Because (から, ので) We have already seen one way to express a reason or cause by using the te form. 電車でんしゃが遅おくれて、会社かいしゃに遅刻ちこくしました。…
A Comprehensive Guide to the “te” Form The te form is without doubt one of the most used and important conjugations in Japanese grammar. Unfailingly,…
The Volitional: ～よう The volitional—or more simply the “let’s “and “shall” form—helps us create a number of different phrases. Group 1…
Expressing “Want” in Japanese (～たい) To express the desire “to want” we take the stem of the verb (i.e. the present polite form…
Expressing the Potential (できる) In order to express the potential in Japanese we need to alter the verb ending. The way we…
Movement Towards an Action Movement towards action refers to sentences like the following: I am going to eat. I am coming to…
Comparisons within a Group This phrase let’s us say things like, “Out of all my school subjects, I like history the most”.…
Embedding Questions in Sentences We embed questions in sentences all the time by making them subordinate to the main clause, e.g. “I…
Combining Particles (への, での, との) Like は and も, the possessive particle の can also append itself to other particles to help modify…
Ending Particles (よ, ね, よね) Now that we’re beginning to form more complex sentences it is a good time to introduce two particles…
The Directional Particle (へ) The directional particle へ could be said to be a more literary version of the target particle に…
Creating Partial Lists (や, など, とか) We know we can connect nouns with the と particle like so: 野菜やさいと 魚さかなと 牛乳ぎゅうにゅうと 水みず。 Vegetables and fish and milk…