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grammar_n5_001 · Grammar N5 · info
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Grammar N5Aは Bです (X is Y)

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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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grammar_n5_002 · Grammar N5 · info
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Grammar N5は (topic marker)

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は (topic marker)
Marks the topic of the sentence. Pronounced 'wa'.
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grammar_n5_003 · Grammar N5 · info
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Grammar N5が (subject marker)

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が (subject marker)
Marks the grammatical subject, often new information.
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grammar_n5_004 · Grammar N5 · info
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Grammar N5を (direct object marker)

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を (direct object marker)
Marks the direct object of a transitive verb. Pronounced 'o'.
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grammar_n5_005 · Grammar N5 · info
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Grammar N5に (location / time marker)

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に (location / time marker)
Marks a destination, point in time, or static location.
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grammar_n5_006 · Grammar N5 · info
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Grammar N5で (means / place of action)

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で (means / place of action)
Marks the means/method, or the place where an action occurs.
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grammar_n5_007 · Grammar N5 · info
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Grammar N5と (with / and)

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と (with / and)
Joins nouns ('and'), or marks a person you do an action with.
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grammar_n5_008 · Grammar N5 · info
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Grammar N5か (question marker)

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か (question marker)
Placed at the end of a sentence to make it a question.
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grammar_n5_009 · Grammar N5 · info
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Grammar N5も (also)

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も (also)
Means 'also' / 'too'. Replaces は or を to express addition.
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grammar_n5_010 · Grammar N5 · info
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Grammar N5の (possessive / modifier)

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の (possessive / modifier)
Connects two nouns; expresses possession or modification.
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grammar_n5_011 · Grammar N5 · info
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Grammar N5い-adjective basics

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い-adjective basics
Adjectives ending in い. Conjugate by changing the い ending.
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grammar_n5_012 · Grammar N5 · info
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Grammar N5な-adjective basics

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な-adjective basics
Use な before nouns; use です to predicate.
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grammar_n5_013 · Grammar N5 · info
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Grammar N5ます-form (polite verbs)

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ます-form (polite verbs)
Polite present/future verb form. Negation: ません.
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grammar_n5_014 · Grammar N5 · info
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Grammar N5ません (polite negative)

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ません (polite negative)
Negative form of ます verbs.
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grammar_n5_015 · Grammar N5 · info
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Grammar N5ました (polite past)

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ました (polite past)
Past tense of ます verbs.
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grammar_n5_016 · Grammar N5 · info
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Grammar N5ませんでした (polite past negative)

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ませんでした (polite past negative)
Past negative of ます verbs.
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grammar_n5_017 · Grammar N5 · info
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Grammar N5て-form basics

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て-form basics
Connective form used for requests, sequences, and progressives.
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grammar_n5_018 · Grammar N5 · info
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Grammar N5Counters (人, 個, 本, 枚)

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Counters (人, 個, 本, 枚)
Numbers + counter suffix vary by what you count.
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grammar_n5_019 · Grammar N5 · info
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Grammar N5これ・それ・あれ・どれ

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これ・それ・あれ・どれ
Demonstrative pronouns: this / that / that-far / which.
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grammar_n5_020 · Grammar N5 · info
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Grammar N5なに / だれ / どこ / いつ

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なに / だれ / どこ / いつ
Question words: what / who / where / when.
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