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SCRUTINIZING
JAPANESE (Ni) PARTICIPLE
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 PARTICIPLES?
One of the most confusing topics in Japanese language. Participles are short words or suffixes in Japanese grammar that follows the modified noun, verb, adjective or sentence. Participles are written in hiragana but some of them contain kanji forms. Altogether there are eight types of participles. This lesson focuses on the Japanese participle.

(NI) PARTICIPLE USAGE

Translates to: to, in, at, by; indirect object, direction; following a adjective, it creates an adverb.

USING PARTICIPLE AT THE END OF A NOUN WILL MOSTLY GIVE IT A TO, BY, IN, AT BEFORE IT.
I am writing a letter to you. Watashi wa anata ni tegami kakimasu.

Yamada gave a book to Tanaka. Yamada san wa Tanaka san ni hon agemasu.

USING PARTICIPLE AT THE END OF AN ADJECTIVE WILL MOSTLY GIVE IT A TO, BY, IN, AT
BEFORE IT. The (masu) form should be removed from the adjective before adding .

Teacher is going home to have dinner. (We usually say for dinner) Sensei wa hrugohan o tabire uchi e kaerimasu.

I go to school to study. Watashi wa narani ni gakko e ikimasu.

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 WE USE PARTICIPLE AT THE END A DAY, A MONTH, A YEAR OR THE TIME.

Teacher is going to Japan in April. Sensei wa shigatsu ni nihon e ikimasu.

I wake up at five oclock. Watashi wa asa goju ni okimasu.

WE USE PARTICIPLE AT THE END OF A LOCATION WHEN (IMASU) AND

(ARIMASU) IS AT THE END OF THE SENTENCE.

A railway station is there. Asoko ni eki ga arimasu.

Is there a teacher and a student there? Soko ni sensei to gakusei ga arimasen.

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