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JLPT N4 Grammar

Minna no Nihongo
Part Two

Complete study guides for lessons 26 to 50 — the grammar that carries you from N5 to JLPT N4. Furigana on every kanji, explanations in plain English, the mistakes learners really make, and practice with answers.

25Lessons
N4JLPT level
100+Grammar points
AllWith furigana
Minna no Nihongo Shokyu II main textbook cover

Lessons 26 – 50

Each lesson is a complete study guide you can work through on its own.

25 lessons
26

Explaining a situation

Give background, ask why, and lead into a polite request.

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27

Potential verbs

Say what you can and cannot do, and how the particles change.

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28

Two things at once

Do one action while doing another, and give several reasons.

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29

Transitive & intransitive

Verb pairs, the state that remains, and finishing something off.

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30

Prepared and left as is

Something done in advance, and something left in place.

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31

Intentions and plans

Say what you have decided to do and what is already scheduled.

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32

Advice and probability

Recommend, warn, and say how likely something is.

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33

Commands and prohibition

Plain commands, signs, and passing on what someone said.

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34

Following and sequence

Do it exactly as shown, after something, or without doing it.

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35

Conditionals

The ば-form, なら, and the more you do, the more it changes.

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36

Purpose and change

Work towards a goal, and describe an ability you have gained.

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37

The passive

The receiving side of an action, including when it bothers you.

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38

Nominalisation with の

Turn a whole action into something you like, dislike, or forget.

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39

Causes and reasons

Give a cause softly, and say what happened on the way.

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40

Embedded questions

Put a question inside a sentence, and try something out.

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41

Giving and receiving

Who gives to whom, and how the verb changes with status.

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42

Purpose and value

What something is for, and whether the amount is a lot or a little.

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43

It looks like…

Judge from what you see, and describe something coming closer.

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44

Too much, easy, hard

Say it is excessive, easy to use, or hard to read.

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45

Conditions and contrast

In the event that, and even though it should have been otherwise.

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46

About to, doing, just did

Pin an action to the moment before, during, or right after.

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47

Hearsay and impressions

Report what you heard, and describe what your senses tell you.

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48

The causative

Make someone do something, or let them do it.

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49

Respectful language

Raise the other person: honorific verbs and respectful requests.

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50

Humble language

Lower yourself, and understand the inside / outside distinction.

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