Grammar trivia

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• Which word follows the te-form of a verb to make the request 'please do it'?Grammar
• Which Japanese particle carries the meaning 'too', as in 'I am going too'?Grammar
• Which ending attaches to a verb to say 'want to do'?Grammar
• Which ending makes a verb negative in plain speech?Grammar
• Which particle follows a clock time, as in 'gets up at seven'?Grammar
• Which particle means 'from' in 'from morning until night'?Grammar
• Which Japanese word points to something near the speaker?Grammar
• Which verb form is the base for linking actions and for building requests and the progressive?Grammar
• What is the plain past form of たかい (takai)?Grammar
• In バスで行く (basu de iku, to go by bus), で marks the place where the action happens.Grammar
• ましょう (mashou) is used to invite someone to do something together.Grammar
• Which Japanese particle joins two nouns, as in 'bread and milk'?Grammar
• The negative of たかい (takai) is たかいない.Grammar
• A Japanese noun usually keeps the same form whether it refers to one thing or to many.Grammar
• ある (aru) is the verb used to say that a person or an animal is somewhere.Grammar
• ~ている (te iru) is used for an action that is going on right now.Grammar
• Japanese has articles that correspond to the English a and the.Grammar
• Japanese often leaves the subject out of a sentence when it is clear from context.Grammar
• The particle ね (ne) at the end of a sentence asks the listener to agree or confirm.Grammar
• A Japanese verb changes its form according to whether the subject is I, you, or he.Grammar
• An i-adjective such as たかい takes の between it and a noun it comes before.Grammar
• How is は read when it is used as a particle?Grammar
• What do we call the words that attach to the end of a Japanese word to show its grammatical role?Grammar
• Which character is added at the end of a Japanese sentence to make it a question?Grammar
• Which Japanese particle attaches to the object, the thing the action is done to?Grammar
• Which Japanese particle marks possession, as in my book?Grammar
• Which ending is added to a verb to put it into polite speech?Grammar
• What is the polite negative of the ます form?Grammar
• What do we call an adjective that ends in い, such as たかい?Grammar
• To make a polite negative out of a ます form, you change it to ました.Grammar
• What is the basic word order of a Japanese sentence?Grammar
• Which Japanese expression is used to close a sentence politely?Grammar
• Japanese, like English, puts a space between words as a matter of rule.Grammar
• Japanese has no particles that mark which word is the topic and which is the object.Grammar
• です (desu) is the word used to close a sentence politely.Grammar
• When は is used as a particle it is read wa, not ha.Grammar
• The particle を attaches to the object, the thing the action is done to.Grammar
• The particle の is used only to mark a place, in the sense of at or in.Grammar
• Putting a verb into its ます form makes the speech polite.Grammar
• A Japanese sentence generally runs in the order subject, object, verb.Grammar