- Subject-Verb Agreement: Japanese speakers sometimes struggle with subject-verb agreement, especially when dealing with irregular verbs or complex sentence structures.
- Articles (a, an, the): Japanese doesn’t have articles like English does, so Japanese speakers may omit or misuse articles in English sentences.
- Pluralization: Japanese nouns typically don’t have plural forms, so Japanese speakers may forget to add “-s” or “-es” to indicate plurality in English.
- Word Order: The word order in Japanese sentences is often different from English. Japanese speakers may occasionally use the Japanese word order when speaking English, leading to awkward or unclear sentences.
- Pronunciation: Pronunciation errors may occur due to differences in phonetics between Japanese and English. This can affect sounds like “r” and “l,” as well as vowel sounds.
- Prepositions: Japanese learners of English sometimes struggle with using the correct prepositions in phrases and sentences due to differences in usage between the two languages.
- Idiomatic Expressions: Translating directly from Japanese to English can result in the misuse of idiomatic expressions or the use of literal translations that don’t make sense in English.
- Verb Tense: Japanese doesn’t have as many tenses as English does, so Japanese speakers may have difficulty choosing the correct verb tense in English sentences.
日本語と英語で使う動詞が違う
ルールを守る、「protect」
ルールをフォローする to follow
夢を見る
to see
too have
友だちに会う
to meet
to see
