N5 Grammar
80 grammar points across the N5 range. Each point explains the meaning, how to connect it, and how it differs from similar patterns.
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80 points.
Giving, receiving and ability
Useful patterns
Time, sequence and reason
Demonstratives and question words
Adjectives
Places, time and direction
Basic sentences
Numbers and counting
Particles
Verb forms and requests
- ～がほしいですwant ~ (a thing)
- ～ませんでしたdid not ~ (polite past negative)
- ～ませんかwon't you ~? / would you like to ~?
- ～ませんdo not ~ (polite negative)
- ～ましたdid ~ (polite past)
- ～ましょうかshall I ~? / shall we ~?
- ～ましょうlet's ~
- ～ますpolite present and future form of a verb
- ～ないでくださいplease do not ~
- ～たいですwant to ~
- ～ていますbe ~ing; be in the state of ~
- ～てくださいplease do ~
- ～てもいいですmay ~; it is all right to ~
- ～てはいけませんmust not ~