Japanese with Anime: August 2017

desu です at least once. But what does desu mean in Japanese? What about the words da だ, deshita でした, datta だった, janai じゃない, and desu ka ですか? What is the meaning of these words that appear in a lot of Japanese phrases?

In this article I put together the basics of how they work for people who don't know a bit of Japanese, plus differences and nuances of words such as dearu, dearimasu, degozaimasu, and so on for people who already know a bit of Japanese, in order to answer most doubts you could probably have about them.

If you have watched anime in Japanese, like, ever, then there is no way you haven't heard the wordです at least once. But what doesmean in Japanese? What about the wordsだ,でした,だった,じゃない, andですか? What is the meaning of these words that appear in a lot of Japanese phrases?In this article I put together the basics of how they work for people who don't know a bit of Japanese, plus differences and nuances of words such as, and so on for people who already know a bit of Japanese, in order to answer most doubts you could probably have about them.