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.
</p>

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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	お父とうさん　と　私わたし　は　セールスマン　です。 otousan to watasi ha seerusuman desu.
Meaning	My father and I are salesmen.
Part of speech	sentence
Pronunciation

I	私わたし watasi
to be	です desu
topic particle	は ha
and; or; with; if	と to
salesman	セールスマン seerusuman
father	お父とうさん otousan

Japanese

otousan to watasi ha seerusuman desu.

Breakdown of otousan to watasi ha seerusuman desu.

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