Particle | Usage |
の NOT at the end of a sentence | shows possession. Kore wa watashi ___ pen desu. |
を | follows a noun (direct object) & is before a verb. It marks the thing that receives the action. Watashi wa piano ____ hikimasu. |
と | means and/with. Natalie ___ Nathan wa Nihon ni iku. |
は | identifies the subject(s). Watashi ____ seito desu. |
で | means by (ex: by car) Kuruma ___ ikimasu. |
に | marks destination, or direction in which one is moving (use with go/come/meet/become/time such as days of week, month, etc) |
ね | means eh? right? Yakisoba to tempura setto desu ____? |
な | means eh? right? (more casual) Sore wa ii _____! |
か at the end of a sentence | means it's a question (when using polite forms) Ashita ikimasu ____? |
も | also, too. Watashi _____ ikimasu. |
が | marks a subject when you want to emphasize WHO is doing something. Sensei _____ shimasu. |
わ at the end of a sentence | women use this, it means "I'm telling you!" Watashi mo ikitai ____! |
よ at the end of a sentence | women & men both use this, it means "I'm telling you! Watashi mo iku ____! |
の at the end of a sentence | means it is a question. Ashita gakkou ni kuru ___? |
で | means at/in a place (such as at home, at school, in Japan) Nihon ____ nani suru no? |
で | follows a な adjective when joining it with another adjective . Kanojo wa henn ____, omoshiroi da. |
が | means "but" at the end of a phrase (Nihon ni ikitai desu ___, okane ga nai.) |
が | Marks the 2nd topic of the sentence. (Watashi wa Nihongo ___ hanasemasu.) |
が | is always used with the "can do" (potential) form of verbs, Baskettobo-ru ____ dekimasu. |
が | is always used with imasu/iru and arimasu/aru (to be/exist). Inu ____ iru. |