Tata basa (JLPT N5)
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All 20, for when you want a single pattern — readings, meaning and its own sheet. To practise, use the sets above.
- Aは Bです (X is Y) Use です (formal) / だ (casual) to link a topic with a noun.
- は (topic marker) Marks the topic of the sentence. Pronounced 'wa'.
- が (subject marker) Marks the grammatical subject, often new information.
- を (direct object marker) Marks the direct object of a transitive verb. Pronounced 'o'.
- に (location / time marker) Marks a destination, point in time, or static location.
- で (means / place of action) Marks the means/method, or the place where an action occurs.
- と (with / and) Joins nouns ('and'), or marks a person you do an action with.
- か (question marker) Placed at the end of a sentence to make it a question.
- も (also) Means 'also' / 'too'. Replaces は or を to express addition.
- の (possessive / modifier) Connects two nouns; expresses possession or modification.
- い-adjective basics Adjectives ending in い. Conjugate by changing the い ending.
- な-adjective basics Use な before nouns; use です to predicate.
- ます-form (polite verbs) Polite present/future verb form. Negation: ません.
- ません (polite negative) Negative form of ます verbs.
- ました (polite past) Past tense of ます verbs.
- ませんでした (polite past negative) Past negative of ます verbs.
- て-form basics Connective form used for requests, sequences, and progressives.
- Counters (人, 個, 本, 枚) Numbers + counter suffix vary by what you count.
- これ・それ・あれ・どれ Demonstrative pronouns: this / that / that-far / which.
- なに / だれ / どこ / いつ Question words: what / who / where / when.
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