Grade 1

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

japanese — 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".

japanese — 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 member prefers to use.

japanese — 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 numbered thing, they have counters.

japanese — 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.

japanese — 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 more about verbs.

japanese — 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 tense and formality.

japanese — 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.

japanese — 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.

japanese — 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 can be used as a direct object.