CourseBeginner Japanese
Grammarぶんぽう
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65units
19phases A–S
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◆ Start hereどこから はじめる？Not a total beginner? 24 questions measure your forms, vocabulary and grammar separately, then place you.
Phase A · FoundationsBefore verbs: copula, particles, existence.
Phase B · ます-formYour first verb form, plus adjectives.
Phase C · て-formThe gateway form. Unlocks five major patterns.
Phase D · ない-formThe negative form — “don't do”.
Phase E · た-formThe past / experience form.
● VOCAB
ことば（Phase E）learn the words firstUNIT 16
たけいthe past form (て→た) + flashcardsUNIT 17
〜たことが ありますexperience — pattern + conversationUNIT 18
〜たり、〜たり しますlisting actions — pattern + conversationUNIT 19
〜たらif / when — pattern + conversation + quiz◆ QUIZ
まとめクイズthe wrap-up test — た, experience, listing and 〜たらPhase F · dictionary formThe plain form — “can do”, “before doing”.
Phase G · AdjectivesDescribe things — な & い adjectives.
Phase H · Plain formCasual Japanese — the plain (dictionary-style) forms.
Phase I · Saying what you thinkUse the plain form to give opinions, reasons & comparisons.
Phase J · Particles (じょし)The little words that glue Japanese together — は・が and friends.
● VOCAB
ことば（Phase J）learn the words firstUNIT 34
はthe topic particle (＋ contrastive は)UNIT 35
がthe subject particle (who/what, すき・じょうず, AはBが)UNIT 36
を・に・へobject, existence/time, directionUNIT 37
でplace of action & means (しゅだん): に vs でUNIT 38
の・と・もlinking, “and/with”, “also” + Phase J wrap-up◆ QUIZ
まとめクイズthe wrap-up test — twenty sentences, one particle missingPhase K · Self-introductionPut it all together — greet, name, where you're from & what you do.
Phase L · Describing (かざる)Describe anything with a whole sentence — the key to reading real Japanese.
Phase M · Giving (やりもらい)あげる・もらう・くれる — give and receive things and favors.
Phase N · Can-do (かのうけい)Say what you can and can't do — the potential form, and what just reaches your eyes and ears.
Phase O · て-form movesThree things you bolt onto the て-form — try it, prep it, or finish it (oops).
Phase P · Conditionals (じょうけん)Japanese has four “if”s — と・たら・ば・なら — and this phase is about picking the right one.
Phase Q · Counting (かず)Numbers, counters and prices — how to say how many, how much, and buy the thing.
Phase R · Time (とき)Clock times, days of the week and dates — where し, しち and く finally earn their keep.
Phase S · Everyday (くらし)Family, colours, the body, and how often you do things — the words a whole course of grammar never needed.
● VOCAB
ことば（Phase S）learn the words firstUNIT 63
かぞくtwo words for every relative — and it depends whoseUNIT 64
いろと からだcolours that conjugate, colours that don't, and the bodyUNIT 65
どのくらいhow often — and the two adverbs that need a negative◆ QUIZ
まとめクイズthe wrap-up test — family, colours, the body, how oftenFinal · そうふくしゅうDone with the path? 23 questions from every phase.
★ FINAL REVIEWそうふくしゅう23 questions, phases A–S
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