The Volitional: ～よう The volitional—or more simply the “let’s “and “shall” form—helps us create a number of different phrases. Group 1…
Changing Nouns to Adjectives: ～的 的てき as a noun means “target” or “objective”; however, this kanji has one particularly useful grammatical usage: by…
Just Finished: 〜たばかり vs 〜たところ We now have two ways of expressing that an action has just taken place. For example, “I’ve just…
The Possessive Particle (の) The particle の is one of the easier particles to learn. Its most basic use is to denote…