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Very basic grammar of Japanese


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The basic structure of Japanese sentences is very simple. There are only three types of predicates in Japanese sentences. Verbs, adjectives and nouns. For example:


(1) verb sentence

「母がうちで本を読む」[Haha ga uchi de hon o yomu]

My mum read a book at home.「読む」=read : verb


adjective sentence

「日本はすしがとてもおいしい」[nihon wa sushi ga totemo oishii]

Sushi is very delicious in Japan. 「おいしい」=delicious : いadjective


「富士山は日本でいちばん有名な山です」[Fujisan ga nihon de ichiban yuumei-na yama desu]

Mt. Fuji is the most famous mountain in Japan. 「有名な」= famous : なadjective


noun sentence

「明日はクリスマスです」[ashita wa kurisumasu des

and some compo ne



and some components are added to the predicate, this is what happened in Japanese sentences,









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