Learn JLPT N5 Grammar: たことがある (ta koto ga aru) Meaning: Have done something before How to use: Verb-plain past + ことがある Explain: This sentence pattern is used to show that someone has done something in the past. Used to… Example sentences: 1. わたしは韓国へ行ったことがあります。 Watashi wa kankoku e itta koto ga …
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Learn JLPT N5 Grammar: ている (teiru) Meaning: be doing something How to use: Vて + いる Vて + います Explain: Describes an action in progress. Describes a state (which is the result of an action) that remains, continues in the present. Used to talk about habits, habits (ie behaviors that are …
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Learn JLPT N5 Grammar: たり～たり (tari~tari) Meaning: do such things like How to use: N（は／が）V1 + たり + V2 + たり + する Example sentences: 1. コピーをとったり、ワープロを打ったり、今日は一日中忙しかった。 Kopii o tottari, waapuro o uttari, kyou wa ichinichijuu isogashikatta. Today is busy all day, which is the photo, which is the computer …
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Learn JLPT N5 Grammar: なる (naru) Meaning: to become How to use: Noun + になる なadjective + になる いadjective remove い + くなる Explain: Means “to become”, it denotes a change in state or quality Example sentences: 1. 暗くなる前に家に帰りたい。 kurakunaru mae ni ie ni kaeritai. I want to go home before it …
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Learn JLPT N5 Grammar: や (ya) Meaning: and How to use: Noun + や + Noun Explain: や is used to link nouns in an incomplete list. Example sentences: 1. アユミは深刻な病気や、ほかの困難に打ち勝った。 ayumi wa shinkoku na byouki ya, hoka no konnan ni uchikatta. Ayumi overcame a serious illness and other challenges. …
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Learn JLPT N5 Grammar: ～と同じ (to onaji) Meaning: Same as How to use: N + と同じだ Vの + と同じだ Explain: Describe two things that are similar in both substance and form. Example sentences: 1. この本はあの本と出版社が同じだ。 Kono hon hā no hon to shubbansha ga onajida. This book is from the same …
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Learn JLPT N5 Grammar: ほど～ない (hodo ~ nai) Meaning: No… equal to How to use: N1 は N2 ほど ～ ない Explain: Expressing the meaning N1 compared to N2 is not equal. Expressing the idea of taking N2 as a standard to compare, then N1 is not equal to N2 …
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Learn JLPT N5 Grammar: より～ほうが ~ (yori~hou ga) Meaning: more than How to use: Noun 1 より Noun 2 の方が … Verb-phrase 1 より V-phrase 2 方が … い-adjective 1 より い-adjective 2 方が … な-adjective 1 より い-adjective 2 な方が … Explain: You use より ~ の方が ~to make comparisons in Japanese. Example sentences: 1. 木を彫るほうが、石よりずっと簡単だ。 ki …
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Learn JLPT N5 Grammar: まだ (mada) Meaning: still; not yet How to use: まだ + Verb Example sentences: 1. 発車の予定時刻までにまだ十分はあった。 hassha no yotei jikoku made ni mada juppun wa atta. There was still ten minutes before the train was due to start. 2. ぼくはまだあきらめてないんだぞ。 boku wa mada akirametenain da zo. …
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Learn JLPT N5 Grammar: もう～ました (mou-mashita) Meaning: Done…; Something is done How to use: もう + V + ました もう + V + た. Explain: Describe a completed action Example sentences: 1. もう宿題をしましたか? Mou shukudai o shimashita ka? Have you done your homework yet? 2. もう晩御飯を食べましたか? Mou ban gohan o …
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