Yesterday I called you five times in Japanese 🇯🇵

Sentence info.

きのう わたし は あなた に ごかい でんわ しました よ

Breakdown:
– きのう (kinō): "Yesterday"
– わたし (watashi): "I" or "me"
– は (wa): Topic marker
– あなた (anata): "You"
– に (ni): Indicates the target or direction of an action
– ごかい (go-kai): "Five times" (ご is the prefix for 5, and かい means "times/instances")
– でんわ しました (denwa shimaa): "Called" (でんわ is "phone" and しました is the past tense of する, "to do")
– よ (yo): Sentence-ending particle adding emphasis

Tips to Remember:
1. Word Order: Japanese sentences generally follow a Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) structure, but the order can be flexible due to particles.
2. Particles: Focus on using particles like は (wa) for the topic, に (ni) for direction or target, and よ (yo) for emphasis.
3. Counters: Learn counters such as かい (kai) for times, which often use Japanese numerals with specific prefixes (go-kai for five times).

Alternate Ways to Say "Yesterday I called you five times":
1. きのう わたし は あなた に ごかい でんわ した。
– Romanized: Kinō watashi wa anata ni gokai denwa a.
– Less formal, without the "yo" ending particle.

2. きのう ごかい でんわ しました。
– Romanized: Kinō gokai denwa shimaa.
– Subject "watashi wa" and target "anata ni" are implied by context, making the sentence more concise.

3. きのう ごかい で あなた に でんわ しました。
– Romanized: Kinō gokai de anata ni denwa shimaa.
– Uses the particle で after ごかい for a slight emphasis on the frequency.

Romanized characters for main sentence:
– Kinō watashi wa anata ni gokai denwa shimaa yo

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