Learn JLPT N4 Grammar: つもりです (tsumori desu) Meaning: Will; intend to do… How to use: [Infinitive verb] + つもりです [verb form ない] + つもりです Explain: Expresses the speaker’s intention to do something, this intention is thought up to now, not a spontaneous intention that occurs while speaking. Example sentences: 1. …
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Learn JLPT N4 Grammar: と思う (to omou) Meaning: to think…; I think…; you think… How to use: Verb/いadj + と思う Noun/なadj + だと思う Example sentences: 1. その件は前も話したと思うけど？ sono ken wa mae mo hanashita to omou kedo. I think we talked about that. 2. 日本に留学すると思う。 Nihon ni ryuugaku suru to omou. …
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Learn JLPT N4 Grammar: ておきます (te okimasu) Meaning: What to do first… How to use: Vて + おきます Explain: Used to express the completion of a certain action or a necessary action before a certain time. Example sentences: 1. その書類はあとで見ますから、そこに置いておいて下さい。 Sono shorui wa ato de mimasukara, soko ni oite oite kudasai. …
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Learn JLPT N4 Grammar: しか～ない (shika~nai) Meaning: only; nothing but How to use: しか + Verb-ないform Example sentences: 1. 朝はコーヒーしか飲まない。 Asa wa koohii shika nomanai. I only drink coffee in the morning 2. 10分しか待てません。 Juppun shika matemasen. I can only wait 10 minutes 3. こんなことは友達にしか話せません。 Konna koto wa tomodachi ni …
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Learn JLPT N4 Grammar: たがる (ta garu) Meaning: want to How to use: Vます + たがる Explain: Describes the state of the 3rd person wanting, liking something. Example sentences: 1. 子供というものはなんでも知りたがる。 Kodomo to iu mono wa nan demo shirita garu. Children want to know everything 2. 両親は海外旅行に行きたがっている。 Ryōshin wa gaigairyokō ni …
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Learn JLPT N4 Grammar: なら (nara) Meaning: if; if it is the case that; as for How to use: Verb-casual + (の)なら Noun + (の)なら いadj + (の)なら なadj + (の)なら Explain: Used to express some information about the topic that the conversation partner raised earlier. Example sentences: 1. ものを頼むなら、忙しい人に頼め。 …
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Learn JLPT N4 Grammar: たら (tara) Meaning: if… then; after; when How to use: Vた + ら Noun + だったら いadj – たform + ら なadj + だったら Explain: This sentence pattern is used to express that a certain action or behavior will be done, or a certain situation will happen, …
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Learn JLPT N4 Grammar: てみる (te miru) Meaning: try to (do something) How to use: Verb-てform + みる Explain: This sentence pattern expresses the desire to try something Example sentences: 1. 一度その珍しい料理が食べてみたい。 Ichido sono mezurashī ryōri ga tabete mitai. I want to try that rare dish once. 2. パンダ はまだ見たことがない。一度見てみたいと思っている。 Panda …
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Learn JLPT N4 Grammar: そうです (sou desu) Meaning: Looks; seems… How to use: verb formます (bỏ ます) + そうです: Adjective -i ( い) + そうです。 Adjective -na ( な) + そうです。 Explain: 『そうです』Used in the case of expressing the speaker’s judgment and assessment based on what he has seen, the information collected …
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Learn JLPT N4 Grammar: そうに / そうな (sou ni / sou na) Meaning: seem; look like How to use: Verb-ますstem + そうな + Noun Verb-ますstem + そうに + Verb なadjective + そうな + Noun なadjective + そうに + Verb いadjective (remove い) + そうな + Noun Explain: Used in the …
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