Category: N5 Grammar

December 12, 2022

のだ

のだ Explanationだ・です ending sentence: Add の before だ・ですNouns/な Adjectives: なのだVerbs/い Adjectives: + のだのだ or のです generally speaking, marks known or new information. It’s kind of like “you know?” in English. The basic usages and meanings...

N5 Grammar / N5 Particles / Particles

December 1, 2022

よ

Sentence Ending Particle よ “I’m telling you”Sentence + よ Sentence ending particle よ is used to strengthen a statement, typically by emphasizing that it’s true. よ throws your opinion at the listener. It insists that...

N5 Grammar / N5 Particles / Particles

December 1, 2022

ね and な

ね and なね and な are sentence ending particles that both seek some kind of agreement. ね Right?Sentence + ねね is a sentence ending particle that asks for (light) agreement from the...

N5 Grammar / N5 Particles / Particles

November 30, 2022

Quotation と

Quotation Particle と Quotationplain form sentence + と + Verb* と can be used as a quotation marking particle. Essentially, this adds quotes around the sentence it attaches to, and makes it into an...

Grammar / N5 Grammar / N5 Numbers and Time / Numbers

November 28, 2022

ぐらい and ごろ

ぐらい and ごろ Quick GuideNumber + Counter ぐらい – About this manyTime + ごろ – Around this time This page is about expressing approximate amounts and approximate times. ぐらい (Amount) About (amount)Amount + ぐらい/くらい...

Grammar / Beginner Content / N5 Grammar / N5 Particles / Particles

November 24, 2022

へ

へ(eh) へ (“eh”)General direction of travel へ (eh) is wrote as “he” but read as “eh“. It is very similar to に, but is much more limited in scope. It can only indicate a...

Grammar / N4 Grammar / N4 Verb Forms / N5 Verb Forms / Verbs / て form

November 16, 2022

てあげる and てもらう

～てあげる and ～てもらう If you haven’t already, please read the giving and receiving page. てあげる and てもらう are used to express giving and receiving actions. てあげる and てもらう both use を and に just...

Grammar / Adjectives / N5 Grammar / N5 Verb Forms / Verbs / て form

November 9, 2022

なくて

なくてなくて form “Not”い Adjective くない form →くなくて “Not __ and Creating this negative て form is pretty straightforward. The ない form is (treated) as an い adjective, and then conjugated to the い...

Grammar / Adjectives / N5 Grammar / N5 Other

November 8, 2022

The Best/Most

いちばん The best/mostいちばんのNounがいちばんAdjective 一番 (いちばん) literally means ”number 1″, ie “the best“. Ichiban is a special type of adjective; It’s treated like an adjective, but uses の to modify nouns; it can directly modify...

Grammar / N5 Grammar / N5 Prepositions / Prepositions / Vocab

November 6, 2022

Basic Prepositions

Prepositions This page covers the basic prepositions (location words) in Japanese. Preposition are nouns; They connect to nouns using の. Prepositions typically take に (location marker) after them; but see the bottom for a...