Japanese Sentence Building ・日本語文の作り方

Here is a basic explanation of Japanese grammar. To keep things simple, think of English sentences as SVO (subject, verb, object) and Japanese sentences as SOV (subject, object, verb). Japanese has particles which denote what word in the sentence is which. 

subject: A word followed by は or が will be your subject. 

object: A word proceeding を will be the object. 

verb: The verb is almost always the last word in the sentence. Normal present verbs end in る, す, or する. Formal present tense verbs will end in します. 

If you're entirely new to Japanese and teaching/going to a workshop, you don't need to worry about what form of the verb you're using. If you can manage it, using the します form will be better, but since you've taken the time to learn Japanese at all, no one will mind if you're using the する form, especially amongst artists. The attitude of the glass community in Japan is very similar to the one in the US. People are very friendly and much less formal with each other than if you were working in an office. So don't worry! Also this is gender neutral basic Japanese, so no one using this needs to worry about sounding like the opposite gender.

Here is a worksheet I made for my students to help them understand grammar. You'll notice there are no spaces in written Japanese, but when you speak, if you take a little pause after each piece of the sentence, you'll be a bit easier to understand (if you're not confident in what you're saying). As always, if you have any question, please don't hesitate to ask.