How to use personal pronouns in Japanese

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Japanese personal pronouns : I

A personal pronoun is what we call the English words 'I', 'you', 'he', 'she', 'we' and 'they'. Just like English, Japanese has a set of personal pronouns. The English word 'I' is a pronoun in the first person singular. The Japanese word for 'I' is 'wataši'.

Examples

wataši

wataši dákē

just me

wataši mo

me neither

wataši ja nái

not me

to wataši

and me ?

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Watašiniha, anata ga hitsuyōdes.

I need you.

Wataši wa anata ga hoshīdes.

I want you.

Wataši wa, anata o aishiteimas.

I love you.

Wataši wa anata ga sukides.

I like you.

Ohayou!

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Step 2 : Japanese personal pronouns

Personal pronouns are what we call the words I, you, he, she, we and they. Learning personal pronouns is important in Japanese, but you don't need to learn them all at once. Focus instead on just three Japanese personal pronouns to get started. We suggest that you learn boku, anata and karera (I, you, they). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Japanese personal pronouns including useful examples. Learn the three Japanese personal pronouns boku, anata and karera by heart and then move on to Step 3 (the indefinite article in Japanese).

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The indefinite article in Japanese

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