Tam found out that Yuuki, a pianist she admires, is going to hold a recital. She and her friend Mi Ya are in the concert hall on the day of the recital. In this lesson, you'll learn how to express ...

The TA-form of verbs is the conjugation form of verbs that ends with TA or DA. It is for the past or the perfect aspect of verbs. Let me explain how you can change the MASU-form to the TA-form. The ...

The publication of textbooks for NHK’s radio lessons started in 1925, the same year radio broadcasting commenced. Taking the opportunity of the centennial of Japanese broadcasting, the NHK ...

We call the verbs that end with MASU "the MASU-form of verbs." We use the MASU-form, when we speak politely. To make it a negative, we change MASU to MASEN. So, YOMIMASU (to read) becomes YOMIMASEN.