Lesson 21. How to Express Present Tense in Chinese
As stated in the previous lesson, there is no verb conjugation in Chinese. In short, 吃 (chī) will always remain as 吃 (chī) regardless of when you eat. On this lesson, let’s learn how...
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Lesson 22. How to Express Past Tense in Chinese
There is no verb conjugation in Chinese. The form Chinese verb is only one regardless the tense of the sentence. Let’s say, the English ‘go’ can be conjugated as ‘go-went-gone’. In Chinese, the three...
Lesson 14. The Complete Guide to Verb TO HAVE in English
After the verb to be, ‘the verb to have’ ranks as the second most commonly used verb in English. The verb to have in English can be used as the main verb or an auxiliary...
Confusing Words: Come vs Go in English
Do you know that the concept of the verb come and go in Japanese and English are different? Not only that, the usage of come vs go in English itself may be very confusing...
Lesson 15. The Complete Guide to Verb TO BE in English
The verb to be is probably one of the most irregular verbs in English. It does need more attention as we use the verb to be so much often in sentences. Let’s master the...
Lesson 1. Simple Present Tense: The Most Common Tense in English
Simple present tense is one of the commonly used verb tense in English. What is simple present tense? Simple present tense is a verb tense that indicates an action that is happening regularly,...
Lesson 1. 5 Simple Sentences using Japanese Nouns You Must Know!
Do you know that nouns in Japanese have neither gender nor singular-plural forms? Let’s learn how to form simple Japanese sentences using nouns today! Japanese Basic Word Order The basic word order in...
Lesson 19. The Complete Guide of Question Words in Japanese
What is that? Where is the toilet? How much is this? Have you ever wondered how to ask questions in Japanese? Well, if you are. You are reading the right post. Just like Chinese,...
Lesson 3. Forming Questions in Japanese using か (Ka) and ね (Ne)
The particles か (ka) and ね (ne) can be used to form questions in Japanese. Let’s learn the usage of these two particles now! The Exceptional か (ka) Most of Japanese sentences...
Lesson 20. Four Ways to Express A Little Amount in Chinese
We use ‘a few’ and ‘a little’ to suggest not much of something in English. However, ‘a few’ is used for countable, while ‘a little’ is for uncountable things. How about in Chinese? Let’s...
Lesson 8. 8 Things You Need to Know about Verbs in Japanese
Verbs are one of the most important part of speech in Japanese! Here are the eight fundamental rules you need to know for understanding the verbs in Japanese. Japanese verbs are always placed at...
Lesson 19. A Quick Guide to Verb TO BE in Chinese
I have both good news and bad news for the verb to be in Chinese. Which one do you want to hear first? Well. I’ll start with the good one first. As stated in...
Lesson 13. Turn Your Adverbs in Japanese from Blah into Fantastic!
Adverbs in Japanese works like English do – they modify verbs, adjectives, and even other adverbs. Forming Adverbs from Adjectives In English, we formed adverbs by attaching the suffix -ly to the adjectives....
Lesson 6. Articles in English Does Not Have to Be Hard
The articles ‘a’, ‘an’, and ‘the’, are important words that we use in almost every sentence in English. Articles are words that modify a noun. There are two kinds of articles: definite and indefinite....
Lesson 12. The Complete Guide to Comparative and Superlative Adjectives in English
Comparative Adjectives We use comparative adjectives to compare two objects. It is used to describe an object that has a higher degree of quality than another one. We can form comparative adjectives by ‘attaching...
Lesson 21. Polite Form in Japanese
We all know that Japan is well known for its politeness. Japanese bow to say hello, thank you, and even goodbye. As for the languages, there are several levels of politeness: the plain form,...
Lesson 18. Directions: Come vs Go in Chinese
Do you think that ‘come in’ and ‘go in’ have the same meaning? While both phrases are the synonym to the word ‘enter’, they are actually being used in different ways! If you are...
Lesson 4. The Complete Guide of Pronouns in Japanese
Just as in Spanish and Italian, pronouns in Japanese are generally omitted in the conversation if the meaning of the sentence is clear without them. For example, the verb あげる (ageru) implies that ‘somebody...
Lesson 2. What You Need to Know about Noun in Japanese
Noun in Japanese only have one form, which is used under all circumstances. The noun itself even includes the concept of English articles ‘a, an, the’. As an example, the word ‘星’ (hoshi) can...
Lesson 15. How to Express Superlative in Japanese
Just like comparative degree, there is no superlative degree form in Japanese. ‘The most’ for comparing three or more objects is commonly stated by 一番 (ichiban) or 最も (mottomo). Read: Comparative Degree – How to...
