Particles

In Japanese, particles are vital to marking the role of a word within the sentence. A particle comes after the pronoun it marks. For more information, refer to this cheat sheet.

Particle Meaning
wa/ga
は/が		 marks the topic/subject of the sentence
o
を		 marks the object of the sentence
ni
に		 marks the direction of an action
e
へ		 marks destination and direction
de
で		 indicates where or how an action takes place
no
の		 indicates possession
mo
も		 means “too” or “also”

Examples: