What are Japanese participles?
Let’s learn particle と/to for now.
How to use particle と/to
と/to can sometimes be translated as "with" (meaning accompaniment) and sometimes "and."
<Example 1>
Tomodachi to ryokoo ni itta.
ともだち と りょこう に いった。
友達 と 旅行 に 行った。
[friends with traveling went]
I went traveling with my friends.
<Example 2>
Satoo to shio o katta.
さとう と しお を かった。
砂糖 と 塩 を 買った。
[sugar and salt bought]
I bought sugar and salt.
と/to is not always equivalent to the English word and, however. と/to is used only to link series of nouns or pronouns, and cannot be used to link verbs or clauses.
