JLPT N5 grammar

〜たちmeaning and usage

Meaning

たち marks a plural or group of people or other living beings. After a name, it can mean that person and their companions.

How to form it

  • personたち
  • nounたち

How it is used

Follows a word for people or animals to make a group; after a name it means “that person and the others”. It is not used for objects. For people you respect, 「方（がた）」 is politer: 「先生方」.

Examples

  1. 私は動物達のことを優しくて賢いと思っている。

    I think animals are kind and intelligent.

  2. 子どもたちが公園で遊んでいます。

    The children are playing in the park.

  3. 私たちは同じクラスです。

    We're in the same class.

About the example In 動物達, たち presents the animals as a group.