Japaneseness

Grammar (JLPT N5)

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  • Aは Bです (X is Y)
    Use です (formal) / だ (casual) to link a topic with a noun.
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  • は (topic marker)
    Marks the topic of the sentence. Pronounced 'wa'.
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  • が (subject marker)
    Marks the grammatical subject, often new information.
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  • を (direct object marker)
    Marks the direct object of a transitive verb. Pronounced 'o'.
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  • に (location / time marker)
    Marks a destination, point in time, or static location.
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  • で (means / place of action)
    Marks the means/method, or the place where an action occurs.
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  • と (with / and)
    Joins nouns ('and'), or marks a person you do an action with.
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  • か (question marker)
    Placed at the end of a sentence to make it a question.
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  • も (also)
    Means 'also' / 'too'. Replaces は or を to express addition.
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  • の (possessive / modifier)
    Connects two nouns; expresses possession or modification.
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  • い-adjective basics
    Adjectives ending in い. Conjugate by changing the い ending.
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  • な-adjective basics
    Use な before nouns; use です to predicate.
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  • ます-form (polite verbs)
    Polite present/future verb form. Negation: ません.
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  • ません (polite negative)
    Negative form of ます verbs.
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  • ました (polite past)
    Past tense of ます verbs.
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  • ませんでした (polite past negative)
    Past negative of ます verbs.
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  • て-form basics
    Connective form used for requests, sequences, and progressives.
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  • Counters (人, 個, 本, 枚)
    Numbers + counter suffix vary by what you count.
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  • これ・それ・あれ・どれ
    Demonstrative pronouns: this / that / that-far / which.
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  • なに / だれ / どこ / いつ
    Question words: what / who / where / when.
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