Noun
Selected grammar patterns related to Nouns
- Core Sentences: Verb/Adjective/Noun desu (non-past, formal) (2-1 BTS 1)
- Negative questions with [noun desu] or Adjectives (3-2 BTS 12)
- Sentence + でしょうか (4-1 BTS 2)
- Sentence でしょう? (5-2 BTS 2)
- Colors (adjective and noun forms) (6-3 BTS 11)
- Describing people: 背が高い・背が低い人 (6-3 BTS 13)
- Appearance (〜そう) (8-5 BTS 2)
- だろう (8-5 BTS 13)
- Polite equivalent of [Nounです] Nounでいらっしゃいます・Nounでございます (polite) (10-3 BTS 6)
- Assertion + じゃない (10-6 BTS 14)
- で at the beginning of a Sentence (12-3 BTS 8)
- Nounでは・じゃ+ いけない・だめ・よくない・まずい (13-4 BTS 12)
- Nounでも (14-6 BTS 20)
- Plural Nouns: 〜たち・がた・ら (17-1 BTS 2)
- Noun + によると (17-4 BTS 8)
- X による: Depending on X (17-5 BTS 11)
- Nounだって (17-6 BTS 14)
- Nounにしては・も (18-1 BTS 2)
- Nounらしい (18-3 BTS 8)
- Description + 風に (18-5 BTS 11)
- [Sentence + か] as a Noun (18-5 BTS 12)
- 〜としては・も (19-1 BTS 3)
- Xなりに:XなりのY (21-2 BTS 2)
- Xというと (21-2 BTS 3)
- Exclusivity: Noun + ばかり・ばっかり (22-2 BTS 3)
- Special humble nouns: 拝借 (22-3 BTS 7)
- Noun + さえ〜ば (22-3 BTS 8)
- Xに関して (23-6 BTS 8)
- Xに始まって、Y、Z (23-6 BTS 9)
- XにYに (24-2 BTS 3)
- XはもとよりY、Z (24-2 BTS 4)
- X(を)始め・Y、Z (24-3 BTS 6)
- XまたはY (24-4 BTS 9)
External resources for practicing conjugation
http://baileysnyder.com/jconj/
A webpage to practice typing conjugation (Credit: bailysynder.com)
Noun desu Conjugation charts
Formal |
affirmative | negative |
Non-past
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N desu | N ja nai desu
N ja arimasen |
2-1 (BTS 1) |
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Past
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N deshita |
N ja nakatta desu N ja arimasen deshita |
4-1 (BTS 1) |
Informal |
affirmative | negative |
Non-past |
N (drop desu) | N ja nai |
2-5 (BTS 18) |
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N da |
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3-4 (BTS 18) |
2-6 (BTS 25) |
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Past | N datta |
N ja nakatta |
4-3 (BTS 14) |
te form |
affirmative | negative |
Non-past |
N + de |
N janakute |
5-1 (BTS 1) |