と (“and / with”) is a JLPT N5 grammar point. Links nouns (“A and B”) or marks a companion (“with”). Structure: [Nom] と [Nom] ・ [personne] と …. This page explains the construction, gives Japanese examples with furigana readings, and links to related grammar points at this level.
と (“and / with”)
Structure
[Nom] と [Nom] ・ [personne] と …
Explanation
Between nouns, と lists them exhaustively: パンと たまご “bread and eggs”. After a person, it means “(together) with”: ともだちと 見ました “I watched it with a friend”. と only joins nouns: never two sentences.
Examples
パンと たまごを かいました。
I bought bread and eggs.
ともだちと えいがを 見ました。
I watched a movie with a friend.
Quiz preview
パン＿＿ たまごを かいました。
- と ✓
- も
- を
- で
Between two nouns, と lists them: “bread AND eggs”.
ともだち＿＿ えいがを 見ました。
- と ✓
- を
- が
- か
After a person, と means “(together) with”: with a friend.
More N5 grammar points
は: topic particleの: possessive / linking particleを: object particleに: time / destination particleが: subject particleで: place of action / means〜たい: wanting to do〜てください: please do…あります / います: existence〜ましょう: let'sも (“also / too”)へ: direction particleか: question particleこれ・それ・あれ: this / that〜ないでください: please don't〜がすきです: to likeAのほうがBより: comparison