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General Tips on Japanese
Lesson 1: It's a...
Lesson 2: Who is it?
Lesson 3: I am Japanese.
Lesson 4: Here and There
Lesson 5: Numbers
Lesson 6: I don't read.
Lesson 7: I go to school.
Lesson 8: I didn't eat meat.
Lesson 9: I want to drink.
Lesson 10: I study every     day.
Lesson 11: Let's go.
Lesson 12: It's in the car.
Lesson 13: I came by bus.
Lesson 14: It's red.
Lesson 15: She's quiet.
Lesson 16: It's not red.
Lesson 17: It wasn't red.
Lesson 18: It wasn't quiet.
Lesson 19: I read at the     library.
Lesson 20: I wanted to     swim.

Lesson 21: I like peaches.

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Youkoso - Welcome

Welcome to the Grammar Lessons section of Nihongo o Narau. This section is intended to break Japanese down into manageable sections starting from the very basics.

Don't like Romanized characters? If your computer can view Japanese characters, the lessons are also available in Japanese characters. View the Japanese script versions of the lessons.

Contents

General Tips on Japanese
     Japanese Word Order
     Particles
     Articles (a, an, the)
     Counters
     Nouns and Pronouns
     Name Suffixes

Lesson 1: It's a...
     ~desu, ~dewa arimasen, ~janai desu
     particle ka
      -san
Lesson 2: Who is it?
     particle wa
     particle no
Lesson 3: I am Japanese.
     
countries, nationalities (-jin), languages (-go)
Lesson 4: Here and There
     koko, soko, asoko, doko
     kono, sono, ano, dono
     kore, sore, are, dore
Lesson 5: Numbers
     numbers, counting
Lesson 6: I don't read.
     present positive/negative: ~masu, ~masen
     action verbs
     particle (w)o
Lesson 7: I go to school.
     direction verbs
     particle ni
     particle (h)e
     adding general time to sentences
Lesson 8: I didn't eat meat.
     past tense: ~mashita, ~masen deshita, ~deshita
      ~dewa arimasen deshita
Lesson 9: I want to drink.
     want to form: ~tai
Lesson 10: I study every day.
     introduction of school vocabulary 
    
review of adding general times
Lesson 11: Let's go.
     let's: ~mashou
     shall we?: ~mashou ka
     won't you?: ~masen ka
Lesson 12: It's in the car.
     location: ~ ni arimasu, ~ ni imasu
Lesson 13: I came by bus.
     by means of
     particle de
Lesson 14: It's red.
     i-adjectives
Lesson 15: She's quiet.
     na-adjectives
Lesson 16: It's not red.
     negative i-adjectives

Lesson 17: It wasn't red.
     past form i-adjectives
Lesson 18: It wasn't quiet.
     negative and past forms of na-adjectives
Lesson 19: I read at the library.
     action at locations
     particle de
Lesson 20: I wanted to swim.
     negative form of want to: ~takunai
     past form of want to : ~takatta

     past negative form of want to: ~takunakatta
Lesson 21: I like peaches.
     like and dislike sentence forms
     modifier amari
     plain negative past form of desu: janakatta

 
Schaum's Japanese Grammar Book

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