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What is the difference between: どこかで and どこかに (Somewhere / Anywhere / Where ) Today I’m going to talk about the difference between どこかで and どこかに in Japanese! The two particles that you see (で and に) change the meaning of both these words that otherwise seem very similar! And …

Japanese Verb たべる (to eat) General: Meaning: To eat Kanji: 食べる Hiragana: たべる Particles: (object) を Conjugation: ( type:　 verb, positive・ verb, negative ) Present, plain:　たべる・たべない Present, polite:　たべます・たべません Past, plain:　たべた・たべなかった Past, polite:　たべました・たべませんでした Te-form:　たべて Potential, plain:　たべられる・たべられない Potential, polite:　たべられます・たべられません Volitional, plain:　たべよう Volitional, polite:　たべましょう Imperative: 　たべろ・たべるな Example: 今日、何を食べましたか。 What did you eat today? …

Common Japanese Homophones Today I will be talking about Japanese homophones and when to use them. These are the ones that I used to have a lot of trouble with, but there are a lot more so I encourage you to research/study more homophones. 1.　あつい 暑い　“used when talking about the …

Demonstrative Pronouns in Japanese: これ, それ, あれ Today we’re going to look at demonstrative pronouns in Japanese! Essentially these pronouns mean ‘this’ or ‘that’ in English but it’s a little tricky deciphering the difference between them, since there are a lot of versions of these words in Japanese. これ, それ, …

25 Different Languages in Japanese 「語」/go/: Language In most cases, the name of a language will be the name of the country where it is spoken with the suffix「語」. However, there’re also some exceptions*. 1．英語* /ei-go/: English 2．フランス語 /furansu-go/: French 3．ドイツ語 /doitsu-go/: German 4．オランダ語 /oranda-go/: Dutch 5．北京語* /pekin-go/: Mandarin 6．スウェーデン語 …

How to talk about Duration in Japanese 期間 /kikan/: Duration For hours, add 時間 /jikan/ after the numbers. Some irregular readings: 4時間 /yo-jikan/: 4 hours 9時間 /ku-jikan/: 9 hours *1時間半 /ichi-jikan-han/: one and a half hour (we normally say this instead of 1 時間30分 /ichi-jikan-san-jup-pun/) →　「何時間」/nan-jikan/: how many hours For …

How to say “What” in Japanese 「何」: What There are two different ways to say「何」:「なん」/nan/ and「なに」/nani/. Now, the real question is how can we know when to use what? Here are some quick tips for you guys: 「なん」/nan/ When it stands after words that have “d”, “t” and “n” sound. …

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