🇯🇵 Japanese
日本語 • Kana + Kanji
Politeness & formality (sound respectful fast)
Formality is one of the fastest ways to sound natural in many languages.
What matters most
Politeness levels matter (です/ます forms are a good starting point).
- When in doubt, choose the more polite form.
- Memorize one polite question pattern and reuse it everywhere.
私は学生です。
Watashi wa gakusei desu
I am a student.
これは私の本です。
Kore wa watashi no hon desu
This is my book.
英語を話しますか？
Eigo o hanashimasu ka
Do you speak English?
Mini challenge
Say your ‘Do you speak…?’ sentence in the polite form, then in the casual form (if your language has both).
Mini‑quiz
Mini-quiz
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Which sentence matches “I am a student.”?