November 2020

Adjectives and adverbs -形容詞と副詞 – All adjectives in the “dv” group always end with an (i). Without exception. These are placed before the noun to change the noun.  Recognizing the “dn” adjectives is not easy, but point them out in the vocabulary list. You may also find “dn” ending in (i) (eg kirei-pretty).  As mentioned earlier,

The second group of Japanese verbs is called a one-step verb.        

Need to learn how to utilize Japanese verbs.         They are very big in omitting the obvious, and sometimes not so obvious, which can be confusing.  There are only three types of Japanese verbs, each following a pattern that is very simple and has few exceptions.  Most Japanese verbs fall into the

Japanese numbers, time, days of the week, etc.         Before we get too much further into Japanese grammar and verb conjugation, I thought it would be a good idea to teach Japanese numbers, time, days of the week, etc.  一 いち ichi one  二 に ni two  三 さん san three  四 し、 よん shi (yon after 10) four  五 ご go five  六 ろく roku six  七 しち、 なな shichi (nana after 10) seven 

Japanese grammar is very simple and straightforward. In Japanese, particles are used to mark different parts of a sentence.  Particles “wa” (ha) and “ga” (ga): The particle “wa” indicates the topic of the sentence, and the particle “ga” indicates the subject of the sentence. In the example, “I know where you live” (I know where

Japanese has different levels of politeness depending on who you are talking to.         At least you’ve started learning the Japanese alphabet, so let’s learn basic vocabulary and simple Japanese phrases. Most Japanese words have kanji, but we usually only include kanji if the word is written that way.  少なくとも日本語のアルファベットを学び始めたので、基本的な語彙と簡単な日本語のフレーズを学びましょう。ほとんどの日本語の単語には漢字がありますが、その単語が通常そのように書かれている場合にのみ漢字を含めます。  日本語には、話している相手によって異なるレベルの礼儀正しさがあります。これらを「ウルトラフォーマル」、「フォーマル」（または「丁寧な形式」）、「通常」（または「プレーン形式」）、「非公式」、「失礼」と呼びます（これについても説明しません）。ただし、失礼な形式の多くは）。  Related