N5 grammar

〜よ

yo

Telling someone something new

Formation

よ marks the sentence as news for the listener: you know this, they do not. It adds a small push, which is why it grates when the listener knew already. Use it to warn, to correct, or to reassure.

Examples

〜よ is marked in each sentence. Tap any word for its dictionary entry.

  1. You can wear your undershirt.

  2. You should take the shuttle bus.

  3. I've found something amazing!

  4. Next Wednesday will be fine.

  5. The car battery is dead.

The explanation is ours, written for this site. Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), each machine-checked to actually contain the pattern. Furigana is generated automatically, so a rare reading may be imperfect.