JLPT N5│Nihongo Library

Episodes

1. 10

   Very : とても Not very, not much : あまり

   Very : とても Not very, not much : あまり とても and あまり are placed before the adjective. とても can be translated by“very”in English. あまり is always used with the negative form. きょうは とても さむいです。 It is very cold today. サラは とても しんせつです。 Sarah is very kind. あのワインは あまり ゆうめいではありません。 That wine is not very famous.…

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   Mar 22, 2018
2. 9

   な-adjectives and determinative form of な-adjectives

   な-adjectives The な adjectives behave like the nouns. conjugation of the noun ほん : book ほんです ほんではありません ほんでした ほんではありませんでした conjugation of the な adjective べんり : useful べんりです べんりではありません べんりでした べんりではありませんでした サラさんは しんせつです。 Sarah is kind. あした、ひまではありません。 I’m not free tomorrow. あのワインは ゆうめいでした。 That wine…

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   Mar 22, 2018
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   Determinative form of い-adjectives

   Determinative form of い-adjectives The second form of the い-adjective is the determinative form. This serves to qualify the noun it accompanies. たかい ほん expensive book (book which is expensive) The determinant precedes the determined noun. It is an absolute rule in Japanese. それは むずかしいほんです。 That is…

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   Mar 11, 2018
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   い-adjectives

   い-adjectives In Japanese there are two types of adjectives (い-adjectives and な-adjectives). い adjectives end in ai, ii, ui or oi. small big hot interesting ちいさい おおきい あつい おもしろい い-adjectives conjugate in a different way than な-adjectives and nouns. Affirmative form, present ちいさいです。 It is small....

   Mar 11, 2018
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   Particle ね and particle よ

   Particle ね The particle ね puts at the end of the sentence to express approval, transmit the speaker’s feeling, and confirm what the speaker says. It means “right?”. にほんごは むずかしいですね。 Japanese language is difficult, isn’t it? このチョコレートは とても おいしいですね。 This chocolate is very delicious, isn’t it? いいですね。…

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   Mar 11, 2018
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   Particle も

   Particle も The particle も indicates an object that appears in addition to another object that has been introduced. It corresponds to “also”and “too”in English. It may follow structural particles except for は, が and を. A: サラさんは イギリスじんです。 B:クリスさんも イギリスじんです。 A: Sarah is British. B: Chris is also...

   Mar 8, 2018
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   こちら、 そちら、 あちら、 どちら

   こちら、 そちら、 あちら、 どちら You can’t use これ, それ, and あれ to refer a person. Instead you use こちら, そちら or あちら. The Japanese equivalents to the English “this” “that” and “who” are こちら、そちら、あちら and どちら. These are used in formal contexts. These also indicate direction. トイレは どちらですか? Where is the washroom? トイレは...

   Mar 8, 2018
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   Particle の

   Particle の In general the particle の puts between two nouns. You need to add the particle の no at the end of the added noun to indicate that it is a modifier. “Noun1 of Noun2” is expressed as.“Noun2 の Noun1”. Yet this の can be used more widely than the English “of”. It also makes adjectivals,...

   Mar 8, 2018
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   Personal pronouns

   Personal pronouns I You He She we You (plural) They (men) They (women) わたし あなた かれ かのじょ わたしたち あなたたち かれら かのじょたち Personal pronouns are usually omitted. The Japanese rarely use pronouns such as it, I, you, and he.Instead, you can say the name of the person you are talking to or about. The...

   Mar 8, 2018
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    Particle が

    Partícula が We have seen that the particle は (wa) indicates the subject of a sentence but the particle が (ga) also indicates it. The particle は (wa) cannot be marked interrogative pronouns such as だれ(dare) who, なに(nani) what, どれ(dore) which one, etc. You have to need the particle が and don’t…

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    Mar 6, 2018