
Free Japanese Quiz for Beginners
🗒️ 1. Noun Quiz List
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- Noun Conjugation
- Pronoun
- A は B です
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Grammar Note
⚫️ Noun Conjugation
| Present Affirmative | Nounです -desu |
| Present Negative | Nounじゃありません -jaarimasen |
| Past Affirmative | Nounでした -deshita |
| Past Negative | Nounじゃありませんでした -jaarimasendeshita |
わたしは がくせいです。
watashi [wa] gakusei-desu.
( I am a student. )
watashi [wa] gakusei-desu.
( I am a student. )
わたしは がくせいじゃありません。
watashi [wa] gakusei-jaarimasen.
( I am not a student. )
watashi [wa] gakusei-jaarimasen.
( I am not a student. )
わたしは がくせいでした。
watashi [wa] gakusei-deshita.
( I was a student. )
watashi [wa] gakusei-deshita.
( I was a student. )
わたしは がくせいじゃありませんでした。
watashi [wa] gakusei-jaarimasendeshita.
( I wasn’t a student. )
watashi [wa] gakusei-jaarimasendeshita.
( I wasn’t a student. )
⚫️ Pronoun
| I | わたし watashi |
| you | あなた anata |
| he | かれ kare |
| she | かのじょ kanojo |
| we | わたしたち watashitachi |
| they | かれら karera かのじょたち kanojotachi |
⚫️ A は B です
meaning A is B
“は” is a topic marker.
“です” is a linking verb.
わたしは やまもとです。
watashi [wa] yamamoto-desu.
( I am Yamamoto. )
watashi [wa] yamamoto-desu.
( I am Yamamoto. )
わたしは にほんじんです。
watashi [wa] nihonjin-desu.
( I am Japanese. )
watashi [wa] nihonjin-desu.
( I am Japanese. )

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(Look at the English sentences and try to say them in Japanese. Click “answer” to check the correct sentence and practice with the audio.)
I am Tanaka.
My hobby is traveling.
A : Is the next station Shibuya?
B : Yes, it is.
Emma is not a student.
It didn’t rain in Tokyo yesterday.
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