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Today we will keep things a little simpler after a few heavy days of important grammar. We will look at some kanji that revolves around countries and languages, which as a learner, you will no doubt hear when listening to any sort of immersion aimed at learners. 人 (Jin) and 語 (Go) In Japanese If […]

Today we are looking at da and desu, which are very common and important parts of the Japanese language. This little bit of grammar is pretty straightforward, but as it is a little different to what you might find in English, it is often not explained every well and hopefully we can make sure that

Today we will be looking at a very important, but often misunderstood sentence particle, the  が (ga) particle. This one can really cause a lot of confusion for Japanese learners, but hopefully we can make sense of things here today. が(Ga) Particle – The Subject Marker The が (ga) marker shows us the subject of

Today we will be looking at theの (No) Particle, which is another common particle you will find in Japanese sentences and then we will have a quick look at some phrases you will hear at meal times. The Possessive の (No) Particle The No particle – の – is something you will see a lot

Today we are looking at two things, first a quick dip into the whole world of pitch accent, which I really think is something we need to be aware of, even if we can’t hear it yet. Then we will also look at how you can say “please” as the Japanese are a very polite

Today we are looking a small, but might piece of Japanese grammar, the は (wa) particle. This really is one of the cornerstones of Japanese. The particles are really important and this one is one of the most used, so understanding this is going to help us a lot. Luckily it’s pretty straight forward. The

Today we are looking going to look at how the Japanese say “This” or “That”. This may seem like a waste of time as it’s such a small thing, but it is actually important. They do things a little differently and this is something you will hear a lot in daily conversation, so it’s a

Today we will have a quick look at how names work in Japanese, as this is something you will quickly notice in your immersion. Then we will look at are first real piece of grammar, the い-Adjectives. Names In Japanese I’ve already touched on how the Japanese like to use different levels of formality when

Welcome to day 2. Today we are just going to look at how kanji works and the concept of Sentence Particles. There is nothing to complicated here today, and it may seem like we are going slow, but we have to just go over these basic things. They do help you in the long run.

Hopefully now you have learned hiragana and katakana and have Anki installed and are ready to learn some actual Japanese. We are going to take things easy, remember the aim of me showing your grammar is so that you have a rough idea what is going on and you can start to notice these things