When to use Hiragana/Katakana/Kanji

HERE'S AN EXAMPLE SENTENCE GUYS

ケーキを食べます
ke-ki (w)o tabemasu
I eat cake

So we have the katakana being used for the word ke-ki (ケーキ) which means Cake which is obviously a loan word from English.

Then we have the particle wo (を)which is written in hiragana because it's a particle of speech.

Then we have the kanji for 'eat' which in this case is pronounced ta (食). This is a verb beginning, so a kanji is always used.

Lastly we have the rest of the verb, in this case it is conjugated to present/future tense. bemasu (べます) is added onto ta, and it is a verb conjugation (it's conjugated from the basic verb taberu). Therefore it is written in hiragana :)

Hope this video cleared some stuff up for you guys! As always don't hessitate to message me with questions, and good luck :D

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[MinnieMiffy97]

I am up to katakana, and i have to learn it within 3 days! AHH the pressure. But seriously, you have made me feel WAAAAY more relieved.

[KaxyzKoi]

@MinnieMiffy97 You can do it!!!! That is a very short amount of time though, is that for school??? But I'm glad :D Keep trying!!

[MinnieMiffy97]

@KaxyzKoi Oh thank you heaps! And yes it is for school :), I have finished katakana. We are going onto Kanji now :))

[KaxyzKoi]

@MinnieMiffy97 Awesome! Good luck :D Kanji can be fun I think :)!

[hfrancoe]

I was soo confused about this! thanks for the clarification :D

[KaxyzKoi]

@hfrancoe No problem :D I'm glad it helped!

[MinnieMiffy97]

Thank you for the help! You have clarified HEAPS!

[KaxyzKoi]

@antonioklb1 You're very welcome :)!

[antonioklb1]

Very helpful, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!