Things about Japanese

Primary colors Yellow - 黄色 (きいろ) Blue - 青 (あお) Red - 赤 (あか) White - 白 (しろ) Black - 黒 (くろ)

With colors 白い船が遠くに見えた (I saw a white ship far away) - where: 白 (しろ) - white い - since 白 is an い adjective, it uses い to connect to a substantive 船 (ふね) - boat; ship が - subject particle 遠 (とお) く - gives the idea of "far away"; distant 見 (み) えた - past form of  見える, means "could see"; "be capable of see"

Many things make Japanese a unique language. One of those things is that it has particles. Particles are elements that show us the function of the words in a sentence. It may sound strange at first glance (I'm assuming you didn't know about it), but it will become easier the more you understand it, I swear. の The first particle I will teach you is the one that I think is the easiest. It is the particle の (it reads "no"). This particle has the function of show that something belongs to someone. It represents possession. For example: 私のえんぴつ - where: 私 (わたし) - I の - possession particle えんぴつ - pencil So, it means that the pencil belongs to me. Easy, isn't it? と Let's try another particle. It will be と (it reads "to"). It has the same function of "and" in English. So: 本とノート - where: 本 - book と - addition particle ノート - notebook It obviously means "book and notebook". や Let's try another one? It wil...