Learn JLPT N5 Grammar: ～てから (te kara) Meaning: after doing something; since How to use: Verbてfrom + から Explain: This sentence pattern is used to show that the action in verb 2 is done after the action in verb 1 ends. The time of the sentence is determined by the …
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Learn JLPT N5 Grammar: ～まえに～ (mae ni) Meaning: before, in front of How to use: V1 + まえに、V2 N の + まえに、V In case of quantifiers (time period) + まえに、V Explain: 1. Verb case: This sentence pattern indicates that the action in verb 2 occurs before verb 1. Verb 1 is …
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Learn JLPT N5 Grammar: ので (node) Meaning: because of; the reason is that; given that How to use: Verb + ので Noun + なので いadj + ので なadj + なので Explain: 『ので』 Used to express cause, reason. Example sentences: 1. 雨が降っていたので、出て行くこともできなかった。 ame ga futte ita node, dete iku koto mo …
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Learn JLPT N5 Grammar: ～や～など (ya nado) Meaning: As is … and How to use: N1 + や + N2 + など ～ Explain: The particle 「や」 is used when we want to list nouns. The particle 「や」 is used to list some typical objects (two or more nouns) only. …
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Learn JLPT N5 Grammar: ～ないことがある～ (nai koto ga aru) Meaning: Also sometimes not… How to use: 「verb form ない」 + ことがある Explain: Describe an event that happens infrequently, from time to time, or happens occasionally. Sometimes go with ときどき .v.v. Example sentences: 1. 忙しくて、朝ご飯を食べないこともある。 Isogashikute, asa gohan o tabenai koto …
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Learn JLPT N5 Grammar: たことがある (ta koto ga aru) Meaning: Have done something before How to use: Verb-plain past + ことがある Explain: This sentence pattern is used to show that someone has done something in the past. Used to… Example sentences: 1. わたしは韓国へ行ったことがあります。 Watashi wa kankoku e itta koto ga …
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Learn JLPT N5 Grammar: ている (teiru) Meaning: be doing something How to use: Vて + いる Vて + います Explain: Describes an action in progress. Describes a state (which is the result of an action) that remains, continues in the present. Used to talk about habits, habits (ie behaviors that are …
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Learn JLPT N5 Grammar: たり～たり (tari~tari) Meaning: do such things like How to use: N（は／が）V1 + たり + V2 + たり + する Example sentences: 1. コピーをとったり、ワープロを打ったり、今日は一日中忙しかった。 Kopii o tottari, waapuro o uttari, kyou wa ichinichijuu isogashikatta. Today is busy all day, which is the photo, which is the computer …
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Learn JLPT N5 Grammar: なる (naru) Meaning: to become How to use: Noun + になる なadjective + になる いadjective remove い + くなる Explain: Means “to become”, it denotes a change in state or quality Example sentences: 1. 暗くなる前に家に帰りたい。 kurakunaru mae ni ie ni kaeritai. I want to go home before it …
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Learn JLPT N5 Grammar: や (ya) Meaning: and How to use: Noun + や + Noun Explain: や is used to link nouns in an incomplete list. Example sentences: 1. アユミは深刻な病気や、ほかの困難に打ち勝った。 ayumi wa shinkoku na byouki ya, hoka no konnan ni uchikatta. Ayumi overcame a serious illness and other challenges. …
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