How To Use Articles When Speaking Japanese

Definition: An Article is a word prefixed to nouns, to point them out, and to show how far their signification extends; as, a book, an apple, the man. Japanese language doesn't have words for the articles "a", "an" or "the", but there is the Japanese word: その - Sono that means "that, those" and this could be translate as "the" and the Japanese word 一の-Ichi no for the articles "a" and "an".

Japanese Grammar is very special, because this language does'nt have grammatical accidents as: gender or number so articles are known as particles, it's the same to say "a book" or "the book"because it will be always 本 - (Hon) in Japanese language.

Examples:

• Lucy want to have an eagle.

• ルーシーは一のワシを持っていると思います.

• Rūshī wa ichi no washi o motte iru to omoimasu.

• She promised to bring the book of Japanese language.

• 彼女は日本語その本を持ってすることを約束した.

• Kanojo wa nihongo sono hon o motte suru koto o yakusoku shita.

• Your dad have a new car.

• あなた一のお父さんが新しい車を持っています.

• Anata ichi no otōsan ga atarashii kuruma o motte imasu.

• She'd like to have an apple to eat.

• 彼女は食べて一のリンゴを持っていると思います

• Kanojo wa tabete ichi no ringo o motte iru to omoimasu.

• They buy the food for this week

• 彼らは今週その食品を購入する.

• Karera wa konshū sono shokuhin o kōnyū suru

• Robert wants a new toy.

• ロバートは一の新しいおもちゃを望んでいる.

• Robāto wa ichi no atarashii omocha o nozonde iru.

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