Japanese grammar uses what we will refer to as particles to mark the various parts of the sentence. The main particles are: (These particles will be described in more detail below)

The particles “wa” (は) and “ga” (が): The particle “wa” marks the topic of the sentence and the particle “ga” marks the subject of the sentence. In the example, “I know where you live” (watashi wa anata ga doko ni sunde iru ka shitte iru), “I” would be the topic while “you” would be the subject.
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Hello : Konnichiwa　・　こんにちわ
Good Morning : Ohayou Gozaimasu　・　おはよう　ございます (more…)

ひらがな
Hiragana

漢字
Kanji

ロマージ
Roman

English
Meaning

わたし

私

Watashi

I

わたしたち

私たち

Watashi　Tachi

We

あなた

Anata

You (singular)

あのひと

あの人

Ano Hito

That person

～さん

～San

Mr.~ , Mrs. ~, Ms.~

にほんじん

日本人

Nihonjin

A　Japanese（Person)

せんせい

先生

Sensei

Teacher

がくせい

学生

Gakusei

College Student

だいがく

大学

Daigaku

University

びょういん

病院

Byouin

Hospital

A　Wa　B　Desu　（A is B）
A　は　B　です　

＊は　In this case will pronounced like　わ
＊Desu used in the end of sentence of formal sentence

１．Watashi wa Takada desu　（I am Takada)
わたし　は　たかだ　です

２．Watashi wa gakusei desu　（I am a student)
わたし　は　がくせい　です

A　Wa　B　Dewa arimasen　（A is not B)
A　は　B　では　ありませｎ　

＊Dewa Arimasen can be subtitute with じゃ　ありません　（Ja Arimasen)

１．Watashi wa Nobita dewa arimasen　（I’m not Nobita)
わたし　は　のびた　では　ありません

２．Watashi wa Doraemon ja arimasen　（I’m not Doraemon)
わたし　は　ドラえもん　じゃ　ありません

３．Watashi wa Sensei dewa arimasen　（I’m not a teacher)
わたし　は　せんせい　では　ありません

A Wa B Desu ka　（Is/Are A a/an B?）
A　は　B　です　か

１．Abe san wa Nihonjin desu ka.　（Is Mr Abe a Japanese?)
あさん　は　にほんじん　です　か

２．Anata wa gakusei desu ka.　（Are you a student?)
あなた　は　がくせい　です　か

THE　ANSWER
・Yes
はい、そう　です。

・No
いいえ、そう　じゃ　ありません。

Chapter 2 : Katakana

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In the first time, we should learn about words in Japanese and how to read it.
There are 4 kind of words in Japanese

1. Hiragana
   Used to write original Japanese words, and can be used to subtitute Kanji.

2. Katakana
   Used to write named and words that have been borrowed from other language .

3. Kanji
   Kanji is the most common used in Japan. Kanji are taken from Chinese words.

4. Romaji
   Romaji is a latin.

There are 5 vowels in the Japanese language.

(a), pronounced “awful”,
(i), pronounced like “ill” in “ill”,
(u), pronounced like “oo” in “soon”,
(e), pronounced like “e” in “end”, and
(o), pronounced “ohh”.

All Hiragana characters end with one of these vowels, with the exception of (n).

Exceptions:

Some words when used as particle, will be pronounced different. Such as :
1. は (ha) is pronounced “wa” when it used as a particle to explain subject.
2. へ (he) is pronounced “e” when it used as a particle follows a place or direction.
3. を (wo) is pronounced “o” when it used as a particle follows an object.
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