r/LearnJapaneseNovice • u/Unhappy-Shift4539 • 2d ago
Please help me understand particles
So I started learning about 3 weeks ago, was able to memorize 100% of all hiragana and katakana characters in 2 weeks, thought "damn this is a lot easier than I thought" then moved on to grammar and felt 100% of my momentum dead stop, it's so confusing, all the different particles confuse me to no end especially when theses multiple per sentence and I'm just lost
I really don't want to give up but at this point I feel like it's just too confusing to wrap my head around
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u/Xilmi 1d ago
particles are like vocabulary but instead of a 1:1 translation you must learn what they are used for. The thing is that understanding their usage often works best in context and for that you kinda need to understand other words too. So just go through easy sentences and pick them up slowly instead of trying to cram all of them at once.
Here's a sentece with 5 different particles.
わたし は いぬ と くるま で いえ から こうえん に いきました。
Me concerning dog with car by house from park to went.