In this Japanese language reference section you will find the basic grammar concepts of Japanese and much more.
Japanese grammar is not that hard. The rules are clear, and the exceptions few. Start by checking out the pages listed under Basic Language, and then dive into various topics and concepts led by your interest and lust for exploration.
Basic Language
Word Types
Grammatical Constructs
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Other Key Concepts
- Family
- Greetings
- Numbers and Counter
- List of Counters
- Time and Calendar
- List of Countries and Regions
- List of Languages
Acknowledgements of Original Work
The grammar section contains a modified version of Keith Smillie’s “Some Notes on Japanese Grammar”, published for your personal use, with the kind permission of Keith. I would also like to thank Jim Breen for his contributions to Keiths work.
Some Notes on Japanese Grammar
KEITH SMILLIE – http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~smillie/
No claim is made for either originality or completeness in these notes. Most of the examples have been taken from, or have been suggested by, the references given at the end. The topics chosen are those which may benefit a person who is beginning to study Japanese and who would like a quick reference to supplement more complete and authoritative sources.
Acknowledgements and References
Appendix. A Few Verbs
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6:31 pm on February 7th, 2012
Hey tylerkun if you already know sorry but you say “I love you” by saying Aishiteru. You can watch a video about this at: http://video.about.com/japanese/Learn-Japanese—How-to-Respond-to–I-Love-You-.htm
10:07 pm on December 17th, 2011
Daisuke, learningjapanese.com!
I hope someone could help me out; I’m wondering exactly how to say ‘I love you’, is it ‘watashi wa daisuke temae’? I don’t know how to say ‘you’, so I looked in the dictionary, which showed many different ways.
4:07 pm on October 15th, 2011
I have read books and watched videos ond none of this worked…i started this website and will soon be on my way to Nihon
9:30 am on September 13th, 2011
Why does the link to Causative form (-saseru) redirect back to this same page?
12:20 pm on September 13th, 2011
Because we got rid of the page. There wasn’t much information on the page worth keeping.
1:11 pm on September 2nd, 2011
oh, really thanks ^^
5:24 pm on September 1st, 2011
what did Actually happend to the flash card trainer i know its a new site but is the flash card trainer going to be included as well
7:44 am on September 2nd, 2011
I am working on the flashcard trainer. The old flashcard trainer was very difficult to move over so we are starting fresh with a different trainer. It will be up sometime this month.
10:07 pm on February 20th, 2011
both are correct however the past tense form of the verb is more common
2:28 am on May 27th, 2010
I have seen both “yasunda hou ga ii” and “yasumu hou ga ii” are both right?
1:54 pm on April 26th, 2010
thanks
4:29 am on April 21st, 2010
-masu: present/future polite ending
-masen: negative present/future polite ending
-mashita: past polite ending
You can read more about these on the following page:
http://www.studyjapanese.org/content/view/53/60/
I have never seen an explanation of -mashite. I think its usage in some polite formulas (hajimemashite, dou itashimashite) is a relic of grammatical forms which are no longer used for most verbs, but I am not sure about this.
1:26 pm on April 20th, 2010
can anyone explain what is masu,masen,mashite,mashita?
3:57 am on February 5th, 2010
I like these, they are helpful when I forget how to do something and need a refresher, but the one thing I need a refresher on right now isn’t here!
you should put something up about how to make suggestions, like, “why don’t you~” and such, I always forget how to do that.
6:26 pm on June 29th, 2009
2:06 pm on June 25th, 2009
i find japanese fun!
12:48 am on April 14th, 2009
what about な-adjectives?
4:12 am on March 30th, 2009
I’ve found out that these articles are totally useful >//
10:08 pm on March 15th, 2009
The two relevant sections are “Questions – ka” under basic language, and “Demonstratives and Interrogatives” under word types. You may also want to look at the sections on Explanation and Reason under grammatical constructs for answers to this sort of question.
Some ways of saying why are “doushite”, “nan de” and “naze”. Two of these are listed on the “Questions – ka” page, but there are no examples there, unfortunately.
You may also find the page http://www.guidetojapanese.org/question.html at Tae Kim’s site helpful.
8:46 pm on March 15th, 2009
um is there a place to learn how to ask things, ex. why are you here??? i don’t see a link here, so…….
5:49 pm on March 10th, 2009
This is probably the best site i’ve been on, afterall i’ve just been studied alone for a long time now ^^ureshiii
12:41 pm on January 31st, 2009
:p
8:16 am on January 7th, 2009
I find this the most useful out of all the other japanese learning sites i’ve studied on.
And i have studied on many.