋なる

しずかになる

・Nounに＋なる

せんせいになる

If you don’t know what イ and ナ adjective is, please read this article.

Learning Japanese grammar-adjectives conjugation

Let’s see some examples.

In this case, you are probably talking in the beginning of spring.

It’s been very cold, but now it’s getting warmer.

The cold weather has changed.

You can say that あたたかくなりましたね。

Your child wasn’t a teacher, but now they are a teacher.

The situation changed.

As these examples, when situation changed, we can use になる.

にする

We use “く or に する” when we talk about purposely changing something.

・イ adjective: いく＋する

あまい→あま→あまくする

いい→よくする

・ナ adjective: に＋する

しずかにする

・Nounに＋する

やすみにする

Let’s see some examples.

In this case, the desk is dirty or messy.

Therefore, you want to clean the desk.

You made the desk clean.

In this case, the meeting time can no longer be 3 pm and you will only be able to attend the meeting at only 3 pm..

That’s why you want to change the meeting time.

In this case, you could say 3じに　して　ください。

How can you ask people for a favour?

Please read this article as well.

What is te kudasai? -Japanese grammar-

As these examples, when you changed something with your will, you can use “にする”.

conclusion

We use “く or に なります” when we talk about a logical or normal change.

Conjugation

・イ adjective: いく＋なる

・ナ adjective: に＋なる

・Nounに＋なる

We use “く or に する” when we talk about purposely changing something.

・イ adjective: いく＋する

・ナ adjective: に＋する

・Nounに＋する

Exercise

①　にほんごが　（すきです→　）なりました。

②　おこさん　（おおきいです→　）なりましたね。

③　（しずかです→　）してください。

④　いまから　このさかなを　（さしみです→　）します。

⑤　きょうは　たいふうで　がっこうが　（やすみです→　）なりました。

⑥　ぼくは　（けいさつかんです→　）なりたい。

⑦　このズボンを　（みじかいです→　）してください。

⑧　見えないから、（おおきいです→　）してください。

⑨　スマートホンの　おかげで　（べんりです→　）なりました。

⑩　びょうきが　（いいです→　）なりました。

Answer

①　にほんごが　（すきです→すきに）なりました。

②　おこさん　（おおきいです→おおきく）なりましたね。

③　（しずかです→しずかに）してください。

④　いまから　このさかなを　（さしみです→さしみに）します。

⑤　きょうは　たいふうで　がっこうが　（やすみです→やすみに）なりました。

⑥　ぼくは　（けいさつかんです→けいさつかんに）なりたい。

⑦　このズボンを　（みじかいです→みじかく）してください。

⑧　見えないから、（おおきいです→おおきく）してください。

⑨　スマートホンの　おかげで　（べんりです→べんりに）なりました。

⑩　びょうきが　（いいです→よく）なりました。

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before

You can use “…まえに” to express before.

We use “…まえに” to say what order actions occurred in. If A happens before B, then you say, “BするまえにAします”.

Conjugation

・Dictionary form＋まえに

・Noun＋のまえに

・Term＋まえに

When you use “まえに” with a time expression, it always comes with a number.

Therefore, you can’t say that きのうの　まえに or ことしの　まえに something like that.

きのうの　まえ should be おととい(day before yesterday) and ことしの　まえ should be きょねん(last year).

You can say that 2ねんまえ(two years ago) or みっかまえ(three days ago).

What is みっか？

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Let’s learn Japanese dates, days, month and time

After

You can use “…たあとで” to express after.

We use “…たあとで” to say what order actions occurred in. If A happens before B, then you say, “A した あとで Bします”.

Conjugation

・タ form＋あとで

If you don’t know what タ form is, please read this article.

Japanese verbs conjugation-past tense

Is あとで form always used for a past thing?

No.

Even if you are not talking about the past, the verb that comes before “～あとで” is still in the タ form.

・Noun＋のあとで

・Term＋ご

When it comes with a number, the pronunciation changes ご (same kanji as あと)

・こどもが　ねた　後（あと）で、ごはんを　たべよう。

I’m going to eat my meal after the child sleeps.

・1じかん後（ご）、ごはんをたべよう。

I’m going to eat in one hour.

conclusion

・Dictionary form＋まえに

・Noun＋のまえに

・Term＋まえに

・タ form＋あとで

・Noun＋のあとで

・Term＋ご

Exercise

①　（しごとです）あとで、おさけを　のみに　いきます。

②　（ねます）まえに、はを　みがきます。

③　バスに（のります）まえに、トイレに　いきます。

④　ごはんを（たべます）まえに、てを　あらいます。

⑤　（おひるねです）あとで、べんきょうします。

⑥　いえに（かえります）あとで、ゲームを　します。

⑦　（およぎます）あとで、シャワーを　　あびます。

⑧　がっこうに　（いきます）まえに、テレビを　みます。

⑨　いえを（でます）まえに、おしえて　ください。

⑩　4ねん（あとで、ご）に、トロントで　ワールドカップが　あります。

Answer

①　（しごとの）あとで、おさけを　のみに　いきます。

②　（ねる）まえに、はを　みがきます。

③　バスに（のる）まえに、トイレに　いきます。

④　ごはんを（たべる）まえに、てを　あらいます。

⑤　（おひるねの）あとで、べんきょうします。

⑥　いえに（かえった）あとで、ゲームを　します。

⑦　（およいだ）あとで、シャワーを　　あびます。

⑧　がっこうへ　（いく）まえに、テレビを　みます。

⑨　いえを（でる）まえに、おしえて　ください。

⑩　4ねん（ご）に、トロントで　ワールドカップが　あります。

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～に＋いく

We use “～にいく” when we talk about going to a place to do something.

We can use “～にくる” and “～にかえる” in the same manner.

Conjugation

①　Place＋へ＋Verbます＋に＋いく, くる, かえる

たべる→たべます→たべ→たべにいく

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Japanese verb conjugation rule with chart

②　Place＋へ＋noun＋に＋いく, くる, かえる

Conclusion

We use “～にいく” when we talk about going to a place to do something.

Conjugation

①　Place＋へ＋Verbます＋に＋いく, くる, かえる

②　Place＋へ＋noun＋に＋いく, くる, かえる

Practice

①　プールへ（およぎます→　）にいきます。

②　にほんへ（べんきょうします→　）にいきます。

③　ゆうびんきょくへ　てがみを（だします→　）にいきます。

④　スーパーへ　ジュースを（かいます→　）にいきます。

⑤　ともだちに（あいます→　）にいきます。

Answer

①　プールへ（およぎます→およぎ）にいきます。

②　にほんへ（べんきょうします→べんきょうし）にいきます。

③　ゆうびんきょくへ　てがみを（だします→だし）にいきます。

④　スーパーへ　ジュースを（かいます→かい）にいきます。

⑤　ともだちに（あいます→あい）にいきます。

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You will want to do the two things at the same time, right?

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～ながら

We use “～ながら、…” to say that two actions will occur at the same time.

For example, you want to have breakfast and watch tv, so you do them at the same time.

In this case, you can use ～ながら、～.

V-ます＋ながら

たべます→たべ→たべながら。

Please keep it mind that the two verbs always are the same subject.

Therefore, you can’t say that わたしは テレビを みながら、ちちは あさごはんを たべます because it mentions two different actions by different people.

You should also consider which actions you focus on especially.

The verb you want to focus on comes back.

Let’s think one example.

You are using a dictionary to read a Japanese book.

Which is your main action?

That is reading a book, right?

That’s why you can’t say that わたしは　ほんを　よみながら、じしょで　しらべています.

Instead, you should say that わたしは　じしょで　しらべながら、ほんを　よんで　います, which means I’m reading a book while looking up with a dictionary.

～て VS ～ながら

What is the difference between ～て and ～ながら.

If you say that さとうを　いれて　コーヒーを　のみます, that means you put sugar into coffee and then drink it.

If you say that さとうを　いれながら　コーヒーを　のみます, that means you put sugar into coffee and drink it at the same time.

I would image it would be something like this.

I believe that no one drinks coffee while putting sugar into coffee, so you should say that さとうを　いれて、コーヒーをのみます.

If you don’t know what テ form is, please read this article.

Learning Japanese conjugation te form

conclusion

We use “～ながら、…” to say that two actions occur at the same time.

Conjugation:

V-ます＋ながら

Exercise

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How can you tell them what you do or did?

You can use ～たり, ～たり します.

What is ～たり, ～たり?

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how to use たり たり

We use “～たり, ～たり します” to give two or three examples of many actions.

If you went to Japan, you would do various things.

You might have gone to onsen, seen cultural buildings or eaten sushi.

You want to pick out some of those things and tell your friends.

In this case, you would use ～たり, ～たり します.

タ form＋り, タ form ＋り＋します

If you don’t know what タ form is, please read this article first.

Japanese verbs conjugation-past tense

You might do various things, but you picked two things (onsen and sushi) and told your friends.

Like this case, if you want to ask someone not to do two or three things, you can say ～たり, ～たり しないでください。

This is note that if you use たり, you should put たり to another verb.

Even Japanese people sometimes forget to attach たり to the second verb like おんせんにはいったり、すしをたべました, when they write.

When you write and the sentence is long, you should be careful.

Conclusion

Conjugation.

タ form＋り, タ form ＋り＋します

We use “～たり, ～たり します” to give two or three examples of many actions.

excercise

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In this article, I will teach you the numbers and days of the week in Japanese.

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Month

When we express month, we say ○○がつ.

なんがつですか is the question form.

Please remember 4, 7, 9 are special number, しがつ、しちがつ、くがつ.

Dates

We use にち for dates like 11にち(jyuichinichi).

However, 1st to 10th, 14th, 20th and 24th are special.

ついたち、ふつか、みっか、よっか、いつか、むいか、なのか、ようか、ここのか、とおか、じゅうよっか、はつか、にじゅうよっか。

19th is じゅうくにち and 29th is にじゅうくにち.

We say なんにちですか when we ask for the date.

time

We say 〇じ 〇ふん for time.

For instance, 5 o’clock is 5じ.

Please remember 4じ, 7じ, 9じ is special, よじ、しちじ、くじ.

When we count “h” sound changes to “p” sound, so 1, 6, 8, 10 connect with っぷん such as いっぷん、ろっぷん、はっぷん、じゅっぷん

Therefore, 5:16 is ごじ じゅうろっぷん.

Let’s learn Japanese counters, counting words

*5:30 is 5じはん and はん means half.

*When we ask what time it is, we say なんじですか。

Days of the week

From Sunday to Sataurday.

にちようび、げつようび、かようび、すいようび、きんようび、どようび。

When we ask what day is it today, we say なんようびですか.

conclusion

When mention from a big thing to a small thing.

2022ねん　11がつ　30にち　すいようび。8じはん

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