JLPT N4 Grammar: 予定です (yotei desu) Meaning: plan…; intended How to use: Vる + 予定です Nの + 予定です Explain: Expresses an intention, schedule or plan that has been decided, not the mere intention of the speaker, not used with everyday happenings. For example: 1. 私は旅行へ行く予定です。 Watashi wa ryokō e iku …
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JLPT N4 Grammar: なら (nara) Meaning: if; if it is the case that; as for How to use: Verb-casual + (の)なら Noun + (の)なら いadj + (の)なら なadj + (の)なら Explain: Used to express some information about the topic that the conversation partner raised earlier. For example: 1. ものを頼むなら、忙しい人に頼め。 mono …
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JLPT N4 Grammar: たら (tara) Meaning: if… then; after; when How to use: Vた + ら Noun + だったら いadj – たform + ら なadj + だったら Explain: This sentence pattern is used to express that a certain action or behavior will be done, or a certain situation will happen, a …
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JLPT N4 Grammar: てみる (te miru) Meaning: try to (do something) How to use: Verb-てform + みる Explain: This sentence pattern expresses the desire to try something For example: 1. 一度その珍しい料理が食べてみたい。 Ichido sono mezurashī ryōri ga tabete mitai. I want to try that rare dish once. 2. パンダ はまだ見たことがない。一度見てみたいと思っている。 Panda wa …
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JLPT N4 Grammar: そうです (sou desu) Meaning: Looks; seems… How to use: verb formます (bỏ ます) + そうです: Adjective -i ( い) + そうです。 Adjective -na ( な) + そうです。 Explain: 『そうです』Used in the case of expressing the speaker’s judgment and assessment based on what he has seen, the information collected from …
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JLPT N4 Grammar: そうに / そうな (sou ni / sou na) Meaning: seem; look like How to use: Verb-ますstem + そうな + Noun Verb-ますstem + そうに + Verb なadjective + そうな + Noun なadjective + そうに + Verb いadjective (remove い) + そうな + Noun Explain: Used in the case …
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JLPT N4 Grammar: ～し (~shi) Meaning: and; and what’s more How to use: Verb-casual + し いadj + し なadj + だし Noun + だし Explain: You use ~し to list reasons for multiple states or actions. For example: 1. 彼女は疲れている。頭痛がするし、背中も痛い。 kanojo wa tsukarete iru. zutsuu ga suru shi, senaka …
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JLPT N4 Grammar: つもりです (tsumori desu) Meaning: Will; intend to do… How to use: [Infinitive verb] + つもりです [verb form ない] + つもりです Explain: Expresses the speaker’s intention to do something, this intention is thought up to now, not a spontaneous intention that occurs while speaking. For example: 1. 彼は日本に留学するつもりです。 …
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JLPT N4 Grammar: と思う (to omou) Meaning: to think…; I think…; you think… How to use: Verb/いadj + と思う Noun/なadj + だと思う For example: 1. その件は前も話したと思うけど？ sono ken wa mae mo hanashita to omou kedo. I think we talked about that. 2. 日本に留学すると思う。 Nihon ni ryuugaku suru to omou. I …
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JLPT N4 Grammar: しか～ない (shika~nai) Meaning: only; nothing but How to use: しか + Verb-ないform For example: 1. 朝はコーヒーしか飲まない。 Asa wa koohii shika nomanai. I only drink coffee in the morning 2. 10分しか待てません。 Juppun shika matemasen. I can only wait 10 minutes 3. こんなことは友達にしか話せません。 Konna koto wa tomodachi ni shika …
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