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0025 : Japanese basics (N5-N3) – Demonstrative adjective この, その, あの

How do we say something like “this apple” and “that apple” in Japanese? What is a demonstrative adjective? When we say, ...
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0024 : Japanese basics (N5-N3) – の : Possession

How can I say “my” in Japanese? How to ask a question about the possession of something If you want to ask about the own...
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0023 : Japanese basics (N5-N3) – の : Content

How can I ask a question about the content of something? How to ask about the content of something? In Japanese, the gra...
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0022 : Japanese basics (N5-N3) – Alternative question

How do we make a question with “or” in Japanese? Alternative question An alternative question is a question that asks th...
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0021 : Japanese basics (N5-N3) – What 何 (NAN)

How to use what with the XはYです pattern? How to ask a question with what in Japanese When we ask an open question where w...
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0020 : Japanese basics (N5-N3) – Demonstrative pronoun これ, それ, あれ

How do we say “this” and “that” in Japanese? What is a demonstrative pronoun? When we say,  This is delicious! we don’t ...
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0019 : Japanese basics (N5-N3) – Number 100-999

How to express numbers from 100 to 999 in Japanese? 百 (hyaku), the digit for the hundred 百 (hyaku) is the digit used to ...
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0018 : Japanese basics (N5-N3) – Family

How do we say our family in Japanese? Family status name Like in English, there are two ways to express family names. St...
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0017 : Japanese basics (N5-N3) – も : too, also, as well

How do we say “too, also and as well” in Japanese? Particle も (mo) When you want to say that something is the same. A pa...
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0016 : Japanese basics (N5-N3) – Age

How do we express our age and ask someone’s age in Japanese? 歳 (SAI), the age When we talk about the age in Japanese, a ...