N5
Introducing yourself with です
Say who someone is and identify things.
About 5 minutes
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Grammar lessons
A grammar rule, examples and an exercise to check your understanding.
N5
The first particles: は, を and に
Recognize topics, objects and time expressions.
About 5 minutes
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The four ます forms
Polite present, negative and past forms.
About 5 minutes
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い and な adjectives
Describe an object or place.
About 5 minutes
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The て form
Link actions and build many useful expressions.
About 5 minutes
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あります and います
Say where objects and living things are.
About 5 minutes
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Expressing wishes with たい
Say what you want to do.
About 5 minutes
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Giving examples with たり
Mention several activities without listing everything.
About 5 minutes
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The difference between は and が
Distinguish the topic from information being emphasized.
About 5 minutes
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The difference between に and で
Choose the correct particle for place and action.
About 5 minutes
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Listing things with と and や
Learn the difference between complete lists and examples.
About 5 minutes
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The particle も: also and neither
Add something to what has just been said.
About 5 minutes
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これ, それ and あれ: this and that
Refer to objects based on their position in a conversation.
About 5 minutes
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Past tense of い and な adjectives
Use adjectives correctly in the past tense.
About 5 minutes
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Expressing what you want with ほしい
Distinguish wanting an object from wanting to do something.
About 5 minutes
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Making invitations with ましょう and ませんか
Suggest an activity politely.
About 5 minutes
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Requests with ～てください
Make requests using the て form.
About 5 minutes
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Asking permission with ～てもいいですか
Ask whether an action is permitted.
About 5 minutes
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The ～ている form: actions and states
Understand the main uses of ～ています.
About 5 minutes
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まだ and もう: still and already
Talk about whether an action has already happened.
About 5 minutes
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ですか — Ask a noun-based question
Learn to ask a noun-based question.
About 5 minutes
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