Basic Grammar 5

10. Using ～さん 

The equivalent to Mr. or Mrs. or Miss. is ～さん
Usage

Right after the name. It is used even with friends. (Even when in English we wouldn't use "Mr.")

    クレイさん (kurei san) - Mr. Clay
    山田さん (yamada san) - Mr. (or Mrs...) Yamada

Other name titles (used the same way)

    ～さま (sama) - very polite - reserved for royalty, important people, and customers of stores
    ～ちゃん (chan) - used for girls and very young boys (kiti-chan = Hello Kitty)
    ～くん (kun) - used for young boys
    ～先生 (sensei) - used for teachers [クレイ先生 kurei sensei], doctors, and professionals

For now just use san. As you know from watching all the Karate Kid movies, it is the most common.
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 Easy Adjectives 

There are 2 types of adjectives:

    -i adjectives - adjectives that end in -i
    -na adjectives - adjectives that add -na when placed before nouns

The -i adjectives change:

あつい　atsui - (It's) hot || +i
あつくない atsukunai - not hot || -i + kunai
あつかった atsukatta - was hot || -i + katta
あつくなかった atsukunakatta - wasn't hot || -i + kunakatta

Learn this and you can use all -i adjectives!

The -na adjectives don't change! But when placed before nouns they add a -na
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 Past Tense 
For now let's stick with the -masu form of verbs

PAST = MASU -> image MASHITA

    たべます tabemasu (to eat) -> image たべました tabemashita (ate)
    のみます nomimasu (to drink) -> image のみました nomimashita (drank)

    PAST NEGATIVE = MASU -> image MASEN DESHITA

    たべます tabemasu (to eat) -> image たべません　でした tabemasen deshita (didn't eat)
    のみます nomimasu (to drink) -> image のみません　でした nomimasen deshita (didn't drink)