Entries in the 'Beginner's Guide' Category

Basic forms for Japanese learners part 1 - The Masu form

Learning Japanese may seem easy at first, but there are some forms that you must learn. These forms may suddenly make learning Japanese becoming very difficult at the beginning. But with practice and daily usage, you may soon find that learning Japanese isn’t that difficult after all. [Read more →]

A more in-depth look into Japanese sentence structure

In my previous post, I discussed about the basic sentence structure and how Japanese people think to form sentences. Now, let’s take a look at more basic Japanese sentences. [Read more →]

Let’s make more Japanese sentences

これ は わたし の かばん ですkore wa watashi no kaban desu

So what does the above sentence means?

It means “This is my bag” [Read more →]

Your first Japanese sentance

After you have fully memorize the first few most commonly used Japanese words. Its time to understand some sentences. Lets take a look at the following sentences. [Read more →]

Common Japanese words you must know

Before making your first Japanese sentence, you need to know a few vocabularies. Let’s start off with the most common words. [Read more →]

Improving hiragana and katakana readings

Assume that you have study the hiragana and katakana chart fully, you might think that you are able to read it already. You are right to say that, but how fast can you read hiragana and katakana words? You probably still have to think a little before saying the word out. [Read more →]

How to study for hiragana and katakana

Do you find difficulty memorizing all the characters? Here are some 3 learning methods that I can share with you. [Read more →]

Building Foundations - Hiragana and Katakana

Japanese is made up of 3 components of the writing system namely, hiragana, katakana and kanji. So the first thing you need to memorize is the hiragana. [Read more →]