🌱 Basic Grammar

This section covers the fundamental building blocks of Japanese grammar. Before you can construct complex sentences, you need to understand these core concepts.

Topics Covered

1. 💬 State of Being: How to say “is” or “am” (da/desu).
2. 🔗 Introduction to Particles: Defining subject, topic, and object.
3. 🎨 Adjectives: Describing things with i-adjectives and na-adjectives.
4. ⚡ Verb Basics: The role of verbs and basic conjugations.
5. 🚫 Negative Verbs: How to say something does not happen.
6. ⏮️ Past Tense: Talking about what happened in the past.
7. 🤝 Te-form: Connecting actions and making requests.
8. 🧩 Relative Clauses: Modifying nouns with verb phrases.
9. ✨ Sentence-ending Particles: Adding nuance/tone to sentences.
10. 🔀 Compound Sentences: Combining multiple thoughts.
11. 🔄 Transitive & Intransitive Verbs: Pairs of verbs for self-action vs. acting on something.
12. 📊 Conjugation Reference: A comprehensive summary table of all major verb and adjective conjugations.

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Table of contents

• State of Being
• Introduction to Particles
• Adjectives
• Verb Basics
• Negative Verbs
• Past Tense
• Te-form
• Relative Clauses
• Sentence-ending Particles
• Compound Sentences
• Transitive & Intransitive
• Conjugation Reference