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The Language Garage<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japanese</span></a> godan verbs end in one of the characters in the う –u line of the hiragana chart: –く –ku, –す –su, –む –mu and so on. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JapaneseGrammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JapaneseGrammar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LearnJapanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearnJapanese</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Languages</span></a>. Learn more: <a href="https://thelanguagegarage.com/japanese-non-past-tense/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thelanguagegarage.com/japanese</span><span class="invisible">-non-past-tense/</span></a></p>
The Language Garage<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japanese</span></a> verbs have speech levels. The plain (or dictionary) and polite forms are important for beginners. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JapaneseGrammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JapaneseGrammar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LearnJapanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearnJapanese</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Languages</span></a>. Learn more: <a href="https://thelanguagegarage.com/japanese-non-past-tense/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thelanguagegarage.com/japanese</span><span class="invisible">-non-past-tense/</span></a></p>
The Language Garage<p>Use the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japanese</span></a> non-past to express the present or future. Use the–ています -te imasu form for activities happening right now. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JapaneseGrammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JapaneseGrammar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LearnJapanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearnJapanese</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Languages</span></a>. Learn more: <a href="https://thelanguagegarage.com/japanese-non-past-tense/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thelanguagegarage.com/japanese</span><span class="invisible">-non-past-tense/</span></a></p>
The Language Garage<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japanese</span></a> particle は wa marks old, known information in the conversation. が ga marks new information. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JapaneseGrammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JapaneseGrammar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JapaneseParticles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JapaneseParticles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Languages</span></a>. Click to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/learn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>learn</span></a> more: <a href="https://thelanguagegarage.com/wa-and-ga-in-japanese/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thelanguagegarage.com/wa-and-g</span><span class="invisible">a-in-japanese/</span></a></p>
The Language Garage<p>Saying AND in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japanese</span></a>. Use と to to connect two nouns: りんごとバナナ ringo to banana (apples and bananas). <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JapaneseGrammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JapaneseGrammar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LearnJapanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearnJapanese</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Languages</span></a>. <a href="https://thelanguagegarage.com/how-to-say-and-in-japanese/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thelanguagegarage.com/how-to-s</span><span class="invisible">ay-and-in-japanese/</span></a></p>
The Language Garage<p>If the information clause following は wa has a subject that’s different from the topic, that subject is marked by the subject particle が ga. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JapaneseGrammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JapaneseGrammar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JapaneseParticles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JapaneseParticles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Languages</span></a>. Click to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/learn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>learn</span></a> more: <a href="https://thelanguagegarage.com/wa-and-ga-in-japanese/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thelanguagegarage.com/wa-and-g</span><span class="invisible">a-in-japanese/</span></a></p>
The Language Garage<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japanese</span></a> topics marked by は wa can be nouns, adverbs, location phrases, and so on. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JapaneseGrammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JapaneseGrammar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JapaneseParticles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JapaneseParticles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Languages</span></a>. Click to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/learn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>learn</span></a> more: <a href="https://thelanguagegarage.com/wa-and-ga-in-japanese/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thelanguagegarage.com/wa-and-g</span><span class="invisible">a-in-japanese/</span></a></p>
The Language Garage<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japanese</span></a> particle は wa marks the topic of a sentence, the person, thing, place, time, etc., that the sentence is about. A topic is not the same as a subject. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JapaneseGrammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JapaneseGrammar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JapaneseParticles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JapaneseParticles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Languages</span></a>. <a href="https://thelanguagegarage.com/wa-and-ga-in-japanese/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thelanguagegarage.com/wa-and-g</span><span class="invisible">a-in-japanese/</span></a></p>