I do — object を and polite ます
Put the thing you act on in を, land the polite verb in ます. パンを食べます. Present and future share this tail. を sounds like お.
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に vs で — time and destination vs the place of doing
に parks time, destination, and where something exists. で parks where you do the action. Mix them and you study into a cafe instead of at it.
There is — あります for things, います for people and animals
あります sits on objects. います sits on people and animals. Location takes に. A key exists; a cat exists — two verbs, one polite room.
Here and there — ここ・そこ・あそこ
Point at places, not cups: ここ, そこ, あそこ, and the question どこ. Ask for the toilet, the bath, and the lobby without mixing これ into a corridor.
This, that, that over there — これ・それ・あれ・どれ
Point without grabbing: これ near you, それ near them, あれ far from both, どれ for which. Same です machine, new fingers.
I am not — ではありません and も (also)
Deny a wrong label with ではありません, then add another person or thing with も. Polite no, then also — the two tools you need when Japan guesses.
Katakana マ〜ン — reading a convenience-store shelf without panic
Finish the katakana chart with マ ヤ ラ ワ and ン. Read パン and ラーメン on a convenience-store shelf, heat the cup if they ask, and leave in です/ます.
Katakana サ〜ハ — coffee, hotel, and the long vowel mark ー
Add katakana サ タ ナ ハ and the long mark ー. Order コーヒー, read ホテル, and stop treating the bar as optional decoration.
Katakana ア・カ — menus, stations, and words that came from abroad
Meet katakana アイウエオ and カキクケコ as the same sounds in a sharper coat. Read アメリカ and カメラ on a cafe board and a station shelf — loans as Japanese, not English in costume.