GUIDED PATH · PHASE 5

Guided Japanese Course

A mastery path for complete beginners and technology professionals.

HOW THIS COURSE WORKS

Follow the path. Advance by mastery.

Learn→ Write by hand→ Use a tool→ Produce→ Check→ Review

The primary path tells you what to do next. You can still open any available lesson, but completion is based on checkpoints rather than calendar days.

FULL TARGET CURRICULUM

Tracks 0–10

11 tracks

TRACK 2 · 2-7

と: Together With / And

Use と to mark a companion and connect an exhaustive pair/list of nouns.

25 min
Before you begin
  • Basic action sentences.
Why this matters

Work is collaborative. と lets you say who you meet or work with and link concrete nouns cleanly.

1. と marks who you act with

When と follows a person/group in an action sentence, it often means with.

I speak with Tanaka. 田中さんと話します。 たなかさん と はなします。

Natural: I speak with Tanaka.

Structure: Tanaka — with — speak.

Companion.

I work with the team. チームと働きます。 チーム と はたらきます。

Natural: I work with the team.

Structure: team — with — work.

Collaborative action.

I have a meeting with the customer. お客様と会議をします。 おきゃくさま と かいぎ を します。

Natural: I have a meeting with the customer.

Structure: customer — with — meeting — object — do.

Professional meeting.