Japanese Grammar

Japanese Te Form verb group two

Te form for group two Japanese verbs are pretty much straight forward. The general rule is to replace ます (masu) with て (te). Lets have a look on te form for group two verbs. HiraganaKanjiMeaning Te formReading あびます浴びますto take bath あびてabite います居ますto exist (object can move) いてite いれます入れますto enter いれてirete うけます受けますto receive/get うけてukete おきます起きますto get … Read more

Japanese Te Form verb group one

Japanese te form is important since it is used in various kinds of grammatical statements. With te form it is easy to joint multiple actions in one sentence. First lets learn some rules before diving into the chart. RULES: If you have い, ち, り in the word then add ってExample:あいます becomes あってたちます becomes たってあります … Read more

Group three Japanese Verbs

Japanese verbs are three types. It is necessary to catch which verb belongs to which group in order to make correct grammatical changes which of course necessary to build a sentence correctly. How to identify group three verbs? It is possible to divide the word into two words. For example:べんきょう + します whereべんきょう means study … Read more

Group two Japanese Verbs

Japanese verbs are important to understand Japanese grammar and the grammar is necessary to use Japanese language correctly. There are three groups in Japanese verbs. Lets have a look on group two Japanese verbs. HiraganaKanji ReadingMeaning あびます浴びます abimasuto take bath います居ます imasuto exist (object can move) いれます入れます iremasuto enter うけます受けます ukemasuto receive/get おきます起きます okimasuto get … Read more

Group one Japanese Verbs

Japanese verbs are divided into three parts. They are group one, group two and group three. To understand and apply Japanese grammar correctly you need to understand which group the verb belongs to. On this post we will have a look on group one Japanese verbs. HiraganaKanji ReadingMeaning あいます会います aimasuto see あそびます遊びます asobimasuto play あらいます洗います … Read more

i adjective in Japanese

Japanese language has adjectives. It is an important part of Japanese grammar. There are 2 types of adjective: na-adjective and i-adjective. On this article we will learn about i-adjective in Japanese language. HiraganaKanji ReadingMeaning おおきい大きい ookiibig ちいさい小さい chisaismall/short ひくい低い hikuilow ながい長い nagailong みじかい短い mijikaishort たかい高い takaihigh (building/mountain) たかい高い takaiexpensive やすい安い yasuicheap おもい重い omoiheavy かるい軽い karuilight … Read more

Na adjective in Japanese

Japanese language has adjectives. It is an important part of Japanese grammar. There are 2 types of adjective: na-adjective and i-adjective. On this article we will learn about na-adjective in Japanese language. HiraganaKanji ReadingMeaning かんたんな簡単な kantan-naeasy ひまな熱な hima-nanot busy きれいな綺麗な kirei-nabeautiful/clean にぎやかな賑やかな nigiyaka-nalively/busy (area) しずかな静かな shizuka-naquiet (area) べんりな便利な benri-naconvenient ふべんな不便な fuben-nainconvenient げんきな元気な genki-naenergetic/healthy しんせつな親切な shinsetsu-nakind … Read more

Common Japanese Verbs

For every language verbs plays an essential role. Having said that, Japanese language is no exception i.e. Japanese language also has verbs and people who wants to learn Japanese should have a good confidence over Japanese verbs. Today we will learn about common verbs in Japanese language which are being used in everyday life. Lets … Read more

Arimasu vs Imasu in Japanese

How to mention somethings or someones existence in Japanese? There is a difference for mentioning them in Japanese language. Sometimes あります (arimasu) is being used, other times います (imasu) is being used. We will know the difference between あります (arimasu) and います (imasu). When a thing cannot move by itself, to mention its existence あります … Read more