Basic Sentence Structure

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Before you start asking me how to say things in Japanese here's what to say that will end any conversation:
Ihanananatokonomushiwa (there's a fly in my soup)
How to break that up? i haven't the foggiest, but i have a site that tells about the sentence structure as well as conversation with a quicktime plugin for pronunciation:

Japanese-Online.com

P.S. Do NOT forget the hyphen between the "Japanese" and "Online" or you will find a very distasteful pornography site.
Guess who learned the hard way.

Thank you to Japanese-Online.com for the material.

 

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Noun is Noun:
Noun wa Noun desu

Examples

• Watashi wa Suzuki Yota desu.
  I am Yota Suzuki.
  
• Watashi wa Sumisu desu.
  I am Mr. Smith.
  
• Watashi wa Tanaka desu.
  I am Mr. Tanaka.

 

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Are/is Noun a/an Noun?:
Noun wa Noun desu ka.

Examples

• Anata wa Amerika-jin desu ka.
  Are you an American?
  
• Anata wa Nihon-jin desu ka.
  Are you Japanese?
  
• Anata wa Suzuki-san desu ka.
  Are you Mr. Suzuki?

 

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Noun is/are/am also a/an Noun.:
Noun mo Noun desu.

Is Noun also a/an Noun?:
Noun mo Noun desu ka.

Examples:

• Otomo-dachi mo kookoo-sei desu ka.
  Is your friend also a high school student?
  
• Sumisu-san mo Amerika-jin desu ka.
  Is Mr. Smith also an American?
  
• Watashi mo daigaku-sei desu.
  I am also a college student.

 

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This/That/that over there (further away)/which is Noun:
Kore/Sore/Are/Dore wa Noun desu.

Examples

• Kore wa Kamera desu.
  As for this, it is a camera/This is a camera.
  
• Sore wa konpyuutaa desu.
  That is a computer.
  
• Are wa daigaku desu.
  That over there is a college.

 

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Whose Noun is it:
Dare no Noun desu ka.

Examples:

• Dare no kamera desu ka.
  Whose camera is it?
  
• Dare no konpyuutaa desu ka.
  Whose computer is it?
  
• Dare no denwa desu ka.
  Whose telephone is it?

 

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Noun is Noun's:
Noun no Noun desu.

Examples:

• Watashi no kamera desu.
  This is my camera.
  
• Sore wa anata no denwa desu.
  That is your telephone.
  
• Kore wa Waatamanu-san no hon desu.
  This is Mr. Waterman's book.