We finished Lesson 2 with success! ぶじにしゅうりょうしました ぶじ　= no problem しゅうりょう　= finish  

Donna + noun  = what type [noun] Donna + sushi = What type of sushi _______ ga suki desu      I like [so and so]   Donna + sushi ga suki desuka?     Tamago sushi ga sushi desu. What type of sushi do you like?  I like egg sushi

Really easy to “make new verbs” in Japanese べんきょう benkyo (study) + shimasu = to study うんてん unten (drive) + shimasu = to drive かじ　kaji (housework) + shimasu = to do house work せんたく　sentaku (laundry) + shimasu = to do laundry さんぽ　sanpo (walk) + shimasu = to take a walk そうじ　sooji (cleaning) + shimasu = […]

There are 3 groups of verbs. Group 1 verbs: (when in plain form) that end in “u” column such as u, ku, su, mu, nu and etc. These verbs require one extra step when changed to masu (polite) form. We cut off the last hiragana and then add a new hiragana in the “i” column […]

なに、だれ、いつ、どこ　are marked by particle が because the speaker is asking for new information なにがいいですか？ nani ga ii desuka? What is good? ( = what do you want?) だれがいいですか？ dare ga ii desuka? Who is good? ( = who do you want?) いつがいいですか？ itsu ga ii desuka? When is good? ( = when do you want?) どこがいいですか？doko […]

Kyo city ni ikimasu.  Why there is no wa behind kyo? Answer is really simple because kyo (today) is not the subject   I go to city today  “I” is the subject. Therefore, wa needs to go behind “I”.   The sentence can be written: Watashi wa kyo city ni ikimasu.   However, in real […]

「　　　　」~ という　to iu called ~ 「　　　　　　」 「Birdnest」といういざかや　=　「Birdnest」to iu izakaya = Izakaya called 「Birdnest」 「Birdnest」といういざかやがすきです。[Birdnest] to iu izakaya ga suki desu. I like an izakaya called 「Birdnest」 Yakitori, here I come~

1) いっしょに〜しませんか？(Shimasen ka?) = wouldn’t you do (something) with me 2) 〜しましょうか。(shimashou!) = Let’s do (something)   They are very similar but ~Shimasenka has a more polite nuance and difficult for people to answer “No”.  はなみをしませんか？　Wouldn’t you do Hanami with me?      

Dare, Itsu, Doshite, Nani, Doko, doo~ 5W2H are some of most commonly used questions in Japanese. “What” can be both “nani” and “nan” depending on what comes after it, “what” is nan when it comes before words starting with “d” and “to” When Dare, Itsu, Doshite, Nani, and Doko are used as subject, “ga” is […]

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