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Biyouin wa, yoyakushita atoni ikimasu. This tip primarily focuses on the “short affirmative” and “short past” forms in Japanese. The short affirmative form, also known as the dictionary form, represents the present or future tense and is used for imperfective aspects of verbs. It describes actions that are currently ongoing or will happen in the […]

Kinou sushi o tabeta Short form and long form Verb Short form Long form Affirmative kaku kakimasu Negative kakanai kakimasen Past affirmative kaita kakimashita Past negative kakanakatta kakimasendeshita te-form kaite – i-adjective Short form Long form Affirmative yasui yasuidesu Negative yasukunai yasukunaidesu Past affirmative yasukatta yasukattadesu Past negative yasukunakatta yasukunakattadesu te-form yasukute – Noun and

Suzukisan wa jimu ni tomodachi to kuruma de yoku ikimasu Word order by particles The word order in Japanese is relatively flexible due to the presence of particles. Typically, words marked by the particle “wa” come first, serving as the topic marker for the sentence. However, this order is not strictly enforced. The basic word