General Japanese Grammar

Just putting everything here for now.

• Drop the subject if it’s clear
• か serves as the question marker. Add to end of sentence to turn statement into question.
  • 疲れつかるますが？ :: tired now?
• Object particle を marks the target of verb. Pronounced [o]
  • さかなをたべます。 :: Fish was eaten (by me)
• The directional particle へ indicates direction. pronounced [e]
  • 学校がっこうへ :: to school
  • 日本にほんへ :: to japan
• The time particle に is added to indicate at a point in time
  • ５月に :: in May
  • 月曜日に :: on Monday
• なければ is a subjunctive marker
• だ - end of sentence marker, neutral, no respect nor detest
• です - end of sentence marker, with respect
• 语气后缀
  • よ - emphasise certainty “actually” “does”
    • “ですよ”
  • ね - seeking passive agreement “right?” “isn’t it?”
    • “ですね”
  • わ - soft, gentle
    • “ですわ”
• Existence words like ‘il y a’
  • あります used for inanimate stuff
    • “問題がありますか？”
  • います used for animate stuff
    • “家に犬がいます”
• Determiners
  • この本 - this book 近称
  • その本 - that book 中称
  • あの本 - that book 遠称
  • どの本 - which book
• で - place marker or tool marker
• Adjectives
  • い-adjectives - aka true adjectives that has been used from the beginning
  • な-adjectives