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The Japanese grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. The grammatical rules below are the most important in Japanese and help connect words or shape the structure. We start with the prepositions:
To ask questions, use the following:
What?: 何が? [nani ga?] ![]() |
Who?: 誰が? [dare ga?] ![]() |
How?: どのように? [dono you ni?] ![]() |
Why?: なぜ? [naze?] ![]() |
Where?: どこ? [doko?] ![]() |
Some of the most important time adverbs:
Never: 決して [kesshite] ![]() |
Rarely: まれに [mare ni] ![]() |
Sometimes: 時々 [tokidoki] ![]() |
Usually: 通常 [tsuujou] ![]() |
Always: いつも [itsumo] ![]() |
Very: とても [totemo] ![]() |
Most commonly used pronouns in Japanese:
I: 私は [watashi wa] ![]() |
You: あなたは [anata wa] ![]() |
He: 彼は [kare wa] ![]() |
She: 彼女は [kanojo wa] ![]() |
We: 私たちは [watashi tachi wa] ![]() |
They: 彼らは [karera wa] ![]() |
To express the possession of something [possessive form]:
My: 私の [watashi no] ![]() |
Your: あなたの [anata no] ![]() |
His: 彼の [kare no] ![]() |
Her: 彼女の [kanojo no] ![]() |
Our: 私たちの [watashi tachi no] ![]() |
Their: 彼らの [karera no] ![]() |
Some random verbs to show how it's being used:
Some extra grammatical structures:
The above Japanese grammar can provide tools to use in coordination with the Japanese vocabulary to obtain some popular Japanese phrases.
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Did you know? Grammar can help you increase your vocabulary dramatically. Grammar is like a tool which helps you manipulate words in a sentence by changing the shape and location of a word to create something new out of the old one. |