Category Archives: Japanese Lessons

Lesson 9 Noun Adjectives

Today we will continue with adjective conjugation specifically “noun” adjectives as in the last lesson we learned “i” い adjectives. Here are some “Noun” adjectives: Kirei きれい (Pretty remember this is a exception…

Lesson 8 Adjective Conjugation

In this lesson I will introduce adjective conjugation. This does not exist in English in they way it does in Japanese. It is very important that your learn this, as…

Lesson 7 The Particle “O”

In this lesson we will learn the object particle “o” を. When used in writing the hiragana used for this particle is “wo” を. An easy verb to lean that uses this particle is…

Lesson 6 Verbs Ikimasu and Kimasu

In this lesson we will lean two basic verbs, the verb “to go” and the verb ” to come” To go – Dictionary form  “iku” いく polite form “ikimasu” いきます. to come- Dictionary form “kuru” くる polite…

Lesson 5 Position Words

In this lesson we will learn position words using “arimasu” あります and “imasu” います. Here are some position words: ue うえ (on) , shita した (under), soba そば (beside), mukou むこう(opposite side), ushiro うしろ (behind). When using these position words the particle “ni” に is added to after the position word…

Lesson 4 The Verb Imasu

In this lesson we will lean the verb “imasu” います which is the verb to be for living things. DO NOT use this verb with non-living things. The verb learned in Lesson 3 “arimasu”…

Lesson 3 The Verb Arimasu

Now we will lean the verb “arimasu” あります which is the verb “to be” for inanimate objects. This is a very important verb that you will use in almost every…

Lesson 2 Counting in Japanese

This lesson is about counting. The best way to learn this is just to say the Japanese numbers over and over until you get used to them.  Japanese uses different…

Lesson 1 Basic Grammar

The basic lesson will be taught with roman letters and Hiragana. I suggest that the best way is to learn hiragana and then follow the lesson or do both at the same time….