Какие бы ситуации ни возникали, есть поддержка друзей. И для меня важно чувствовать эту поддержку.
Articles and Nouns
Japanese language does not have articles (a, an, the).
You can assume that nouns don't change the form. Basically, there is no plural form, and no gender (feminine, masculine, neuter etc.).
In English, "apple" can be "an apple", "apples" or "the apple". In Japanese, it is just "apple". To mention how many, you say "one apple", "two apple" or "many apple"...
Verbs
Verbs don't change the form depending on the person or the number of the subject.
In English, "I am", "he or she is" and "we, you or they are", and also "I speak" and "he or she speaks". There is no such changes in Japanese.
But they do change the form for other purposes such as tense (past, present, present progressive, etc.). You will learn more in the following lessons.
Counting System
Japanese counting system is complex and has a lot of irregular pronunciations. It can take some time to master all of them.
But to be practical, you just need to know the following.
Master how to count 1 to 100. (You just need to memorise 1-10.)
Know the basic principles. For example, time is "ji" and "fun", date is "gatsu" and "nichi", etc.
In addition, days of the week and dates (1st to 10th) would be good to know.
People will understand when you say roku-fun (not roppun) or ni-nichi (not futsuka).
Japanese language does not have articles (a, an, the).
You can assume that nouns don't change the form. Basically, there is no plural form, and no gender (feminine, masculine, neuter etc.).
In English, "apple" can be "an apple", "apples" or "the apple". In Japanese, it is just "apple". To mention how many, you say "one apple", "two apple" or "many apple"...
Verbs
Verbs don't change the form depending on the person or the number of the subject.
In English, "I am", "he or she is" and "we, you or they are", and also "I speak" and "he or she speaks". There is no such changes in Japanese.
But they do change the form for other purposes such as tense (past, present, present progressive, etc.). You will learn more in the following lessons.
Counting System
Japanese counting system is complex and has a lot of irregular pronunciations. It can take some time to master all of them.
But to be practical, you just need to know the following.
Master how to count 1 to 100. (You just need to memorise 1-10.)
Know the basic principles. For example, time is "ji" and "fun", date is "gatsu" and "nichi", etc.
In addition, days of the week and dates (1st to 10th) would be good to know.
People will understand when you say roku-fun (not roppun) or ni-nichi (not futsuka).