State-of-Being: Positive sentences
Positive sentences
ใฏ
is usually pronouncedha
but when it's used as a particle, it's pronouncedwa
.ใฏ
after a subject is pronounced aswa
.In Japanese, the subject can be omitted when it's obvious.
ใใใใฏใใใใใงใ
In Japanese, articles(
a
oran
before nouns) do not exist.Nouns do not need to change depending on whether they're singular or plural.
ใงใ
is used as a state-of-being verb likeam
,are
, andis
in English.In Japanese, verbs are not conjugated depending on the subject.
ใใใใฏใใใใใงใ (I am a student)
ใใฎใใใฏใใใใใงใ (She is a student)
Pronouns
Japanese has lots of pronouns. You might have heard some of them in anime or manga. Here are just the most common ones.
Singular Subject Pronouns
Kanji
Hiragara
Romaji
English
็ง
ใใใ
watashi
I
ๅ
ใผใ
boku
I
่ฒดๆน
ใใชใ
anata
you
ๅ
ใใฟ
kimi
you
ๅฝผ
ใใ
kare
he
ๅฝผๅฅณ
ใใฎใใ
kanojo
she
ใใใ
is formal for males and normal for femalesใผใ
is normal for malesใใใช
is normal andใใชใ
has kanji but it usually written in Hiraganaใใฟ
is casualใใฎใใ
could mean girlfriend depending on the context.
Plural Subject Pronouns
Kanji
Hiragara
Romaji
English
็ง้
ใใใใใก
watashitachi
we
่ฒดๆน้
ใใชใใใก
anatatachi
you all
ๅ้
ใใฟใใก
kimitachi
you all
ๅฝผใ
ใใใ
karera
they
Other vocabulary
kanji
Hiragara
Romaji
English
ๆฅๆฌไบบ
ใซใปใใใ
nihonnjin
Japanese
้ๅฝไบบ
ใใใใใใ
kankokujin
Korean
ไธญๅฝไบบ
ใกใ ใใใใใ
chugokujin
Chinese
ใขใกใชใซไบบ
ใใใใใใ
amerikajin
American
ใใชไบบ
ใกใใใ
chirijin
Chilian
ในใใคใณไบบ
ใใบใใใใ
supeinjin
Spanish
ๅญฆ็
ใใใใ
gakusei
student
ๅ ็
ใใใใ
sensei
teacher
้็บ่
ใใใฏใคใใ
kaihatsusha
developer
ๅป่
ใใใ
isha
doctor
ๅญไพ
ใใฉใ
kodomo
kid
ๅคงไบบ
ใใจใช
otona
adult
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