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Last posts, we learned about a few thing; they were: particles, は(wa), を(o), の(no) uses as particles.

Today's particle of the day is:

と・to

The main use of と as a particle is to connect two or more things together (or と-gether😉) as companions.


と's fundamental meaning is marking togetherness or establish a relationship between things
Depending on the context, this can mean "and", "with", or even mark something being quoted or thought.

Particle と is like a companion marker, when a word is marked by と, that word becomes part of a pair or a group, or has some kind of companionship with other words or elements in the sentence.



Let's imagine that you want to say, "my friends are scott and muhammad"

In japanese, it would be "私の友達は scottと muhammadです" (names kept english for simplicity)
The words are, 私・わたし・wa ta shi = I, 友達・ともだち・to mo da chi = friend,
は(wa) is topic marker and の is possession(my) marker

In this sentence, scott and muhammad are being grouped together with the particle と

To connect more than two items, just keep adding と in between the words. Ex-

”コーヒーと水とお茶を飲みます・コーヒーとみずとおちゃをのみます・ko-hi- to mizu to ocha o nomimasu”
The words are コーヒー・ko o hi i= coffe, 水・みず・mi zu = water, お茶・おちゃ・o cha = tea, 飲みます・のみます・no mi ma su = to drink.
Particle を(o) marks object of the sentence

This sentence translates to "I drink coffee and water and tea"
(literal translation, added "and" instead of comma(,) there to make it more understandable)



Particle と can also be used to mean something like "with" in English.
In this case, the noun that comes before と indicates who/what is together with you as you do an activity.

So if you eat a cake with your friend, you can say:

"友達とケーキを食べます・ともだちとケーキをたべます・tomodachi to ke-ki wo tabemasu"

Meaning, "I eat a cake with my friend"


In this example, と marks 友達・ともだち・to mo da chi (friend) as the person accompanying you on your cake eating adventure.

Of course you can add multiple things/persons to be with, using と as well


(though this one is not that important, it's still worth noting)

と can mark something that is being said, thought, heard, written, etc.
For example:

日本語は難しいと思います・にほんごはむずかしいとおもいます・nihongo wa muzukashii to omoimasu

The words are; 日本語・にほんご = Japanese, 難しい・むずかし = difficult, 思います・おもいます = think
Hereと is marking the thought "japanese is difficult"

So this sentence translates to, "I think Japanese is difficult."


note と has other uses as well, but they are just too obscure to be considered "basic" so I just didn't add them (or take the time to learn them lol). As for now, these three things are the most common uses of と


If you have any questions please ask me and I will try my best to answer😊

Note: I am also learning japanese myself, so I might have made some mistakes. I did try to fact check everything before I wrote it, but I am only human after all. So if you spot any mistakes, please tell me🙏

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That is all everyone
Have a great day and thanks for reading😊


it looks like there will be a new website by the koto devs, and I will be switching to that web when it starts.
So, depending on the time zone, this may or may not be the last JGTD post on koto
(Yes, I will keep going on the new web)