Part 1

Question 1

What is the word order for Japanese?

Answer 1

SOV - Subject, Object, Verb.

Question 2

What is the informal, polite, and formal version of desu?

Answer 2

1. Da
2. Desu
3. De gozaimasu

Question 3

What are the two main forms of and? How do you use them?

Answer 3

To - Used to connect nouns or singular words.

Soshite - Used to connect phrases.

Question 4

What are the two most common verb forms?

Answer 4

Ru - Informal

Masu - More polite

Question 5

What do you add to the end of phrases to make them a question?

Answer 5

Ka

Question 6

What are the question words for when, where, why, who, and what?

Answer 6

When - itsu 
Where - doko 
Why - naze or doushite 
Who - dare
What - nani

Question 7

What does the possessive no do when added to a phrase?

Answer 7

It shows that someone or something has ownership over a noun.

Question 8

What is the common meaning of but?

Answer 8

Demo

Question 9

What are the main pronouns in Japanese?

Answer 9

Watashi - I
Anata - you
Kare - he/him
Kanojo - she/her
Watashi tachi - we
Anata tachi - you all
Kare ra - they

Question 10

What is the filler word for um or hmm?

Answer 10

Eetoo

Question 11

What are the main topic particles and what do they represent?

Answer 11

Wa - main topic particle
Ga - subject/object particle
Wo - direct object particle
Ni - time and movement particle
De - location particle

Question 12

What is the word if represented by? What do you end the verb with if you have if?

Answer 12

Moshi

Ba, tara, nara, other conditional forms

Question 13

When is San used?

Answer 13

Used to address someone politely.

Question 14

What are the two types of adjectives? How do you use them?

Answer 14

i and na adjectives.
Add the I if you are describing a noun
Drop the i and add Kunai if negative.
Past tense - add katta 
Past tense and negative - kunakatta 

Add na before nouns

Question 15

What is the past tense form of masu?

Answer 15

Mashita

Negative - masen deshita

Question 16

What does very translate to?

Answer 16

Totemo

Question 17

How do you say I want something?

Answer 17

Say what you want and add ga hoshii.

Question 18

What do you add to masu forms to say you want to do this thing

Answer 18

Tai

Question 19

What is the difference between wa and ga?

Answer 19

• wa is emphasizing what comes after.
• wa is usually showing the main topic.
• wa overrides has if it’s both.
• ga emphasizes what comes before.
• ga is more specific showing the subject
• when a question word comes at the beginning ga is first.

Question 20

When do you use arimasu and imasu?

Answer 20

Arimasu is used to say that there is an object. It’s only used for objects.
Imasu is used for animals and people. It is to say they are.

Question 21

Name all examples using particles.

Answer 21

Anata wa yasashii desu
Neko ga hen
Hon wo yomimashita
Nihon ni ikimashou
Roku ji ni ikimashou 
Kouen de asobimashou

Question 22

Name all examples using if.

Answer 22

Moshi ga kittara - if you come
Moshi ga yosereba- if it’s okay with you
Moshi ga hoshikattara - if you want it