Auxiliary

Roshia ni itta koto ga arimasu You can express your experiences by using the ta-form, which is the short past form in Japanese. …ta koto ga arimasu “Koto” means “thing” and is used to indicate an experience. The phrase “…ta koto” refers to the experience of doing something, so “…ta koto ga aru” literally means […]

Ongaku o kiku no ga sukidesu Nominalizing verbs and adjectives In Japanese, the nominalization of verbs and adjectives involves converting them into nouns using the particles “no” and “koto”. Both “no” and “koto” mean “thing” and function as nouns, allowing verbs and adjectives to be treated as nouns within sentences. This process is essential for

Ashita puuru ni iku tsumoridesu In this lesson, you will learn how to express the concepts of “WILL” and “CAN” using short forms of verbs in Japanese. These auxiliary verbs are essential for indicating future intentions and abilities, respectively. Short Long Affirmative — u, ru — (i)masu Negative — anai, nai — (i)masen Past affirmative

Ame ga hutte imasu. …te imasu tabemasu >>> Now eating >>> tabete imasukakimasu >>> Now kakimasu >>> kaite imasuame ga furimasu. >>> Now ame ga furimasu >>> ame ga hutte imasuToukyou ni sumimasu >>> Now in a state of living >>> Toukyou ni sunde imasujaketto o kimasu >>> Now in a state of wearing >>>

Koko ni namae o kaite kudasai How te-form works You have learned the te-form. The te-form functions as punctuation and indicates the means or reasons for the subsequent actions. It can also be used with other verbs that serve as auxiliaries. Here are some auxiliary forms that are combined with the te-form: te-form + auxiliary

Osake o nomi sugimashita do too much (…sugimasu) Verb When you do too much of something in Japanese, you can use the expression “sugimasu.” This is added after verb stems to indicate excess. If the stem ends with a consonant, you need to add an i-sound after the stems. The verb “sugimasu” (from “sugiru”) means

Kurabu e odori ni ikimasu “verb stem” + “ni” = purpose”…ni iku” = go to…”…ni kuru” = come to… In Japanese, the structure of sentences requires that verbs come at the end and never appear in the middle. This affects how certain phrases are constructed. For example, the English expressions ‘go somewhere to do something’

Amerika ni ikitaidesu …taidesu…takunaidesu What would you like to do after learning Japanese? You can express things that you want to do after completing this lesson. “want to” and “don’t want to” want to write kakitaidesu don’t want to write kakitakunaidesukakitakuarimasen want to Add ‘taidesu’ to the stems of verbs. If the stem ends with