Entries in the 'Intermediate Guide' Category

Using kureru, morau and ageru in a More Complicating Japanese Sentence

When you want to explain to someone that you received or given something in Japanese, the sentences starts to get a little more complicating. There is a difference in usage between kureru and morau. Let’s take a look at some examples [Read more →]

Learn How to Use Giving and Receiving Statements in Japanese

Today we shall learn on how to use receiving and giving statements in Japanese. The grammar that you will learn today is very useful because you will be able to express yourself better when you want to tell or request a Japanese person for something.

The three verbs that you will learn today are kureruくれる, morauもらう and ageruあげる. The rule here is to change any verb into a -teて form first before using kureruくれる, morauもらう and ageruあげる. [Read more →]

How to express being made by someone to do something in Japanese - Passive Causative forms

After learning causative forms, you can now practice on learning passive causative forms. Passive causative forms can be use freely as long as you are not talking about the situation between you and the listener because it might be an offend in Japanese context. But of course, if you are close to the listener, it is alright to use it. Most of the time, it is use to talk about situations of yourself involving with others and not with the listener. [Read more →]

How to make someone do certain things in Japanese - Causative forms

In today’s post on Guide To Learn Japanese, we are going to learn another Japanese form. By using causative forms or passive causative forms, you show commandment by making or letting someone do something. Causative forms are usually use by someone of a higher authority like a mother telling her son to learn music. Or you being made to print out documents by your boss. Let’s look at how we can change from the plain form to the causative forms first. [Read more →]

Using passive sentences in Japanese, the -rareru form

Let’s learn how to form passive sentences in Japanese. By using the -rareru form, you can prove to your friends that your Japanese grammar has improved by a huge margin :) So let’s take a look at some of the passive words you often use in English conversation. [Read more →]

How to use “when” in Japanese or -tara form

This form very useful and commonly use by the Japanese. The examples below will show you how to change from the plain verb to -tara forms [Read more →]

How to Express Assumption and Using the -ba form in Japanese

In order to bring your Japanese to the next level, there are a couple more forms to learn. Let’s get started.

How do you express assumption? By adding the でしょう or だろう [Read more →]