When you ask somebody to do something in Japanese, you say TE-form verbs and then KUDASAI (Please, or I would ask you to). The TE-form verbs are the conjugated form of verbs that end with TE or DE.

The base for learning is the audio for each lesson. First, tap or click the audio-play button with the lesson number 1 on each lesson’s page and listen to the entire lesson. In 10 minutes, you can ...

When we want to show respect to the listener or the person we are talking about, we say O or GO before nouns or adjectives concerning that person. For example, SHIGOTO (work) becomes OSHIGOTO. GENKI ...

In Japanese, "the first day" of a month is TSUITACHI. Originally, it meant the day when the moon rises. From the second to the tenth day, we say as follows: As I explained in Lesson 7, these words are ...

In Lesson 16, you learned to express more than one action in one sentence by linking the TE-form of verbs. If you add the particle KARA (after), after the TE-form of verbs, you can make it clear that ...

We call the verbs that end with MASU "the MASU-form of verbs." We use the MASU-form, when we speak politely. To make it a negative, we change MASU to MASEN. So, YOMIMASU (to read) becomes YOMIMASEN.

When you want to tell others what they are not allowed to do, you combine the NAI-form of verbs and DE KUDASAI, and say NAI DE KUDASAI (Please don't do it). For example, let's say "Please don’t go." ...

You use DESHÔ at the end of a sentence, when you talk about a prediction for the future or something uncertain. When you use it in combination with nouns or adjectives, you replace DESU at the end of ...

The Japanese language has three types of script, each with its own specific role. When you write WATASHI WA ANNA DESU (I'm Anna), the noun for "I," WATASHI, is written in "Kanji." WA, DESU and other ...

As in OMOSHIROSÔ (It seems interesting), if you add SÔ after an adjective, you can talk about what you think or guess, after you look at or listen to something. In Lesson 13, we said we have two kinds ...

In the past, the topic marker, WA, was pronounced as HA, and was spelled as HA. Its pronunciation has gradually changed to WA, but the spelling remains as HA. The same can be said about WA in ...

You have been learning basic Japanese for one year. As you have noticed, we choose either the polite or the casual way of speaking, depending on our relation with the listener. Anna always speaks in ...