Monthly Grammar: Part 1 - Simple Japanese Conversation

 Monthly Grammar: Part 1

Let’s start my new assignment for myself; creating sentence/s every month based on the lessons that I’ve created.

I have already introduced the sentence structure in my previous blog. You can also check it through this link:  The Japanese Sentence Structure

Just a quick review:

Japanese sentence structure is Subject + Object + Verb, or SOV for short.  More explanation of sentence structure once I discuss the particles of a Japanese sentence because I find it hard to explain by writing as the Japanese Particles are not the same as the English Particles. I still need more time learning each of the Japanese Particles.

So, let’s begin:

Sentence sample 1:

きょうはげつようびです。

　　Today is Monday.

Hiragana	Romaji	Japanese	Meaning	Other Information
きょう	Kyou	今日	Today	Subject
は	*ha			Japanese particle
げつとうび	Getsu you bi	月曜日	Monday	Object
です	desu			Verb ‘To be’ (verb)

In this sentence、 the Subject is きょう while the object is げつようび. ですis the verb of the sentence.

The Japanese sentence is:

今日は月曜日です。

Sentence sample 2:

あしたはかようびです。

Tomorrow is Tuesday.

Hiragana	Romaji	Japanese	Meaning	Other Information
あした	Ashita	明日	Tomorrow	Subject
は	*ha			Japanese particle
かとうび	Ka you bi	火曜日	Tuesday	Object
です	desu			Verb ‘To be’ (verb)

Subject = あした

Object = かようび

Verb = です

The Japanese sentence is:

明日は火曜日です。

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Note: *は(ha) à when use in a sentence as a particle, it is read as ‘wa’

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