All You Need to Know About Japanese Adjectives

Japanese adjective behaves differently than English adjective which we are familiar with. But these are all you need to know about it. 

Is Japanese hard? What is the best way to learn Japanese for beginner ?

“Is Japanese hard?” is what most people asked about before they start learning the language. In the article below, you will find the answer and also tips to have a smoother sail on your journey to learn Japanese, especially for beginners who just want to start their journey.

Katakana Reading Practice

We know that it’s hard to get a good practice for katakana so we try to make one for you. We hope you like it and help you to improve your reading skills! When you’re stumbled, check out our Katakana Guide, memorize them easily using mnemonics!. For additional sounds of Katakana, check out the second part of our guide here.

Japanese particle を

Particles are very important in Japanese since they indicate the relations of words within a sentence! Today we’re gonna learn one of the three most basic particles! Which is particle は, を and が.

Quick links to the other two particles lessons: Particle は | Particle が

Particle を

This particle is used with verbs, to mark something which is being affected by action/movement explained after it. Take a look at the example to easily understand the pattern.

Japanese particle が

Particles are very important in Japanese since they indicate the relations of words within a sentence! Today we’re gonna learn one of the three most basic particles! Which is particle は, を and が.

Quick links to the other two particles lessons: Particle は | Particle を

Particle が

This particle bring much confusion to people learning Japanese. One of the reason because it is being taught as subject marker. The same case as を, you will encounter many confusions if you think of が as marker for subject equivalent in English…
It’s better to just remember the common usage explained below to avoid any confusions with は.

Topic marker particle は

Particles are very important in Japanese since they indicate the relations of words within a sentence! Today we’re gonna learn one of the three most basic particles! Which is particle は, を and が.

Quick links to the other two particles lessons: Particle を | Particle が

Particle は

This is one of the most important things in Japanese.
This particles marks a topic of sentence. Topic is something that is not exist in English, but easy to grasp. Basically, it let us know what is the sentence is all about!

Pointing things/place/locations

With these words here, you will be able to point things/place/locations in Japanese. There usually a confusion in how to pick which pronouns to use. Actually there are a pattern in term of Japanese pronouns for things/place/locations. Depending on the usage, they start with KO, SO, A and DO syllable. After reading this post, we guarantee you won’t be confused anymore! Let’s start learning all about Japanese object/place pronouns!

Grammar Intro: Type of Verbs & Adjectives

Quick links: Verbs | Adjectives

Introduction again?

Why there are so many introduction ?? Anyway, there are Verbs and Adjectives in English. So why should we bother to read about them again ?

Why talking about verbs & adjective we already know?
Verbs & Adjectives have a specific types.

In Japanese, the core of grammar is in how to modified/conjugate the verbs, adjective, and nouns. And depending on the type of verbs/adjective, the formula will be different. That is why it’s important to know about the type first before starting to learn the basic sentence.

When in doubt, open up a calculator!

Numbers is one of important basic vocabularies you will be using when traveling in Japan. So let’s start counting! First we will cover ONE to TEN!

Introduction to Japanese Grammar

Here are some things will be useful to know before you start to learn Japanese grammar. It will make you brain prepared to learn Japanese grammar smoothly.

CHARACTERISTIC OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE