As you learn Japanese, whether online or in a classroom, you may or may not hear about the importance of handwriting in the Japanese language. In English, handwriting isn’t really…
Continue readingFormation:Noun + として This is one of my favourite grammar structures in Japanese as it is easy and simple to use. It can also be very useful to discuss things…
Continue readingYou may think that saying “yes” and “no” would be the easiest thing you learn in a language. In Japanese, you probably learned that pretty quick. “Yes” is definitely easy….
Continue reading30 popular Japanese proverbs : We all know the classic English proverbs, “When in Rome,” “The pen is mightier than the sword,” “Two wrongs don’t make a right.” These are…
Continue readingIn English, an alphabetized system is used which includes 26 unique letters. In Japanese, there are three writing systems, Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji (Chinese characters), which are composed of 46,…
Continue readingHave you ever spoken to someone in Japanese, and noticed that they seem to cut out words from a sentence that you typically would include in English? If not, you’ll…
Continue readingLearn Japanese Plural Forms? If you’ve started studying Japanese already, and are wondering how to turn cat into cats, forget about it. In Japanese, there are basically no plural forms; 猫「ねこ」remains…
Continue readingSVO and SOV Languages: Say What? Japanese is an SOV (Subject Object Verb) language, meaning that within any given Japanese sentence, the subject will come first, followed by the object…
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