N5 sentence patterns
Grammar gives words their relationships. Start with a simple statement or question, then compare the examples to see what changes.
Start with these
A few useful first entries before you browse the whole collection.
- ですMake a first polite statement.
- かTurn a statement into a question.
- い-adjectivesDescribe things and change the ending.
- ありますSay that a thing exists.
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- です and だTo be: polite です and casual だ
- だけOnly; just
- Particle でAt; by; with; as a group; because of
- でもBut; however
- どんなWhat kind of…?
- どうしてWhy?; for what reason?
- Particle がSubject/focus marker; but
- がありますThere is; to have (non-living things)
- がいますThere is; to be (living things)
- い-adjectivesい-adjectives and their basic forms
- Question particle かQuestion marker
- ないといけないmust; have to
- それからafter that; next; also