Everyday Japanese ㉘

                                                  Everyday Japanese ㉘

                                          (Expression ひょうげん hyougen）

1. Expressing State-of-Being

　e.g., 私はたろう(だ・です)。　Watashi wa Taro desu.    I am Taro.

　　　彼は学生(だ・です)。  Kare wa gakusei desu.       He is a student.

In Japanese, sentences without subjects are very common when the context clearly tells what or who you are referring to. That’s why only one Japanese noun is needed to become a sentence. What you need to do is just to attach だ or です after a noun.

2. Japanese Politeness

 <Polite> きょうはあめです。Kyou(today) wa ame desu.    It is rainy today.

＜Casual＞きょうはあめだ。 Kyou wa ame(rainy) da.        It is rainy today.

In Japanese, you can express politeness at the end of sentences. だ and です have the same meaning; however, the nuance is different. Each sentence pattern can have both expressions: casual and polite.

                                             “Slow and steady wins the race ”

                                                         努力に勝る天才なし

                                                どりょくにまさるてんさいなし

                                               Doryoku ni masaru tensai nashi

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https://www.wasabi-jpn.com/japanese-grammar/japanese-nouns-state-of-being/