Minna no Nihongo

Minna No Nihongo Lesson 10 Grammar  1. N があります/ いま This sentence pattern is used to indicate the existence or presence of a thing(s) or person(s). The thing(s) or person(s) in such a sentence is treated as the subject and marked with the particle が. ありますis used when what is …

Minna No Nihongo Lesson 9 Grammar 1. N が  あります/ わかります and N が  好きです/ 嫌いです/ 上手です/ 下手です The object of a transitive verb is marked with を. However, objects of the verbs あります and わかります are marked with が. Such adjectives as すきです, きらいです, じょうずですand へたです require objects, and these …

Minna No Nihongo Lesson 8 Grammar 1. Adjective­­­s Adjectives are used as 1) predicates and 2) noun modifiers. They inflect and are divided into two groups, い-adjectives and な-adjectives, according to the inflection. 2. N は な-adj [な]です/ N は い-adj (…い) です ですat the end of an adjective sentence …

Minna No Nihongo Lesson 7 Grammar  1. N (tool/means) で V The particle で indicates a method or a mean used for an action. はしで 食べます。                        I eat with chopsticks. 日本語でレポートを書きます。 I write a report in Japanese.   2. …

Minna No Nihongo Lesson 6 Grammar 1. N を V (transitive) を is used to indicate the direct object of a transitive verb. ジュースを 飲みます。 I drink juice. [Note] を and お are pronounced the same. The former is used only in writing the particle.  2.N を します The words …

Minna No Nihongo Lesson 5 Grammar 1. N (place) へ 行きます / 来ます / 帰ります When a verb indicates movement to a certain place, the particle へ is put after the place noun to show the direction of the move. 京都へ 行きます。       I will go to Kyoto. 日本へ …

Minna No Nihongo Lesson 4 Grammar 1. 今 – 時 – 分です To express time, the counter suffixes 時 (o’clock) and 分 (minutes) are used. The number are put before them. 分 is read ふん after 2, 5, 7 or 9 and ぶん after 1, 3, 4, 6, 8 or 10. …

Minna No Nihongo Lesson 3 Grammar 1.ここ / そこ / あそこ / こちら / そちら / あちら The demonstratives これ, それ and あれ that are discussed in Lesson 2 refer to a thing, while これ, それ and あれ refer to a place. ここ is the place where the speaker is, そこ …

Minna No Nihongo Lesson 2 Grammar 1. これ /  それ / あれ これ, それ and あれ are demonstratives. They work as nouns. これ refers to a thing  near the listener. それ refers to a thing near the listener.  あれ refers to a thing  far from the speaker and listener. それは …

Minna No Nihongo Lesson 1 Grammar 1. N1 は N２ です。 1) Particle は The particle は indicates that the words before it is the topic of the sentence. You select a noun you want to talk about, add は to show that it is the topic and give a statement about …