Grade 1

Welcome, to our Japanese language guide. Before starting this course, please consider reading the introduction first on some important information and make sure you have …

Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. This may refer to generally agreed-upon sequences of sounds used in speaking a given word or language in …

Here are some more basic words for you to get started with. It's important to learn all the words from each lesson as you go otherwise you will get stuck later on.

Now that we have started to feel more comfortable with some of the familiar words used in Japanese, let's cover something that everyone is familiar with.

In Japanese, some colours are adjectives and some are nouns. Adjectives are words that describe nouns. There are two types of adjectives in Japanese unlike the English …

Just like numbers, the days of the week are frequently used. Learning these words to speak Japanese in the early stage of your study will be very useful.

Before we can really learn Japanese, we need to be able to use Kana. Kana refers to both Hiragana and Katakana, which are two of the writing systems used in Japanese.

As mentioned before in the number lesson about counters, months are a type of numeric counter. They are listed out by number, the first month is January, the second month …

Kana lesson Part II: This time, we'll be covering the Hiragana starting with S (さ し す せ そ) and T (た ち つ て と) as well as using the dakuten to form the Z and D groups.

Before we start making some basic sentences, let's learn some more new words. In this lesson, we are going to learn pronouns! So here are some common pronouns used to …

Kana lesson Part III: This time, we'll be covering the Hiragana starting with N Group ( な に ぬ ね の ) and H Group ( は ひ ふ へ ほ ) as well as using the dakuten and handakuten …

です (desu) is the formal form of a verb known as a copula. It is used to add politeness and formality to a sentence and it can even describe the tense of the word before …

Now, it's time for some basic sentences but we still need to cover just one more thing before we do so. Particles. They tell us the context of the word they follow but …

In this lesson, we'll be changing the tense of the words to make even more sentences. Including the use of だ (da) to speak informally, emphasising our personal thoughts …

Kana lesson Part IV: This time, we'll be covering the Hiragana starting with M Group ( ま み む め も ) and R Group ( ら り る れ ろ ). One more lesson after this one and you'll be …

Asking questions in Japanese is very simple. You could even say it is a lot more easier than asking questions in English. か is a marker indicating the unknown.

To show how these numbers are used, we are going to cover some more counters. Remember, counters go after the number to tell what is being counted.

When you want to say larger numbers than ten, simply put ten before the next number. For anything larger than nineteen, you'll want to put a number before the "ten".

Kana lesson Part V: For the remaining Hiragana characters, we'll be covering "ya, yu, yo, wo, n" ( や ゆ よ わ を ん ), the small っ (tsu) character and the special uses of the …

When you're trying to learn a new foreign language, it's always good to know a few of the basic phrases. They are always helpful to know and doesn't require a lot of …

Before we start learning how to use verbs, we will need to know the different types of verbs. There are three types of verbs in Japanese: Ichidan, Godan and Irregular.

There is a system with Japanese that can be used to very easily explain and demonstrate grammar. This system is called "Verb Bases" and follows some simple rules.

To mark the Direct Object of a sentence, we use the particle を (o). The Direct Object represents the person or thing receiving the action of the verb but not all objects …

There a few other uses of the が Particle but in this lesson, we will only be looking at its use as the Subject marker of a sentence. We'll be using this when we learn …

Now that we know the different verb types, verb bases and the connection the subject and direct objects have with verbs, let's try creating more sentences changing the …

Transitivity is a verb with the property of being transitive (having or needing a direct object), intransitive (not having or needing a direct object) or both.

Let's now cover Katakana. Katakana is used for many things but you will find it more commonly used for non-Japanese words known as "load words".

Part of telling time is easy, the other is a little more difficult so let's get started with counters used for telling the time. Since hours, minutes and seconds are a …

Family roles are very common in Japan when referring to and addressing your own family. In saying this, it really depends on your personal preferences or what each family …

In Japanese, title honorifics are very common and almost always used. However, you should only use them for other people, not yourself.