Let me explain this with a sentence, "I am a Japanese." "I" is WATASHI, and "a Japanese" is NIHON-JIN. So, "I'm a Japanese" is WATASHI WA NIHON-JIN DESU. To make a sentence ending with DESU into a ...

A simple sentence is built from the minimum of a subject and a main verb. It can be very short in length (but doesn't have to be): 'The angry dog barks.' It puts across one simple idea: 'Rebecca sang.

When we write things down, it's important to keep things nice and clear, so it's easy to read. Sentences help us give an order, ask a question, state a fact, or express an emotion or idea. Words are ...