JLPT N5 Grammar: がほしい (ga hoshii) Meaning: want How to use: N + がほしい Explain: This sentence pattern expresses the speaker’s desire to possess something or someone. It is also used to ask about the listener’s desires. The object of desire is indicated by the particle [が] [ほしい] which is …
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JLPT N5 Grammar: たい (tai) Meaning: want to do something How to use: Verb-ますstem + たい Explain: You use たい to express a desire to do something. The direct object can be marked either by が or を. For example: 1. 日本へ行きたいです。 Nihon e ikitaidesu. I want to go to …
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JLPT N5 Grammar: てください (te kudasai) Meaning: Please do something How to use: Verb てform (te form) + ください Explain: This sentence pattern is used when the speaker wants command or advise the listener. When talking to superiors, elders do not use this sentence pattern with the meaning of command. …
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JLPT N5 Grammar: てもいいです (temo ii desu) Meaning: What is allowed? How to use: Vて + もいいです Explain: This sentence pattern is used to express permission to do something. If this sentence pattern becomes an interrogative sentence, we will get a permission sentence. When answering, pay attention to how to …
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JLPT N5 Grammar: ませんか (masen ka) Meaning: let’s; won’t you; wouldn’t you How to use: Verb-polite negative form + ませんか Explain: This sentence pattern is used to invite or ask the listener to do something together. For example: 1. 私と一緒に晩ごはんを食べませんか？ watshi to issho ni bangohan o tabemasen ka? Won’t you …
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JLPT N5 Grammar: 全然～ない (zenzen ~ nai) Meaning: absolutely ~ no; Not at all How to use: 全然 + V ない Explain: This sentence pattern is used to emphasize the negative Means completely…no, always go with the negative. For example: 1. お金が全然ありません。 Okane ga zenzen arimasen. I have no money. …
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JLPT N5 Grammar: ～から～まで (kara～made) Meaning: From … to… How to use: N + から ～ N + まで Explain: 「から」indicates the beginning of time and place, and 「まで」indicates the end point and time of the place. 「から」and 「まで」 do not necessarily go together, but can be used separately. For …
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JLPT N5 Grammar: が (ga) Meaning: subject marker Explain: 「が」is a serial particle and means “but”. When using 「が」 to join two sentences (clauses), we get one sentence. When you want to describe a natural phenomenon, use 「が」 before the subject. For example: 1. あなたがピアノを弾けるとは知りませんでした。 anata ga piano o hikeru …
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JLPT N5 Grammar: と (to) Meaning: and, with How to use: Noun + と + Noun Explain: We use the particle 「と」 to indicate that a certain object (person or animal) performs the same action. For example: 1. 私の人生と、私の名誉を救ってくれ。 watashi no jinsei to, watashi no meiyo o sukutte kure. Spare …
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JLPT N5 Grammar: に (ni) Meaning: in, at, on, to How to use: Noun + に For example: 1. どうやって学校に通っていますか？ dou yatte gakkou ni kayotte imasu ka? How do you go to school? 2. ここに名前を書いてください。 koko ni namae o kaite kudasai. Please write your name here. 3. かぞくと一緒に東京に住んでいます。 kazoku to …
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