How to Make Simple Japanese Sentences: A Beginner’s Guide!

1. Introduction: Learn How to Build Simple Sentences

In our previous post, we learned essential Japanese verbs like **食べる (taberu – eat)** and **行く (iku – go)**. Now, let’s take the next step!

Today, we’ll learn **how to form simple Japanese sentences** using these verbs. Once you master these patterns, you’ll be able to say things like:

• ✅ "I eat an apple." → **私はりんごを食べる。**
• ✅ "He goes to Tokyo." → **彼は東京へ行く。**

2. Basic Sentence Patterns

🔹 Pattern 1: Subject + Verb (S + V)

• 私は食べる。 (*Watashi wa taberu.* – I eat.)
• 彼は行く。 (*Kare wa iku.* – He goes.)

🔹 Pattern 2: Subject + Object + Verb (S + O + V)

• 私はりんごを食べる。 (*Watashi wa ringo o taberu.* – I eat an apple.)
• 彼は東京へ行く。 (*Kare wa Tōkyō e iku.* – He goes to Tokyo.)

3. Common Sentence Examples

🍏 食べる (Taberu) – Eat

• 私はパンを食べる。 (*Watashi wa pan o taberu.* – I eat bread.)
• 彼はカレーを食べる。 (*Kare wa karē o taberu.* – He eats curry.)

☕ 飲む (Nomu) – Drink

• 私はコーヒーを飲む。 (*Watashi wa kōhī o nomu.* – I drink coffee.)
• 彼女はお茶を飲む。 (*Kanojo wa ocha o nomu.* – She drinks tea.)

4. How to Make Your Sentences Polite

By adding **"ます (masu)"**, you can make your sentence polite:

• 私はご飯を**食べる** → 私はご飯を**食べます**。 (*Watashi wa gohan o tabemasu.* – I eat rice.)
• 彼は会社へ**行く** → 彼は会社へ**行きます**。 (*Kare wa kaisha e ikimasu.* – He goes to work.)

5. Summary & Next Lesson

Today, we learned:

• ✅ **How to form simple Japanese sentences**
• ✅ **Basic sentence structures: S + V, S + O + V**
• ✅ **How to make sentences polite using "ます" (masu)**

Now, you can make simple sentences! But… can you read them? **If you’re not familiar with Hiragana, don’t worry!**

Next time, we’ll learn how to read and write Hiragana, the foundation of the Japanese writing system! Stay tuned! 🚀

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