* Anime Grammar for Beginners

This course looks at the casual/informal Japanese grammar you will find in manga and anime. Because this is a beginners course it only tests on hiragana, but has the romaji and kanji for reference. A lot of the grammar overlaps with Beginners Grammar 1&2, but mostly has new verbs for each of the grammar points if you've done these courses already. Let me know in the JTalkOnline forum thread / via the Facebook page JTalkOnlineBlog if there're any errors or anything you'd like me to add. NEW Audio

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Dictionary / Plain Form Explained

Dictionary / Plain Form

Negative "ない Form" Explained

Negative - ない Form

Negative - plain + な (v.casual)

Can/Cannot Do Explained

Can/Cannot do - ’え’る　’え’ない

Plain Past "た Form" Explained

Plain Past - た Form

Have/Haven't Done - たことがある・ない

Negative Past - なかった

Has/does nothing but (Only) - (しか)～ない

Have to - Explained

Have to (v.informal) - (negative) なくちゃ / ないと

"て" Form and Please Explained

Please - て（ください）

Please Don't - ないで（ください）

Even if you do that - ても

Can you do for me (informal) - てくれない?

Continuous and Not yet Explained

Continuous - ている

Continuous (v.casual) - てる

Not (yet) - (まだ）ていない

Stem Form Explained

Want to do - Stem たい

Impolite Ordering "なさい" Explained

Do It (Impolite Ordering) - なさい

Let's do something - Volitional Form Explained

Let's do something - こう