N5Grammar:Particle

astoooralso
isaparticlethatmeanstoooralso.
*

YesterdayIatefish.Iateitthedaybeforeyesterday,
too
.
comes
after
thewordthatyouwanttoemphasizewithalso.InEnglish,
wecandothiswithpronunciation,butitJapaneseyouhavetodoitwiththe
positionoftheparticle.

I
readabook,
too
.(aswellassomeoneelse)

Ireada
book
,
too
.(aswellassomethingelse)
Notethatyoucantputaftertheverb.Ifyouwanttosaythatyounotonly
readabook,butyoualsowroteone,thatsadifferentgrammarpoint.
takestheplaceofparticles,,and,butwhenaddingittoother
particlesyoucansimplyadditon.Youcanalsoadditontowordsthatdont
takeaparticle.

Iwillgo
to
thepark.Iwill
also
go
to
thepark.
*

Willyoucomebyyourselftomorrow?Willyoucomebyyourselftomorrow,
too
?

asboth,and
Ifyouwanttotalkabouttwothingsandsayboththing1andthing2,then
youllputafterboththings.Andtheresnoneedtostopwithtwo!
*

Thereare
bothnewspapersandmagazines
here.

Ilikedogs
and
cats
and
rabbits
and
hamsters.

Sentencesmarkedwith*comefrompastJLPTN5tests.


N5Grammar:Particle

aseither,neither
Englishmakesnegativeshard.YoucansayIlikeit,too,butyoucantsayI
dontlikeit,too.Instead,youhavetosayIdontlikeit,either.Japaneseis
havingnoneofthissilliness.Justusethesamewaywevebeenusingit,and
converttheverbtothenegativeform.

Ilikeit,
too
.Idontlikeit,
either
.
Likewise,whenusingbothand,youcancontinueusingafter
convertingtheverbtothenegativeform.
*

Idonteatmeatorfish.(or:Ieatneithermeatnorfish.)

withamounts
hasadifferentmeaningwhenitcomesafteranamount.Inthatcase,it
exaggeratesjusthowlargeaquantityitwas.Thinkofitlikethedifference
betweenIatetwopiesandIatetwowholepies.Withthefirstone,you
mightjustthinktheyweresmallpies.Butwithwholeinthere,itmakesyou
think,Ohman,thisguyjustatealotofpie.Thatswhatdoes.
*

Iwalked
awhole
threehoursfromthenexttowntohere.

withnoverb
IfyourfriendsaysIwanttobuyanewTV,areyougoingtotakethetrouble
tosayIwanttobuyanewTV,too?No,yourejustgoingtosayMe,too.
YoucandothesamethinginJapanese,althoughifyouwanttobepolite,you
shouldaddaontheend.
*
IwanttobuyaTV.Me,too.

afterquestionwords
Ifyouseeafteraquestionword(,,,,,etc.),thats
anotherN5grammarpointthatwellcoveratalaterdate.
Sentencesmarkedwith*comefrompastJLPTN5tests.


N5Grammar:Particle

Practice
FillintheblankswithJapanese.Romajiallowed(fornow).Hint:oneblank
shouldnothaveanythinginit.
1.
He
playstennis,too.

2.Heplays
tennis
,too.

3.Iwontgotoschool
tomorrow
,either.

4.Iwontgoto
school
tomorrow,either.

5.Ihavetwobooks.
Ialsohavetwonotebooks.*
6.Ireadbothbooksandmagazines.

WritetheEnglishtranslation.
1.

2.

Sentencesmarkedwith*comefrompastJLPTN5tests.


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Vocabcheatsheet
Allthevocabusedinthisworksheet,approximatelybyorderofappearance.

fish
toeat
yesterday
daybeforeyesterday
I
book
toread
park
togo
tomorrow
byoneself
tocome
here
newspaper
magazine
tobe,tohave
dog
cat
rabbit
hamster
like,favorite
negativeformof
meat
nextdoor,neighboring
town
three
hours
towalk
TV
wanttobuy
he
tennis
school
counterforbooks

Sentencesmarkedwith*comefrompastJLPTN5tests.