Grammar Points

Question 1

What does the は particle do?

Answer 1

Mark the topic, not necessarily subject

Question 2

What does the が particle do?

Answer 2

Mark the subject

Question 3

What does the も particle do?

Answer 3

Signifies an item/action/event that shares a common attribute with a previously mentioned item/action/event
eg.: two or more people perform the same activity, you go to two places, you do something on two different occasions, etc

Question 4

What does the と particle do?

Answer 4

Ties two nouns together (A and B), or signals with whom an action was completed (I went somewhere with A)

Question 5

What does the を particle do?

Answer 5

Marks the direct object

Question 6

What does the particle に/へ do?

Answer 6

Marks a location destination of movement. Does not refer to doing something in that location.

Question 7

What does the particle で do?

Answer 7

Marks the location of an action or object. Does not refer to movement towards the location.

Question 8

What is the present tense affirmative conjugation rule for い adjectives?

Answer 8

dictionary form + です

Question 9

What is the present tense negative conjugation rule for い adjectives?

Answer 9

(drop い) + くないです

Question 10

What is the past tense affirmative conjugation rule for い adjectives?

Answer 10

(drop い) + かったです

Question 11

What is the past tense negative conjugation rule for い adjectives?

Answer 11

(drop い) + くなかったです

Question 12

What is the present tense affirmative conjugation rule for な adjectives?

Answer 12

(drop な) + です

Question 13

What is the present tense negative conjugation rule for なadjectives?

Answer 13

(drop な) + じゃないです

Question 14

What is the past tense affirmative conjugation rule for なadjectives?

Answer 14

(drop な) + でした

Question 15

What is the past tense negative conjugation rule for なadjectives?

Answer 15

(drop な) + じゃなかったです

Question 16

What is the present tense affirmative conjugation rule for irregular adjectives?

Answer 16

dictionary form + です

Question 17

What is the present tense negative conjugation rule for irregular adjectives?

Answer 17

よかないです

Question 18

What is the past tense affirmative conjugation rule for irregular adjectives?

Answer 18

よかったでう

Question 19

What is the past tense negative conjugation rule for irregular adjectives?

Answer 19

よくなかったです

Question 20

How do you conjugate る and irregular verbs into て-form?

Answer 20

stem + て

Question 21

How do you conjugate う verbs into て-form?

Answer 21

stem + various て-forms, depending on the う verb category

Question 22

How do you conjugate う、つ、and る う-verbs into て-form?

Answer 22

stem + って

Question 23

How do you conjugate む、ぶ、and ぬ う-verbs into て-form?

Answer 23

stem + んで

Question 24

How do you conjugate く う-verbs into て-form?

Answer 24

stem + いて

Question 25

How do you conjugate ぐ う-verbs into て-form?

Answer 25

stem + いで

Question 26

How do you conjugate す う-verbs into て-form?

Answer 26

stem + して

Question 27

How do you conjugate 行く into て-form?

Answer 27

行って

Question 28

What is the present affirmative verb ending?

Answer 28

ます

Question 29

What is the present negative verb ending?

Answer 29

ません

Question 30

What is the past affirmative verb ending?

Answer 30

ました

Question 31

What is the past negative verb ending?

Answer 31

ませんでした

Question 32

What is the suggestion verb ending? (AKA: why don’t we…?)

Answer 32

ませんか

Question 33

What is the command verb ending? (Aka: let’s….)

Answer 33

ましょう

Question 34

What is the suggestion verb ending? (AKA: shall we….?)

Answer 34

ましょうか

Question 35

How do you conjugate る verbs?

Answer 35

Remove る, add verb ending

Question 36

How do you conjugate う verbs?

Answer 36

Remove う and replace it with い, add verb ending