JAPANESE GRAMMAR

JAPANESE GRAMMAR

1. TO BE=だ

   • NOUN AND NA-ADJECTIVE
   • SOUNDS MORE EMPHATIC AND FORCEFUL TO MAKE IT WELL DECLARATIVE
   • NEGATIVE TENSE=じゃない

2. The past tense of the state of being=だつた

   • its negative form is=じゃかった

3. TOPIC PARTICLE HELPS TO EXPRESS WHAT OUR SENTENCES ARE ABOUT

   • は

4. ALSO=も

   • CAN INTRODUCE ANOTHER TOPIC IN ADDITON TO THE CURRENT TOPIC
     • アリス学生? うん、とっも学生。

5. IF WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE TOPIC IS

   • IDENTIFIER PARTICLE THE PARTICLE WANTS TO IDENTIFY SOMETHING UNSPECIFIED
     • 誰が学生？アリスが学生

6. NA-ADJECTIVES

   • な
   • MODIFY A NOUN FOLLOWING IT BY STICKING な
     • 静かな人-QUIET PERSON
     • きれいな人
   • WITH PARTICLES
     • は
       • 友達は新設-FRIEND IS KIND
       • 友達は親切な人-FRIEND IS A KIND PERSON
       • 魚が筋じゃない亜人は、肉が好きだ-PERSON WHO DOES NO LIKE FISH LIKE MEAT
     • だ
       • ボブは魚が好きだ-BOB LIKES FISH
       • ボブは魚がじゃない-BOB DOES NO LIKE FISH
       • ボブは魚がだった-BOB LIKED FISH
       • ボブはさかながじゃなかった-BOB DID NOT LIKE FISH
     • な
       • 魚好きな人-PERSON THAT LIKES FISH