ashita sensei ga watashitachi ni atarashii kanji o oshiemasu.

Tomorrow the teacher will teach us new kanji.

Breakdown of ashita sensei ga watashitachi ni atarashii kanji o oshiemasu.

• を: direct object particle
• 先せん生せい: teacher
• が: subject particle
• に: indirect object particle

Questions & Answers about ashita sensei ga watashitachi ni atarashii kanji o oshiemasu.

Why is there no particle after 明日?

In Japanese, time words like 明日 (tomorrow) often act as adverbials and can stand alone at the sentence’s start without a particle. It tells us when the action happens, so you don’t need に or を there.

Why is 先生 marked with が instead of は?

が marks the grammatical subject—the one doing the action—in a neutral, new-information statement. If you used は (topic marker), it would mean “As for the teacher, …” and might imply contrast or that you’ve already been talking about the teacher.

Why do we have both が and に in this sentence?

が indicates the subject (先生 = “the teacher”), while に indicates the indirect object or the recipient of the action (私たちに = “to us”). The verb 教えます is ditransitive (“teach someone something”), so it needs both a subject and an indirect object.

Why is the verb 教えます in the non-past form even though the time is tomorrow?

Japanese doesn’t have separate present and future tenses. The non-past form 教えます can mean “(will) teach” or “teach” in general. The word 明日 makes it clear you’re talking about the future.

Can we change the word order? For example, ?