Japanese

<p>
	In Japanese there is no single word for <strong>and</strong>, which can be used to connect nouns, verbs, and sentences together like in English.
	Instead there are a variety of words and conjugations employed for this purpose.
	In this lesson we introduce <strong>そして</strong>, for linking sentences, and <strong>と</strong>, for nouns.
</p>

<p>
	Using both of these words is straightforward. For <strong>そして</strong>, the word is placed at the beginning of the second of two sentences
	you want to connect, while <strong>と</strong> is inserted between two nouns. Check out the sentences below for some examples.
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Connecting sentences with そして and nouns with と

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	彼かれ　は　買かい物もの　を　します。　そして、　夜よるごはん　を　作つくります。 kare ha kaimono wo simasu. sosite, yorugohan wo tukurimasu.
Meaning	He will do the shopping, and make dinner.
Part of speech	sentence
Pronunciation

topic particle	は ha
direct object particle	を wo
shopping	買かい物もの kaimono
to do	する suru
he	彼かれ kare
dinner	夜よるご飯はん yorugohan
and ^{sentence conjunction}	そして sosite
make	作つくる tukuru

Japanese

kare ha kaimono wo simasu. sosite, yorugohan wo tukurimasu.

Breakdown of kare ha kaimono wo simasu. sosite, yorugohan wo tukurimasu.

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