Japanese

<p>We previously learned using <strong>と</strong> (and) to connect nouns. In this lesson, we're going to learn the particle <strong>や</strong> (and).</p>

<p><strong>や</strong> is used to list two or more nouns, and unlike <strong>と</strong> it implies that there are other possible items that have not been listed. For example:</p>

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<p><strong>や</strong> can also be used with the adjective <strong>など</strong>, meaning <strong>and so on</strong> or <strong>etcetera</strong>, to explicitly indicate that there are other objects besides those listed.</p>

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The connecting particle や

hiragana character

kanji

adnominal

adverb

auxiliary

conjunction

compound

i-adjective

interjection

noun

na-adjective

numeral

particle

case particle

conjunctive particle

discourse particle

prefix

pronoun

suffix

verb

sentence

hiragana writing

kanji writing

kanji component

reading vocabulary

katakana writing

katakana character

godan - group 1

itidan - group 2

group 3

transitive

intransitive

proper noun

discourse

phrase

expression

Word	「朝あさご飯はん　は　何なに　を　食たべた　か？」　「パン　や　ヨーグルト　など　食たべた。」「asagohan ha nani wo tabeta ka?」「pan ya yooguruto nado tabeta.」
Meaning	"What did you eat for breakfast?" "I had some bread and yoghurt and such."
Part of speech	sentence
Pronunciation
Course	Japanese
Lesson	The connecting particle や

topic particle	はha
question particle	かka
what	何なんnan
to eat	食たべるtaberu
direct object particle	をwo
bread	パンpan
and; or	やya
breakfast	朝あさご飯はんasagohan
yoghurt	ヨーグルトyooguruto
et cetera, and so on, and the like	などnado

Japanese - 「asagohan ha nani wo tabeta ka?」「pan ya yooguruto nado tabeta.」

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Breakdown of 「asagohan ha nani wo tabeta ka?」「pan ya yooguruto nado tabeta.」