Japanese desu – The Japanese copula

The verb です (desu) is the Japanese word for “to be.” Like all Japanese verbs, です (desu) is placed at the end of the clause it belongs to. If the sentence with です (desu) is made up of a single clause, then です (desu) goes at the end of the sentence.

Understanding Japanese Numbers to Unlock Your Hidden Potential

Did you know the number 100,000 is called “ten ten thousand” in Japanese? Did you know that “1 million” is called “1 hundred ten thousand” in Japanese? These and other fundamental differences in how Japanese conceives numbers add to the already difficult task of learning numbers in a foreign language. But don’t fret! In this article, I will give you a detailed introduction to how Japanese numbers work.