In this post, we will discuss expressions of desire for the second and third person.
この記事では、二人称と三人称の欲求の表現について考えます。
How to Express the Speaker’s Hope and Desire / 自分の希望・欲求の表し方
In this post, we will organize how to express the speaker’s hope and desire.
この投稿では、話し手自身の希望・欲求の表し方について整理します。
How To Use Expressions for Hope and Desire / 希望・欲求表現の使い方
In Japanese, there are different expressions for hope and desire for different subjects. In this post, we will organize them.
日本語で希望や欲求について話すとき、主語によって言い方が変わります。この投稿では、この件について整理してみました。
How Do You Say “And” As A Conjunction? / 接続詞のANDは何と言う?
When you would like to start a sentence with “And…”, choose one of the four conjunctions in Japanese.
文を”AND”で始めたいとき、それにあたる言葉は、この四つの接続詞の中から選びましょう。
How Do You Say “And” After I-Adjective? / イ形容詞の後で、AND…を何という?
How do you connect two adjectives? Here we will discuss the case in which the first word is I-Adjective.
英語なら”and”を使えば済むところ、日本語では二つの形容詞をどのように結び付けるか。ここでは、最初の言葉がイ形容詞である場合を考えます。
How To Say “And” After A Verb / 動詞の後でAND…を何という?
When you combine two sentences with common “-masu”-ending verbs, how do you do it?
普通の「ます」で終わる動詞で成る、二つの文を結ぶとき、どうしますか?
How Do You Say “And” After Noun? / 名詞の後でAND…を何という?
To say “and” after a noun, we say “to” or “de”. In this post, we will discuss which one is to be used when.
名詞の後で「and」の意味を表す言葉は、「と」または「で」です。ここでは、どんな時にどちらを使うかを考えます。
The Two Usages of Adjectives / 形容詞の二つの使い方
Do you remember when you need “na” and when you don’t, in using adjectives?
In this post, we will answer that and other questions you may have about Japanese adjectives.
Updated: October 19, 2021
Exceptions in Adjectives / 例外的な形容詞
There are a few exceptional adjectives, besides I-Adjectives and Na-Adjectives, which are often used in conversation. For example, “the best” and “the worst”…Here is how to use them.
イ形容詞(国文法の形容詞)、ナ形容詞(同形容動詞)以外に、よく使われる例外的な形容詞があります。例えば、「最高」や「最低」。。。使い方を覚えましょう!
How Do You Tell Na-Adjective From I-Adjective? / ナ形容詞とイ形容詞の見分け方
There are two types of adjectives in Japanese.
Learn how to tell which type an adjective is, since you need different grammatical rules to use them.
Scroll to the table in the last section if you would like to see the summary first.