Japanese Game Kore, Sore, Are: How to Say “This” and “That” in Japanese
これ points to what's near you, それ points to what's near the person you're talking to, and あれ points to something far from...
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Japanese Game ～そうです: How Something Looks
Drop the い from i-adjectives, or keep the na-adjective or verb stem as it is. Add そう to say something looks, seems, or i...
Japanese Game ～すぎます: Saying Something Is Too Much
Attach すぎる straight onto a verb's ます-stem or an adjective's stem (drop い, leave な bare) to say something has crossed the...
Japanese Game Comparing Things: より and 一番
Use より when you're weighing exactly two things against each other, and use 一番 when you're naming the single winner out o...
Japanese Game い-Adjectives vs な-Adjectives
い-adjectives conjugate on their own (楽しい → 楽しくない → 楽しかった), while な-adjectives lean on だ/な/です the way a noun would (便利だ →...
Japanese Game ～つもりです: Talking About Plans
Use つもりです for a decision you've made in your own head, 予定です once it's actually arranged with a date or booking, and つもりで...
Japanese Game Volitional Form: Let’s Do Something
Use ましょう when the plan's basically decided, ませんか when you're genuinely asking and want to leave room for "no," and ましょうか...
Japanese Game Potential Form: Saying What You Can Do
Use the short potential form (話せる, with が) in everyday speech, and switch to 〜ことができる (with を, unchanged) when the situat...
Japanese Game ～たり～たり: Listing Actions
Use たり〜たりする when you're giving a couple of representative examples (implying there's more you're not saying) or describi...
Japanese Game ～なければなりません: Saying You Have To
なければなりません literally means "if you don't do it, it won't be okay." That double negative adds up to "you must," and it shr...