Japanese white book/Class 5

Grammar 1~5

• Noun + Adj + Verb
  • 英語はほとんど忘れました
    • I have almost completed forgotten English.

• Source/subject is suffixed with は　then recipient of message/thing suffixed with に object most often followed with を finally the verb (any form e.g., present, past, future, past-participle, future-participle) 貸します.
  • 私は友達に車を貸しました
    • I lent my (the) car to a friend.

• subject は　followed by 'もう=mou' proceeding a past-form of a verb means already. This phonetic 'mou' is the same sound in a similar gramatical structure that, although easy to understand when read in a textbook, is difficult to apply for non-Native Speaker, making its use humorously-confusing.
  • 子供はもう寝ました。
    • The kid is already asleep (has already gone to sleep).

• Noun + が + 好きです（嫌いです）
  • 台湾人は日本製の物が好きです
    • Taiwanese people like things that are produced in Japan.

• Place + Object + が + ある（いる）
  • 部屋に犬がいます
    • There are dog in the house(いる for live object like animal, human.ある for non-live object like table)