1 The basic structure of a Japanese sentence; SOV, and particles are important On this site, I will give you a brief introduction on Japanese grammar for those who do not have any knowledge about the Japanese language. In Japanese, particles and verbs are the most important characteristics. Let's take a look at a simple sentence. (1)Tanakasan wa ocha o nomimashita. (Tanaka drank tea.)This sentence can be divided into three parts, "Tanakasan wa" "ocha o" "nomimashita". In the part "Tanakasan wa", "Tanakasan" is a noun, the name of a person ("Tanaka" is a family name, and "san" is similar to Mr. or Ms.). "Wa" is a particle. In the part "ocha o", "ocha" is a noun, meaning "tea". "O" is a particle. "Nomimashita" is the past tense of a verb, meaning "drank". The words are in order of subject, object and verb. As you can see, the basic word order of a Japanese sentence is SOV. What are the meanings of the particles "wa" and "o"? "O" is the object marker. "O" marks "ocha" as the object. "Wa" is the subject marker (at this stage, I will refrain from further explanation). Now, please take a look at the following sentence. (2)Tanakasan wa Satosan to ocha o nomimashita. (Tanaka drank tea with Sato.)Comparing sentence (2) to sentence (1), "Satosan to" is added in sentence (2). "Satosan" is the name of a person, and "to" is a particle similar in meaning to "with". "Satosan to" means "with Sato". (3)Tanakasan wa kissaten de ocha o nomimashita. (Tanaka drank tea at a coffee shop.)◆ What are the characteristics of Japanese?
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