Every Japanese conversation starts here: saying what something is. In this lesson you'll meet the polite copula です, its negative and past forms, and the topic particle は that frames every sentence.
Yuki and Ken meet for the first time.
Tap a line to hear it. Shadow mode leaves a gap after each line — repeat it aloud, then hear it again. Don’t worry about being perfect; worry about being out loud.
Two legs mid-stride: a person walking.
A narwhal lounging on a stool — that's what friends are for.
The sun in a window frame — one day.
A sprout pushing up out of the ground — life.
A tree with a line at its root — books come from trees.
An evening mouth — shouting your name into the night.
Dirt sliding down a slide onto legs — whoever slides first goes before.
A viking child — studies conquest. Study.
Horns up top, a moon and a knife below — face what's in front of you.