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みなさん、こんにちは！LESSON 5

Negative and Past-tense of I-Adjectives

Hello guys! It’s been a while but today I’m going to talk about negating I-Adjectives and putting them in the past tense, so let’s get started!

可愛い「かわいい」 cute

寒い「さむい」 cold

暑い「あつい」 hot (weather)

高い「たかい」 expensive, tall

安い「やすい」 cheap

To negate we get rid of the last い and add くない！To make it formal we add です！

可愛くないです not cute

寒くないです not cold

暑くないです not hot

高くないです not tall, expensive

安くないです not cheap

Now, for past negative, change the い of くない into かった, making it くなかった. Then, add です for formality.

可愛くなかったです was not cute

寒くなかったです was not cold

暑くなかったです was not hot

高くなかったです was not tall, expensive

安くなかったです was not cheap

For past tense, get rid of い and add かった！Then add です

可愛かったです was cute

寒かった was cold

暑かったです was hot

高かったです was tall, expensive

安かった was cheap

Sample Sentences!

明るい「あかるい」 bright i-adj

星「ほし」 star

今朝「けさ」 this morning

朝ごはん「あさごはん」 breakfast

眠い「ねむい」 sleepy, tired

青い「あおい」 blue i-adj

赤い「あかい」 red i-adj

昨日星は明るかったです。Yesterday, the stars were bright.

今朝は朝ごはんはおいしくなかったです。This morning, breakfast wasn’t tasty

友達は眠くないです。My friend isn’t sleepy.

私の車は青くないです。赤いです。My car is not blue. It’s red.

Thank you guys so much for reading, sorry for the long wait! Recently I’ve been pretty busy butttt summer vacation is here!!! Atleast for me, so I’ll have lots of free time. ♡

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[nekkochyan]

みなさん、こんにちは！LESSON 4

I like/I don’t like

Hey guys! Today we are going to learn how to say that you like something or don’t like something do let’s get started! I’m going to explain the grammar a little bit as well.

I like - <noun>が好きです

好き「すき」 Is a Na-Adjective so when we are talking about something we like/hate, we are basically saying that something is likable, dislikable. We are using the が particle here because it’s grammatically correct and it doesn’t really carry any significant meaning, it basically replaces the を particle (object particle) because it can only be used with verbs and 好き is an adjective. So yes! You can say 好きな人 to mean favorite person and more stuff like that.

動物「どうぶつ」 animal

映画「えいが」 movie

新しい「あたらしい」 new (I-Adjective)

アニメが好きです。I like anime

この車が好きです。I like this car

かわいい動物が好きです。I like cute animals

新しい映画が好きです。I like the new movie

Did you know you can say 大好きです！「だいすきです」 to say I love you!

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I don’t like - <noun>は好きじゃないです

じゃないです is one of the negations of です there are more but this is the most common one. We’ll learn more about this as well. We use the は particle here because were kind of trying to say ‘as supposed to the thing I like’ sort of thing

大きい「おおきい」 big (I-Adjective)

怖い「こわい」 scary (I-Adjective)

でも but

あまり not really (used only in negative sentences)

大きい犬は好きじゃないです。怖いです。I don’t like big dogs. (They) are scary.

あまり和食は好きじゃないです。でも寿司が好きです。I don’t really like Japanese food, but I like sushi.

Next lesson I’m going to talk about adjective negation and it’s sort of complicated so here’s a smaller lesson for now じゃ、またね♡

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[nekkochyan]

みなさん、こんにちは！LESSON 3

I-Adjectives + Na-Adjectives

Hello guys! Today I want to touch more on the I-adjective and I will also introduce Na-Adjectives. So let’s get started!

We have learned to say what something is like using <noun>は<I-Adjective>です, but how do we say <adjective>noun? For example ‘fast car’ or ‘big house’? Well let’s learn that today!

For I-Adjectives, it’s pretty simple! We just put the I-adjective before the noun we are describing!

〜new vocabulary〜 (All vocabulary in this lesson, except the ones I listed here are found in previous lessons)

速い「はやい」 fast

遅い「おそい」 slow,late

面白い「おもしろい」 interesting, funny

車「くるま」 car

自転車「じてんしゃ」 bicycle

人「ひと」 person

部屋「へや」 room

私の「わたしの」 my (I will talk about this when I discuss the の particle, but for now just remember it’s put before a noun)

おいしい寿司 delicious sushi

速い車 fast car

面白いアニメ interesting anime

遅い自転車 slow bicycle

Now, for Na-Adjectives! We use the same formula, when saying what something is like so, <noun>は<Na-Adjective>です

〜Na-Adjectives〜

きれい pretty,clean (looks like an I-Adjective but it’s not, don’t worry though there’s not a lot of these exceptions, when saying this remember to ilongate the れ since there’s an い following it)

静か「しずか」 quiet

親切「しんせつ」 kind

有名「ゆうめい」 famous,popular

あの人は静かです。That person is quiet

この部屋はきれいです。This room is pretty/clean

このアニメは有名です。This anime is popular

私の犬は親切です。My dog is friendly

So now let’s learn how to say for example ‘friendly dog’ We have to put a な in between in the adjective and the noun (hence the name), so, <Na-Adjective>な<noun>

親切な犬 Friendly dog

有名なアニメ Popular anime

静かな人 Quiet person

きれいな部屋 Pretty/clean room

And that’s it for today! Thank you for reading! We’ll still be learning new adjectives with new lessons, so this is not the end. We also need to learn the past tense and such but that will come later. Bye for now and stay tuned for lesson 4. じゃ、またね〜♡

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[nekkochyan]

みなさん、こんにちは！LESSON 2

I-Adjectives

Today we are going to learn how to say something is pretty, big, small! There are two types of adjectives in japanese. The I-Adjectives and Na-adjectives. Today we are focusing on the former. So let’s get started.

Obviously I-adjectives end with an い. These adjectives already carry a meaning of ‘is~~~’ but we are still going to add です to sound polite. Without adding です the sentence is informal.

So let’s learn some adjectives, shall we?

おいしい delicious

高い「たかい」 expensive

小さい「ちいさい」 small

つまらない boring

眠い「ねむい」 sleepy

かわいい cute

暑い「あつい」 hot

Let’s also learn more about これ、それ、あれ, as we touched on them on the previous lesson, but I’m going to teach you how to say ‘that cat, this dog’

We only use this form when describing a noun!

この this <noun>

その that <noun> you have, near you but not me, that existed in the past

あの that <noun> over there, far from both of us

Examples~~

この猫 this cat

その時計 that wristwatch (you have)

あの木 that tree

(All this vocabulary, except the ones I introduced in this lesson are in one of the previous lessons, so basically the first so go review that if you don’t know these.

Now let’s add some more vocabulary!

ビル「びる」 building

寿司「すし」 sushi

和食「わしょく」 japanese food/cuisine

お店「おみせ」 store

赤ちゃん「あかちゃん」 baby

とても very

げーむ「げーむ」 game

So all we have to do now to say what something is like, <smth>は<I-Adjecive)です, when talking about yourself, は can be omitted as it’s clear from the context, unless it’s not.

あのビルは高いです！That building is tall!

お店は小さいです。The store is small.

和食はおいしいです！Japanese food is delicious!

赤ちゃんはとてもかわいいですね。The baby is so cute. (I will talk about the ね particle soon + other particles but it’s basically like ‘right? don’t you think?’ and it’s often used when complimenting someone.)

このゲームはつまらないです。This game is boring.

寿司はおいしいです！Sushi is delicious!

あー暑いです。Ah- It’s hot.

眠いです‥ I’m tired

That’s it for now guys, thank you so much for reading! Please leave a note and stay tuned for lesson 3! じゃ、またね♡

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[nekkochyan]

みなさん、こんにちは！♡ LESSON 1

It is/I am/That is

Hey guys! Today I’m going to talk about です！Which is the formal way of saying is/are/be. In Japanese, the verb is almost always at the end of the sentence. You use this verb with people you don’t know that well.

です - is/are/be

<name>です。= I’m <name> // so, です can be used to introduce yourself!

ねっこちゃんです。= I am Nekkochan

ジョンです。 = I am John

Let’s learn how to say ‘that is ~~’ or ‘this is ~~’!

これ - this (as a noun, never ‘this ~~’

それ - that, close to the listener but not close to you. Also can mean ‘your ~~’ indirectly which is polite, also can be used to talk about a thing which happened in the past

あれ - that, far away from both the listener and the speaker, something that’s far away in distance

は - pronounced wa, I’ll talk about this in more detail but for now remember that this marks the subject, it’s needed for formal speech.

これ/それ/あれ は <noun>です - This/that is <noun>

So, it’s time to learn some vocab!

猫「ねこ」 cat

犬「いぬ」 dog

水「みず」 water

牛乳「ぎゅうにゅう」 milk

時計「とけい」 clock, wristwatch

いいえ (formal) no

木「き」 tree

Sample sentences ♡

これは猫です。This is a cat

それは時計です。That (you have) is a clock

それは牛乳です。That (near you) is milk

あれは木です。That over there is a tree

By adding か and raising our intonation we can making a sentence a question.

A: それは牛乳ですか？Is that milk?

B: いいえ、水です。

Since we know speaker A is talking about それ, speaker B doesn’t have to repeat the subject and just says, no, it’s not.

Thank you for reading! Lesson 2 will be out soon♡ じゃ、またね〜♡

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[nekkochyan]

みなさん、こんにちは！

Hey guys, I wanted to talk about all the materials I use to study Japanese, I might change this depending if I still use it or not, so yeah!

Misa’s Japanese Ammo! She’s a really good youtuber and her beginners guide are literally packed to the brim with vocabulary, USEFUL!!! vocabulary. She makes sure every sentence sounds natural. So make sure to check her out.

Tae-Kim’s guide to Japanese is basically a whole textbook online, so I recommend it but I don’t use it a lot because I find it very boring but whatever floats your boat. This can be a good option.

I use this dictionary on iPhone called ‘Japanese’, it has kanji stroke orders and basically all you need in a dictionary. It even gives example sentences and you can make your own flashcards, I heavily recommend this and I think it’s free but I’m not sure I might have payed for it.

Memrise/Duolingo are okay for hiragana and katakana but in the long run I don’t recommend it even though it did help me learn hiragana and katakana.

And that’s it! Because if I do learn grammar it’s mostly because of Misa’s Japanese ammo or just searching it up on the internet.

After I learn any grammar points I write them in my notebook, it’s important to have a notebook dedicated to a language you’re learning to just quickly look back and revise. I even decorated mine! So yeah, have fun while taking notes, it’ll keep way more motivated. I usually get that rush of motivation after watching anime lmao. And as for kanji, I’ll make a seperate post for that because it’s kind of complicated.If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask.

じゃあ〜またね♡

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[nekkochyan]

みなさん、こんにちは♡ ねっこちゃんです！日本語といろいろな言語を勉強しています(フランス語／韓国語)。ポーランドに住んでいます。ポーランド語と英語が話せます。よろしくお願いします。

Hey guys! My name is Nekko! I study Japanese and lots of different languages(french/korean). I live in Poland and I speak Polish(obvs) and English fluently.

I’ll be posting my language journey on here I guess, this could be ranging from any sentence structures I find interesting in anime or just something I was wondering how to say. Please follow me if you would like to see such things!

I love Attack on Titan and Haikyuu!!, they’re probably my favorite animes but I’ll also make a list on every anime I’ve watched and recommend so keep an eye out for that uwu

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