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Everyday Japanese (N5/A1): Words and Grammar

The second Japanese course for Nepali learners: 24 lessons of basic grammar and about 600 everyday words for family, shopping, food, transport, time and work, with audio and practice questions.

📘 24 lessons⏱ About 9 h 54 min🌐 English🎓 Self-paced
Everyday Japanese (N5/A1): Words and Grammar

What you'll learn

  • Build real sentences with は, が, を, に, で, へ, も and の
  • Use verbs in the polite ます form, in the past, and in the て-form
  • Describe things with い-adjectives and な-adjectives, and compare them
  • Count, tell the time, give dates and read prices
  • Ask for directions, shop, order food and use transport
  • Ask and give permission, make requests, invitations and plans
  • Understand the plain form and give reasons

Course syllabus

Part 1: Meeting people

  1. 1
    Lesson 1: Introducing Yourself: は, です and か
    30 min
  2. 2
    Lesson 2: Who, What, Which: Questions, Nationalities and Jobs
    24 min
  3. 3
    Lesson 3: Things Around You: これ, それ, あれ and この, その, あの
    24 min

Part 2: Numbers, time and money

  1. 4
    Lesson 4: Numbers from 100 to 10,000 and Prices
    24 min
  2. 5
    Lesson 5: Telling the Time
    24 min
  3. 6
    Lesson 6: Days, Months and Dates
    24 min
  4. 7
    Lesson 7: Your Daily Routine: Verbs in the ます Form
    24 min

Part 3: Places and movement

  1. 8
    Lesson 8: Places and Where Things Are: ここ, あります and います
    30 min
  2. 9
    Lesson 9: Going and Coming: Transport and the Particles へ, で, に
    24 min
  3. 10
    Lesson 10: Getting Around: Directions and the Station
    24 min

Part 4: Food, shopping and feelings

  1. 11
    Lesson 11: Food and Shopping: を and ください
    24 min
  2. 12
    Lesson 12: Counting Things and People
    24 min
  3. 13
    Lesson 13: Likes, Dislikes and What You Are Good At
    24 min
  4. 14
    Lesson 14: Describing Things: い-Adjectives
    24 min
  5. 15
    Lesson 15: Describing Things: な-Adjectives
    24 min

Part 5: Past, requests and plans

  1. 16
    Lesson 16: The Past: ました and でした
    18 min
  2. 17
    Lesson 17: Past Adjectives and Comparing (より, のほうが, いちばん)
    24 min
  3. 18
    Lesson 18: The て-Form: Three Kinds of Verbs
    30 min
  4. 19
    Lesson 19: Asking and Giving Permission: てください, てもいいです, てはいけません
    24 min
  5. 20
    Lesson 20: Actions in Progress and Habits: ています
    24 min
  6. 21
    Lesson 21: Wanting, Inviting and Offering: たいです, ませんか, ましょう
    24 min
  7. 22
    Lesson 22: The Plain Form: ない and Dictionary Form
    24 min
  8. 23
    Lesson 23: Reasons and Time: から, ので, とき, まえに, あとで
    24 min
  9. 24
    Lesson 24: Checkpoint: Everyday Japanese Review
    30 min

Before you start

  • Japanese from Zero: Sounds and Scripts, or the ability to read hiragana and katakana
  • No other background needed. Lessons are in English; every Japanese word also has a Nepali meaning