Welcome to Lesson 1!
Ready to move beyond the basics and start having simple conversations in Japanese? Lesson 1 at gokigen japanese blog is your next step after mastering Hiragana, Katakana, and basic greetings (or if you already have that foundation).
In this lesson, the main goal is to enable you to confidently introduce yourself to someone you meet for the first time and successfully handle basic questions and answers.
To achieve this, you will learn fundamental Japanese grammar points and vocabulary essential for initial interactions:
- Basic Sentence Structures: Learn how to construct simple affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences using です (desu), じゃないです (janai desu), and ですか (desu ka).
- Past Tense: Understand how to talk about past states or events using でした (deshita), the past tense of です.
- Essential Particles: Master the usage of key particles like は (wa) to indicate the topic, の (no) to show possession or description, and も (mo) meaning “also” or “too”.
- Numbers and Time: Learn how to count things using Numbers (すうじ) and how to tell and express Time (じかん・時間の表現).
By the end of Lesson 1, you’ll have the tools to share basic information about yourself (your name, nationality, profession, etc.) and understand/respond to simple questions, making real-life Japanese conversations possible from the get-go!
Explore the articles linked below to practice introducing yourself, building sentences, and using numbers and time expressions in Japanese.
