Sentence Structure

Question 1

How does a noun phrase such as “my blue car” fit into the structure of the sentence
“Taro went to the library in my blue car”
?

Answer 1

Taro-wa “watashi no aoi karumu”-de library-ni ikimashta

The noun phrase “my blue car” is still the means in which the verb happens and so that phrase is inserted into the sentence and must still end with the correct particle

Question 2

When does the verb come in a Japanese sentence?

Answer 2

Always at the end

Question 3

What is the job of particles?

Answer 3

The particles define the roles of each element of the sentence

Question 4

What do Noun Phrases do?

Answer 4

Each noun in a sentence can be expanded into a more detailed noun phrase

Question 5

Where does the topic and time phrases go in a sentence?

Answer 5

It is usually more natural to put the topic and time phrases near the beginning of the sentence