Learn Japanese grammar.

Hi everyone, and welcome to the grammar portion of Japanesepod.1.1.com's All About series.

Oh, no, not grammar.

Now, I'm sure some listeners are having the very same reaction about right now.

But we're here to tell you there's nothing to worry about.

We've made Japanese grammar so simple that you wonder what all the fuss was about.

You'll be surprised to learn that in comparison with English or other falling language,

some parts of Japanese grammar are amazingly easy.

Easy you say? I think it's possible. And we're about to show you.

Okay, so let's get started.

First, what we want to do is take a look at English.

If you think for a moment about how English works, you'll be able to see in what ways Japanese is different.

For one thing, English is an S-V-O language.

Peter, what does S-V-O stand for?

There you go, you're starting with the acronyms.

SVO stands for subject, verb, object.

Basically, that means that in an English sentence, the subject always comes

first, followed by the verb, and then the object, if there is one. That's how English sentences are put

together. Can we have an example? Sure. I eat fruit. That's the English sentence. I is the subject or the one doing the action. Eat is the verb or the action taking place. And lastly, fruit is the object that receives the action. So S, V, O, subject, verb, and object.

And that's where Japanese is a little different.

Right, Japanese is what's called an S-O-V language.

Subject, object, and verb.

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