Free Japanese sentence endings guide

What's inside

• よ, ね and よねWhat endings do, telling with よ, sharing with ね, checking with よね, and the same line with each one so you can feel the difference.
• Rough and strongぞ, ぜ, な and さ, who really says them, and な after the dictionary form, as in 行くな, don't go.
• Soft and wonderingわ, の, かな and かしら, っけ for was it...?, and when か sounds polite and when it sounds rough.
• You hear these every episodeじゃん, でしょ and だろ, だよ and だね, んだ, っす, how endings stack, and character speech like でござる, なのだ, ですわ and じゃ.
• PracticeTwelve lines from anime, like 行くぞ, 嘘でしょ and すごいじゃん, to read and name the feeling, then six scenes where you pick the ending. Cover the answers with a strip of paper and check yourself.

How to use it

1. Learn verb forms and adjectives first. Endings go on the end of those.
2. Read the first page and say the same line with よ, ね and よね out loud.
3. Pick one ending a day and listen for it in a show.
4. Cover the answers on the practice page, then listen for the same endings in shows with Kitsumi.

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