Japanese verbs have a basic 'u' form used informally among friends and family. Adding '~masu' to verbs makes them polite, which is essential for formal situations. To form past tense in Japanese, verbs change differently depending on their group type. In this lesson, you will learn how to...
Japanese adjectives are split into two categories: i-adjectives and na-adjectives. They are named and identified based on how the word ends, similar to how Japanese verbs can be called u-verbs and ru-verbs. When using them, remember what adjectives are. Adjectives describe nouns or noun phras...
Kanji paints nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and verbs. But unlike Chinese, Japanese isn't solely kanji. Combined with hiragana and katakana, you’ll get what a real Japanese text would look like. 4. Japanese Writing in Rōmaji Finally, meet rōmaji, a valuable addition to Japanese writing....
The fundamental building blocks for speaking the Japanese language are the verb forms. Carlino Giampolo has devised a simple, practical, and entertaining way to help you to remember many of the indispensable Japanese verbs and how they are used in the Ja
Firstly, nouns have two forms: singular and plural. Singular form nouns refer to a single person, place, or thing and are easy to understand. For example: ‘Where is the piano?’ In this sentence, the noun is the word ‘piano’ and it is singular because there is only one. If there...
In this post, we'll learn the basics of how to memorize vocabulary words faster and more easily using memory techniques.
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I have come to read even the difficult kanji. "You ni" by itself can be used as an adverbial phrase, along with other verbs (not just, "naru"). For example, "Kare wa nihongo o nihon jin no you ni hanasu 彼は日本語を日本人のように話す。 (He speaks Japanese like a Japanese perso...
Here, we have a natural scene set in spring and two images juxtaposed: the hibiscus (a kind of flower) and the sunset. Both are lovely, colorful images that are connected in the poem to one another. Not all Japanese haiku use this kind of structure, though, such as this example from ...
Very few people have gone through life without having experienced the difficulties involved in the breakup of an intimate relationship. Those who have evaded this painful state of confusion are perhaps unique in this day and age. For those who are living