文法Grammar
What do you want to say?
Each lesson teaches something you can do in Japanese, starting simple and building up. Start at the top, or jump to what you need, with or without kana.
First sentences
This is thatSay what something is with ~は ~ですAsking questionsTurn a sentence into a question with か, and ask how with どうThis, that, over thereThe こ, そ, あ and ど word familiesLinking nouns with のMy book, a Japanese car, the red oneToo, and bothAdd things on with もLists of thingsと, や, とか and などThis or thatOffer a choice with か and それともNames and peopleさん, 様, 君, and groups with 達CountingNumbers, counters, and “each” with ずつEvery, and about毎, ごとに, ごろ and くらい
Verbs and descriptions
Doing thingsVerbs, を, and the many uses of するVerb formsPast, negative and polite forms, and the three verb groupsThere is, there areある for things and いる for living beingsDescribing thingsThe two kinds of adjective and how they changeHow muchあまり, 多い and 少ないLikes and dislikes好きだ, きらいだ and the ~は~が patternWantingWant a thing with ほしい and want to do with ~たいは and がWhat you're talking about, and what's newSeeing, hearing, understanding見える, 聞こえる and 分かる
Particles: where, when and who
に: where it landsPlaces, times, people and moreで: how and where it happensPlace, means, cause and limitGoing places行く, 来る, へ, and moving through or out of をFrom and untilから, まで and までにTogether withと for the person you do it withOnlyだけ, しか and ばかりEvenでも, and も with numbers and question wordsね and よCheck you agree, or tell someone something new
Linking sentences
Asking, advising and rules
Comparing and measuring
Time and change
Kinds of verbsWhy some verbs behave differently with ているIs doing, has done~ている, and knowing with 知るStill and alreadyまだ, もう and やはりIt opens, or you open itPairs of verbs that change or that you changeStarting and finishing~はじめる, ~出す and ~終わるTrying and preparing~てみる, ~ておく and ~てあるDone, and gone wrongFinishing and regret with ~てしまうAbout to, just didところだ, and how far away something isChanges that come and go~ていく and ~てくる for change over timeBecoming~なくなる, ~ようになる and ~にするLeft as it isKeep a state unchanged with まま
Giving and favors
If and when
What you think and know
Longer sentences
Describing with a whole sentenceRelative clauses: the book I boughtTurning verbs into nounsこと and のCan do~られる and ~ことが出来るHave you everExperience and sometimes with ~ことがあるIt's the one whoPut the focus last with ~のは~だSo that, in order toように, ようにする, ように言う, ため and のにEven thoughのに, かわりに and ~ことは~がJust likeCompare with ように and ようなHow forms connectWhich form each pattern takesReading long sentencesFind what modifies what