First Sentences
N5The grammar that gets you speaking: sentence structure, particles, adjectives and verbs. If you read Hindi, this module will feel unexpectedly familiar.
11 lessons · about 73 minutes
The grammar that gets you speaking: sentence structure, particles, adjectives and verbs. If you read Hindi, this module will feel unexpectedly familiar.
- The shape of a Japanese sentenceVerb last, markers after words, and anything obvious simply left out.7m
- です and saying what things areThe X は Y です frame: your first complete sentence.6m
- は and が: the hard one, earlyTwo particles that both look like "the subject". The difference is topic versus new information.8m
- The particles you need dailyを, に, で, へ, と, も, から, まで: what each one marks.9m
- これ, それ, あれ: this and thatJapanese splits "that" into two: near you, and near neither of us.5m
- Adjectives: い and なTwo types, and only one of them conjugates.7m
- Verbs and the ます formThree verb groups, one polite ending, and no agreement to worry about.8m
- Past tense and negativesFour endings that cover every polite verb form you need at N5.5m
- The て formOne form, many uses: requests, joining sentences, and actions in progress.8m
- ある and いる: existenceTwo verbs for "there is", split by whether the thing is alive.5m
- Question wordsWhat, who, where, when, why and how, plus the counting question 何.5m