How to Use Adjectives & Articles in Japanese

Series Summary

The Japanese language gave the world the first novel ever written, The Tale of Genji, composed by a woman in the 13th century; a corpus of anime and manga that explore mature themes of spirituality, aging, war, and love; and plenty of humorous translation accidents, a la “All your base are belong to us.” Because of the many business opportunities overseas and Japanese-run companies setting up shop in the United States, learning to speak Japanese could be a savvy move. Or maybe you want to practice meditation at a Soto Zen monastery in the rural hills. There are many reasons why the Japanese language can be important to American entrepreneurs and travelers.

Learn simple Japanese phrases today in this free video series with expert Yuu Asakura. Yuu gives you demonstrations for speaking and recognizing Japanese words in print. You will be able to add adjectives to Japanese sentences and use articles and particles to make correct phrasing. Yuu teaches you how to ask "Whose is this?" to use the modifer "no" to talk about possessives and adjectives, to describe yourself, and to ask after someone in particular. This series will give you practical knowledge of Japanese sentence construction to use today!

Video Transcript

"YUU ASAKURA: Hello, my name is Yuu Asakura and you're watching Expert Village. I'm teaching you Japanese which you can start using today. And so far, we've covered Japanese greetings, simple questions to answers, how to count numbers. And in this show, we're going to get into a little bit into grammar, so that we have--we clear some problems or some questions that we have. But don't worry, I've been a teacher. I've been a translator. I know how grammar can be difficult. I'm going to break it down for you today. And in our content today is we're going to go over a little bit about articles and particles. This is very important Japanese. And we have more lists of adjectives. We did a little bit, but we're going to go a little bit more. And then we learn how to say, "there is/there are" in Japanese. And also, we learn "teinei go." This is a Japanese term for polite speech. It's very important to be polite or casual in Japanese speech. So we'll learn that."