The Possessive Particle (の) The particle の is one of the easier particles to learn. Its most basic use is to denote…
Modifying Nouns with Verbs & Adjectives This is how we add something descriptive to nouns. Verbs To modify a noun with a verb we need…
I-Adjectives & Na-Adjectives There are two types of adjectives in Japanese: i-adjectives and na-adjectives. The type of adjective is determined by…
The Topic Particle & State of Being There is one verb that I’m going to introduce immediately: the auxiliary verb (です). In English, we use…
Hiragana & Katakana Hiragana and katakana are the two syllabaries in Japanese. Hiragana is used to form the grammar of the…
Basic Japanese Verb Conjugations There are three different groups of verbs in Japanese—referred to as group 1, 2, and 3 in textbooks.…
Japanese: A Language of Particles I’m going to introduce a full Japanese sentence to give you an idea of the grammatical structure because…
To Desu or Not to Desu As you may already be aware, the Japanese language includes honorifics and there are a number of different…
The Japanese Scripts: Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji There are three core scripts in Japanese: kanji, hiragana, and katakana. In addition, romaji is used to give…