Forming Basic Sentences

Now you know how to use verbs, let's start forming some simple sentences.

In Japanese, the topic of the sentence is always followed by は、though it's pronounced as わ (this is only when that hiragana character denotes the topic).

I eat.
 私は食べます。
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The subject of the sentence is followed by が。

I like cats.
猫が好きです。
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The object of the sentence is followed by を。

I saw the tree.
私は木を見ました。

The only rule regarding Japanese sentence structure is that the verb go at the end of the sentence. Other than that (and question words which we'll come onto to later), the order does not matter as each idea is following my some kind of particle.

To say "I saw the book", the verb must follow the subject, and either the definite or indefinite article. It is very hard for people outside Japan to understand when to use は or が, not even I know. Once I do, I'll post somewhere.

This hiragana shown here belongs to a group called 'particles'. They show topics, objects, subjects, direction of travel, location, e.t.c. The three listed here are just a very small portion of what is to come.