notes

• every Japanese sentence has two components:
  • a “carriage” car, A
  • an “engine” car, B
• there are two types of sentences:
  • A is B (ex: サクラが日本人だ。)
  • A does B (ex: サクラが歩く。)
• が is the center of Japanese grammar, even if it is not explicitly part of a sentence
  • が links the A and B components
• sentences ending with an i-adjective do not need a だ because the い takes the function of だ (ex: ペンが赤い。)
  • these types of sentences are part of the “A is B” type

    resources

• youtube