JLPT N5 Grammar

もう～ました (mou mashita) Meaning: What did How to use the: もう + Verb + ました もう + Verb + た Explain: Describe the action was completed Example sentences: 1, もう宿題をしましたか? Mou shukudai o shimashita ka? Have you done your homework yet? 2, もう晩御飯を食べましたか? Mou ban gohan o tabemashita ka? Have …

ませんか (masen ka) Meaning: let’s, won’t you, wouldn’t you How to use the: Verb-polite negative form + ませんか Explain: This sentence pattern is used to invite or ask listeners to do something together. Example sentences: 1, いっしょに食べませんか？ Issho ni tabemasen ka? Would you like to eat with me? 2, いっしょに旅行へ行きませんか？ …

があります (ga arimasu) Meaning: there is; is (non-living things) Explain: This form is used to talk about the residence, the existence of objects. The objects here will be the subject of the sentence, and are denoted by the auxiliary  「が」「があります」 for non-moving objects such as furniture and trees. Example sentences: 1, …

ましょうか (mashouka) Meaning: shall I ~; used to offer help to the listener Explain: Describe permission to help others Example sentences: 1, 重いですね。待ちましょうか？ Omoidesu ne. Machi mashouka? Heavy, let me bring it for you ? 2, にもつをもちましょうか。 nimotsu o mochi mashouka? Shall I help carry your luggage? 3, てつだいましょうか。 tetsudai …

がほしい (ga hoshii) Meaning: to want something How to use the: Noun + がほしい Explain: This sentence pattern denotes the desire to own something or someone by the speaker. It is also used to ask questions about the listener’s desires. The object of desire expressed by the auxiliary [が] [ほしい] …

なくてもいいです (nakute mo ii desu) Meaning: need not How to use the: Vない　+ なくてもいいです Explain: This sentence pattern indicates that an object does not have to do something Example sentences: 1, あなたは学校にこなくてもいいです。 Anata wa gakkō ni konakute mo ii desu. You don’t have to came to school. 2, たくさん仕事をしなくてもいいです。 Takusan …

なくちゃいけない (nakucha ikenai) Meaning: say necessary to do something, must, have to do Explain: The verb form ない remove い is replaced by なくちゃいけない There is a need to do something. Example sentences: 1, 食べなくちゃいけない。 Tabenakucha ikenai. I have to eat. 2, １０時前に寝なくちゃいけない。 10-Ji mae ni nenakucha ikenai. I have …

より (yori) Meaning: than; rather than; more than How to use the: [A]より[B] OR より + adjective Explain: Describe the comparison Example sentences: 1, 日本は韓国より大きです. Nihon wa Kankoku yori ōkidesu. Japan is bigger than Korea. 2, 朝寝坊より早起きのほうが身体にいいよ。 asanebou yori hayaoki no hou ga karada ni ii yo. It’s better to …

と同じ (to onaji) Meaning: Same as; identica Explain: Describe the two things the same in both nature and form. Example sentences: 1, この本はあの本と出版社が同じだ。 Kono hon hā no hon to shubbansha ga onajida. This book is the same publisher as that book. 2, あの人が食べているのと同じものをく ださい。 Ano hito ga tabete iru no …

たり～たり (tari~tari) Meaning: do such things like; do such things as A and B How to use the: Verb-た + り ～ Verb-た + り + する Noun + だったり ～ Noun + だったり い-adj + いかったり ～ い-adj + いかったり な-adj + だったり ～ な-adj + だったり Explain: Use …