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: