Grade 2

All you need to do to conjugate i-adjectives is remove that final い character from a word and replace it with the tense type you need to use. The present tense positive …

Similarly to i-adjective, na-adjectives end in 〜な and are also used to describe nouns. However, there are some na-adjectives that may be confused with i-adjective.

Using emotions in Japanese sentence are usually quite easy and many of them are i-adjectives, some are na-adjectives and others are even verbs.

The main purpose of the の Particle is to turn a group of words into a single noun or noun phrase. The final noun is always the Main Noun and whatever comes before the …

The main feature of んだ, のだ, んです and のです is to emphasise, provide explanations or give reasons to something and may add a sense of certainty to a statement.

The も (mo) particle is often miscompared to the English words "too" and "also", however, in Japanese, it is used to mark a word that is part of a set that belongs …

The main use of the と particle is to mark two or more things as being connected together. However, it has many other uses such as quoting with thoughts or speech and …

The に (ni) particle is very common and has many uses but the main three that are very common are used to mark the Destination of an action, Location of something or the …

The で (de) particle has two very common uses: to mark the means in which an action is completed and to mark the location where an action takes place.

All three particles に (ni), で (de) and を (o) can describe a location but the question is, which one do we use? Let's look back at what each particle represents.

In Japanese, there are different levels of commands all based on politeness. There are nicer ways to command and less polite ways to command.

Now that we've covered particles に, で and を that mark locations, let's follow with something a bit easier and learn some new words we can use with these particles.

The や is very similar in usage to the と particle except that や implies the list of items are not part of a complete set; there is more that is not being said.

か and が have other uses than marking the unknown or the subject of a sentence. These may also be used to connect two sentences to give other meanings.

As a particle, へ has an /e/ sound. While へ has some other uses, in this lesson, we'll just be looking at it to mark the "direction" of an action towards a destination or …

While the most basic use of でも is used as "even" or "but", でも may also be used to indicate a range of other possibilities or alternatives, even if they are not stated.

The use of んだって is a quoting particle often used in casual conversations. It indicates that the speaker heard or was informed about a previous statement.

The use of こと is for abstract things such as a thought or an idea or something that doesn't have any physical presence. While こと means "thing", it has many other uses.

The sentence-ending particle ね is commonly used to seek agreement or confirmation. It assumes the listener is on the same page as the speaker or has some prior knowledge.

The sentence-ending particle よ is commonly used to present new information the listener may not know yet. It also add a layer of assertiveness.

There are many sentence-ending particles in Japanese. よ and ね are very common and useful with expressing the different nuances of how information is shared.

When we have a desire to possess something (noun), we use the verb "to want" to express this; the equivalent to this in Japanese is ほしい

When we have a desire to do something (verb), we use the verb "to want to do" to express this; the equivalent to this in Japanese is たい

When we have a desire to want someone to do something, we use the verb "to want" to express this; the equivalent to this in Japanese is てほしい

Rather than make a straightforward statement about your emotions and desires, なあ helps to express your feelings emotionally when you're speaking to yourself.

More information about が and けど. The use of the conjunctive particle けど is pretty much the same as the が particle except for the difference in formality and casual usage.

There are two different ways of saying "to give", depending on the one who is doing the act of giving or receiving and on the assumption that the receiver will feel happy …

The particle から is very common and has many uses but its main features are to indicate the source or starting point of something or to express the state before a change.

から as a conjunctive particle has a cause-and-effect type of relationship. In other words, the sentence marked by から gives a reason for something else that was said.

ので is a conjunctive particle that has a cause-and-effect type of relationship. It is similar to から that it gives a reason but focus is more on the result instead of the …