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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 — は (topic marker)
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は (topic marker)
Marks the topic of the sentence. Pronounced 'wa'.
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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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — も (also)
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も (also)
Means 'also' / 'too'. Replaces は or を to express addition.
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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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — て-form basics
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て-form basics
Connective form used for requests, sequences, and progressives.
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Grammar N5 — Counters (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 — 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 — 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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