Particles and grammar

Question 1

Topic marker - tells us what the topic is about.

Answer 1

Wa (Ha) は

Question 2

Possessive marker

Answer 2

の 
Ex.
あなた の ー yours
わたしのー mine
かれー his

Question 3

Subject Marker

Answer 3

が ga. 
Similar to は the topic marker. 
は usually comes before が in a sentence. 
は never comes after a question word. 
が is the secondary topic marker. 
Used for emphasis

Question 4

“And” particle

Answer 4

と

Question 5

Which particle is used to link 2 nouns?

Answer 5

の
The の must be placed when linking 2 nouns. 
Ex. 
きいろ の えんぴつ
Kiiro no enpitsu: yellow pencil

Question 6

Making things Negative (not)

Answer 6

じゃない

Question 7

How to state something is ‘the one’.

Ex. The red one.

Answer 7

あか の the red one

の has to be at the end of the phrase/ sentence.

Question 8

How to make い-adj negative

Answer 8

Take off い and add くない

Ex.
さむくない

Question 9

Conjunction :

But

Answer 9

でも

Question 10

Name the months

Answer 10

いちがつ

Add -がつ at the end of each number from 1-12 to list the months.

Question 11

To make something past tense.

Answer 11

でした

Question 12

Means ‘right?’ Or ‘isn’t it’

Or can just be used to finish a sentence. Depending on the intonation.

Answer 12

ね