日 日本語の国 Nihongo no Kuni: A little every day

SHORT LESSONS, REAL PROGRESS

Grammar lessons

A grammar rule, examples and an exercise to check your understanding.

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Doing two things with ながら

Express two simultaneous actions.

About 5 minutes

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Conditions with たら

Say “if” or “when”, depending on context.

About 5 minutes

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The potential form

Express ability or possibility.

About 5 minutes

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Talking about experiences with たことがある

Say that you have had an experience.

About 5 minutes

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Expressing obligations

Express something you must do.

About 5 minutes

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Adding reasons with し

Give several reasons or qualities.

About 5 minutes

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The difference between から and ので

Understand the difference between から and ので for giving reasons.

About 5 minutes

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くれる and もらう: giving and receiving

Understand the viewpoints of the giver and recipient.

About 5 minutes

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そうです: appearances and reported information

Distinguish そうです for appearances and reported information.

About 5 minutes

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ために: expressing purpose or cause

Use ために for purpose and understand its causal meaning.

About 5 minutes

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~なければならない: must do

Express obligations in Japanese.

About 5 minutes

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~なくてもいい: no need to

Express the absence of an obligation.

About 5 minutes

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~てはいけない: prohibitions

Say that an action is forbidden.

About 5 minutes

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~ように: expressing purpose

Express goals involving abilities or intended results.

About 5 minutes

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~ようになる: changes and abilities

Describe a change that has become possible.

About 5 minutes

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~ようにする: making a habit of

Express deliberate effort or a habit you want to develop.

About 5 minutes

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~たあとで: after doing

Put two actions in chronological order.

About 5 minutes

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~まえに: before doing

Express that an action happens beforehand.

About 5 minutes

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んです — Explain a situation

Learn to explain a situation.

About 5 minutes

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