N5
Introducing yourself with です
Say who someone is and identify things.
About 5 minutes
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Grammar lessons
A grammar rule, examples and an exercise to check your understanding.
N5
The first particles: は, を and に
Recognize topics, objects and time expressions.
About 5 minutes
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The four ます forms
Polite present, negative and past forms.
About 5 minutes
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い and な adjectives
Describe an object or place.
About 5 minutes
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The て form
Link actions and build many useful expressions.
About 5 minutes
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あります and います
Say where objects and living things are.
About 5 minutes
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Expressing wishes with たい
Say what you want to do.
About 5 minutes
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Giving examples with たり
Mention several activities without listing everything.
About 5 minutes
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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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The difference between は and が
Distinguish the topic from information being emphasized.
About 5 minutes
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The difference between に and で
Choose the correct particle for place and action.
About 5 minutes
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Listing things with と and や
Learn the difference between complete lists and examples.
About 5 minutes
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The particle も: also and neither
Add something to what has just been said.
About 5 minutes
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これ, それ and あれ: this and that
Refer to objects based on their position in a conversation.
About 5 minutes
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Past tense of い and な adjectives
Use adjectives correctly in the past tense.
About 5 minutes
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Expressing what you want with ほしい
Distinguish wanting an object from wanting to do something.
About 5 minutes
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Making invitations with ましょう and ませんか
Suggest an activity politely.
About 5 minutes
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Requests with ～てください
Make requests using the て form.
About 5 minutes
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Asking permission with ～てもいいですか
Ask whether an action is permitted.
About 5 minutes
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The ～ている form: actions and states
Understand the main uses of ～ています.
About 5 minutes
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まだ and もう: still and already
Talk about whether an action has already happened.
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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ですか — Ask a noun-based question
Learn to ask a noun-based question.
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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