The Plain Past - Easy Japanese Grammar

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Adjectives from Nouns: ~てき
Nouns from Verbs: かた How to do
Nouns From Adjectives: ~さ
This and That: こ・あ・そ・ど
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Called: という
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The Potential Form: I can do
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Particles
Particles は and が
Particle を
Particle に
Particle で
Particle へ: Destination
Particle も
Particle と: Quotations
Making Sentences in Japanese
Question words with Particles
Only Part 1: だけ
Only Part 2: しか～ない
Joining Sentences
Relative Clauses
Although: のに
"And" in Japanese

Ways to say "and" in Japanese
And, what's more: し

Because: から and ので

Giving reasons: から
Giving Reasons: ので

Before and After

Before: まえに
After

After: あとで
After doing: ～てから

But
Conditional Sentences If and When: ~たら, ~ば, ~と and ~なら

If: ば
If and when: たら
Conditional When: と
If it's the case that: なら
Conditional Sentences: ~たら, ~ば, ~と, ~なら

Embedded (Indirect) Questions: か and かどうか
Even though, even if: ても
Joining multiple ideas: ~たり~たりする
Making Noun Phrases with こと
Purpose: ために
So that: ように
When: とき
While

While: ながら
While: あいだに
Sentence Endings
Accidental and Completed actions: ～て　しまう
Bring and Take
Comparisons: ~のほうが
Decisions: ことにする・ことになる
Describing Changes: なる to become
Duty: べき
Easy and hard to do: ~やすい and ~にくい
Expectations: はずです
Giving Advice

You should: ~たほうがいい
You shouldn't: ~ないほうがいい

Giving and Receiving
Going places for a purpose: Verb Stem にいく
Intentions: つもりです
It seems: そうです
It looks like: よう　です
Negative Comparisons: ほど
Obligation: You must
Opinions: とおもう
Past Experiences: ~たことがある
Permission

Permission to do: ～てもいい
Permission not to do: ～なくてもいい

Plans: よていです
The Potential Part 2: Using Potential verbs in sentences
Prohibition: You must not
Please don't: ないでください
Reporting on Information from a source: によると＋そうです
Rules
To be: です vs あります
Too Much: すぎる
Try doing something: ~てみる
Want

Want 1: Tai Desu and Hoshii
Want 2: ~てほしい　I want you to ~
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Nouns and Adjectives

Joining Sentences

Sentence Endings

Practise making the Plain Past of verbs starting from the ます Form here.

When you are ready, use your notes and your dictionary and try

the Plain Past れんしゅう here.

Practise making the Plain Past of verbs starting from the Dictionary Form here.

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