- Japanese Sentence Structure
Section Vocabulary
NikoThere is a handful of vocabulary that we'll use in the upcoming lectures. By knowing these few words, even an absolute beginner should be able to make sentences by the end of this section (and the next one). Even someone who is not an absolute beginner should be able to get a better sense of the workings of a Japanese sentence and realize the number of things they are already able to say are quite impressive.
Japanese | Kana | English |
これ | これ | this |
それ | それ | that |
私 | わたし | I |
ニコ | ニコ | Niko (=my name) |
ピザ | ピザ | pizza |
美味しい | おいしい | tasty; delicious; good |
彼女 | かのじょ | she |
日本人 | にほんじん | Japanese (person) |
ビール | ビール | beer |
どこ | どこ | where |
です | です | to be (well, sort of) |
飲む* | のむ | to drink |
*Specifically, we’ll see the simple past tense of 飲む (のむ), which is 飲んだ (のんだ), “drank.”
If you are not able to correctly read these words, then please go back and look at prerequisites page.
Niko
