ようこそ - 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.

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Contents

Lesson 1: It's a...
     ~です, ~ではありません, ~じゃないです
     particle か
      -さん
Lesson 2: Who is it?
     particle は
     particle の
Lesson 3: I am Japanese.
     countries, nationalities (-じん), languages (-ご)
Lesson 4: Here and There
     ここ、そこ、あそこ、どこ
     この、その、あの、どの
     これ、それ、あれ、どれ
Lesson 5: Numbers
     numbers, counting
Lesson 6: I don't read.
     present positive/negative: ~ます, ~ません
     action verbs
     particle を
Lesson 7: I go to school.
     direction verbs
     particle に
     particle へ
     adding general time to sentences
Lesson 8: I didn't eat meat.
     past tense: ~ました, ~ません　でした, ~でした
      ~では　ありません　でした
Lesson 9: I want to drink.
     want to form: ~たい
Lesson 10: I study every day.
     introduction of school vocabulary 
    review of adding general times
Lesson 11: Let's go.
     let's: ~ましょう
     shall we?: ~ましょうか
     won't you?: ~ませんか
Lesson 12: It's in the car.
     location: ~ に　あります, ~ に　います
Lesson 13: I came by bus.
     by means of
     particle で
Lesson 14: It's red.
     い-adjectives
Lesson 15: She's quiet.
     な-adjectives
Lesson 16: It's not red.
     negative い-adjectives
Lesson 17: It wasn't red.
     past form い-adjectives
Lesson 18: It wasn't quiet.
     negative and past forms of な-adjectives
Lesson 19: I read at the library.
     action at locations
     particle で
Lesson 20: I wanted to swim.
     negative form of want to: ~たくない
     past form of want to : ~たかった
     past negative form of want to: ~たくなかった
Lesson 21: I like peaches.
     like and dislike sentence forms
     modifier あまり
     plain negative past form of です: じゃなかった