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Today we are looking at how the に (ni) particle can works with other verbs, to create new phrases. This can all get very technical, but if we just step back and look at what is going on it is pretty logically, so lets look at it. に行く(ni iku) – Go To Do The first […]

Today we are looking at another sentence marker, the や (ya) particle. This one is pretty common and also very straight forward, so let’s get in to it.  The や (ya) Particle The や (ya) particle basically means “and” in a sentence …but its different than the と(to) particle, which we have already covered on

Today we are looking at the word for “why” and like a lot of things in Japanese there are a few different ways to say this depending on  the context, so let’s go through how you can do this. Saying “Why” In Japanese As I just mentioned, there is more than one way to say

Today we are looking at another of the Japanese sentence particles,  the よ(yo) particle. This one is really straight forward, but it can be confused with some other particles, so lets look at it and make sense of things. The よ (yo) Particle You will usually find the よ (yo) particle at end of a

Today we are looking at the ね (ne) particle, which is very common in Japanese, especially in the spoken language where you are going to hear it non-stop, so lets look at what it’s all about. The ね (ne) Particle In Japanese You will often find ね (ne) at the end of sentences, and this

Today we are looking at another sentence particle or maker …the も (mo) particle. This one is also pretty straightforward so let’s get into it and see how it works.  The も (mo) Particle In Japanese The もparticle is used to say “also” or “too” and is used when you want to describe similarities in

Today we are looking at how to say that a noun is “not” which sounds strange, but, this is all very simple and will make sense when you see the examples. じゃない (janai) – Not If we think about English, we can say things like “the ball …is not …” and then whatever else we

Today we are looking at how to tell the time in Japanese. This is all pretty straight forward, but very good information to know. As we have already covered how to count, you should find the extra little bit of information I give you here makes everything just fall into place, so lets get started.

Today we are looking at another important sentence particle in Japanese, the object particle. There is maybe a little more to go through here than some of the other ones, so let’s get in to it. を Isn’t Pronounced Wo I am sure you recognise the hiragana letter を …wo. However, when it is used

Today will be learning how to count In Japanese If you have been following my daily vocabulary list, you should have learned the numbers 1-10 by now, and while this is only the first few numbers, you can now count to pretty much any number you want …but we will go through that now Counting