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VERBS Tenses Adj and Noun
VERBS Tenses Adj and Noun
- KU - ite EXAMPLE:
- GU - ide
- SU - shite KAKU - KAITE - TO WRITE
- RU OYOGU - OYOIDE - TO SWIM
- TSU TTE HANASU - HANASHITE - TO TALK
- (W) U TORU - TOTTE - TO TAKE
- BU TATSU - TATTE - TO STAND
- MU NDE A (w) U - ATTE - TO MEET
- NU ASOBU - ASONDE - TO PLAY
YOMU
SHINU -- YONDE
SHINDE -- TO
DIEREAD
SURU - SHITE - TO DO
KURU - KITE - TO COME
VERB TE FORM
PATTERN REQUEST
V-TE MASU
V-TE KUDASAI
V-NAIDE NEGATIVE
1. N1 + WA + N2 + DESU
Examples:
Watashi tachi wa gakusei desu.
Anata wa kaishain desu.
Kanojo wa sensei desu.
Kare wa isha desu.
Ringo wa amai desu.
Examples:
Rica san wa gakusei dewa arimasen.
Anata wa isha ja arimasen.
Kanojo wa kangofu ja arimasen.
Kare wa Omari san ja arimasen.
Anata tachi wa sensei ja arimasen.
3. N1 + WA + N2 + DESU KA
Examples:
Aiko san wa sensei desu ka?
Kare wa gakusei desu ka?
Kanojo wa kangofu desu ka?
Anata wa kaishain desu ka?
Yuri san wa nihonjin desu ka?
4. N1 + WA + N2 + DESU. N2 + MO + N4 + DESU
Examples:
Nelson san wa gakusei desu. Resty san mo gakusei desu.
Miller san wa gaijin desu. Brown san mo gaijin desu.
Kare wa kangofu desu. Kanojo mo kangofu des.
Henry san wa isha desu. Rey san mo isha desu.
Ringo wa oishii desu. Budo mo oishii desu.
5. N1 + WA + ADJECTIVE + DESU
Examples:
Hana wa kirei desu.
Nihongo wa muzukashii desu.
Ringo wa amai desu.
Koen wa yumei desu.
Examples:
Kore wa hon desu ka?
Are wa kasa desu ka?
Sore wa jisho desu ka?
Are wa kaban desu ka?
Kore w enpitsu desu ka?
Examples:
Kono kasa wa dare desu ka?
Sono hon wa anata desu ka?
Ano kaban wa watashi desu ka?
Kono jisho wa kanojo desu ka?
Sono enpitsu wa ikura desu ka?
Examples:
Watashi no hon desu.
Anatano kaban desu.
Kare no enpitsu desu.
Kanojo no kasa desu.
Watashi tachi no jisho desu.
Examples:
Kore watashi no kaban desu ka?
Asoko anata no kasa desu ka?
Are kare no enpitsu desu ka?
Sore kanojo no jisho desu ka?
Are watashi tachi no hon desu ka?
READING AND APPLYING
JAPANESE CONVERSATION
Nice to meet you
- Pre-Departure-for-Japan Training Course -
1. Objective: To establish “the foundation of communication ability”
In order that you can work together with Japanese and live a happy life in Japan, you must
acquire the ability of correctly understanding what Japanese speak, and of correctly telling to them what
you have in mind. However, to master such communication ability, enormous efforts and time are
necessary. For efficiently developing the communication ability, needless to say, it is necessary to
stepwise accumulate practice. The “Nice to meet you” is a textbook prepared for the purpose of
establishing “the foundation of communication ability” as the first stage of developing the communication
ability. Particularly it is intended to achieve the following for targets in 100 learning hours.
To be accustomed to the natural Japanese pronunciations, and to develop the basic ability
of hearing Japanese language
To acquire the ability of Japanese words written in Hiragana and Katakana characters
To acquire the ability of hearing, understanding and using the minimum sentences
necessary for the daily life
2. Composition
The “Nice to meet you” consists of the following parts. Part 1 is the “base” of Part 2. So, at first,
learn Part 1, and then proceed to Part 2. In addition, CD and “Translation Notes” in English are attached.
1) Textbook
Part 1: Learning of characters and words
Learn “Hiragana and Katakana characters”, “words” and “numbers”.
Acquire the ability of hearing Japanese words.
Part 2: Learning of sentences and conversations
Learn sentences and conversations
Acquire the ability of hearing Japanese sentences and conversations.
2) CD
The CD contains what is described in the book, in Japanese and in the foreign language
concerned.
3) Translation Notes
The “Translation Notes” describe the following in the foreign language concerned.
Objective and features of the textbook, and how to use it
Vocabulary (by section, in the order of pages)
Answers to questions
3. Features: Epochal practice method with attention paid to the “process of learning.”
To achieve the aforesaid four targets of “Nice to meet you,” the conventional learning method
based on “accumulation of sentence patterns” has a problem that it takes too much time. To solve this
problem, the “Nice to meet you” employs a peculiar practice method with attention paid to the “process
of learning,” so that you as a learner can acquire the communication ability efficiently. To memorize
words and sentences and to be accustomed to Japanese pronunciations and natural conversations within a
short period of time, it is essential to identify the process of learning and to effectively guide in line with
the process. Main features of “Nice to meet you” are concretely described below.
Understanding the meanings of words and sentences in reference to “pictures” and memorizing
them in reference to “pictures”
When you learn a new word or sentence, it is first of all necessary to understand the meaning of
the word or sentence. The “Nice to meet you” uses “pictures” abundantly in both Part 1(learning of
characters and words) and Part2 (Learning of sentences and conversations), so that you can
immediately understand the meanings of words and sentences. It is known that a “picture” exhibits an
excellent of remaining deeply in the memory in addition to contributing to the understanding of its
meaning. The “Nice to meet you” uses “pictures” for the practice in a hope that they will remain as
deeply as possible in the memory. So, use them as aids for efficiently learning of words and
sentences.
Practice without being particular about “sentence forms” and “grammatical rules”
If learning starts from “sentence forms’ and “grammatical rules,” it may make it difficult to
develop the communication ability. You should have an experience that you come to a standstill
during talking, because of your too strong wish of speaking a grammatically correct foreign
language or because of your fear of making a grammatical mistake. Part 2 (learning of sentences
and conversations) of “Nice to meet you” is designed to ensure that you can practice
pronunciations and conversations without being particular about “sentence forms” and
“grammatical rules” and, as a result, can produce correct sentences naturally. Furthermore, since
you can practice while comparing friendly expressions with polite expressions you will be able to
be early accustomed to natural conversations.
Confirmation
“Select.” “Connect by line (Katakana characters).”
In this practice, you are expected to confirm how far you memorize the “characters and words”
you have learned so far.
Practice of writing
“Write. Read.” “Read. Write.”
In this practice, you write the “characters and words” you have learned so far. If you pronounce
while writing for your practice, the relation between sounds and characters can be emphasized in
your impression, and you will be able to learn more effectively.
Confirmation
“Listen to the CD, and select.”
“Pay attention to short sounds and long sounds, while listening.”
This is the last step. Listening to the “characters and words” you have learned so far, confirm how
far you can understand. Especially for the “long sounds and short sounds” difficult to
differentiate, you should practice repeatedly. At first you may find it difficult to differentiate
them, but you will be accustomed to them gradually and be able to differentiate tem.
In Japanese language, polite expressions are used for talking with superiors and company
members. Even for Japanese, it is difficult to identify the situations when polite expressions
should be used or when friendly expressions should be used. You, as learners, are
recommended to always use polite expressions when you speak Japanese. If you use polite
expressions only, it does not happen that you give a rude impression to the person you talk
with. It is safe that even if the person you talk with use friendly expressions, you keep using
polite expressions. You will please use polite expressions when you speak Japanese.
Practice
“Listen to the CD, and pronounce.”
“Listen to the CD, and answer/pronounce.”
You are expected to be accustomed to sentences and conversations in this practice.
Repeatedly pronounce jointly with the CD as often as possible till you acquire the ability
of speaking fluently. When you repeatedly pronounce, take care of intonations as in the
“Practice for introduction.”
Confirmation
“Listen to conversations, and write the answers.”
“Write answers above the underlines.”
“Connect by line.”
In this practice, you are expected to confirm what you have learned so far. Calmly
confirm what you have understood and what you have not understood. The answers are
stated in the supplement volume, so that you can confirm them.
Vocabulary (by section, in the order of pages)
Part 1
Hiragana characters and words that are difficult to understand even if you refer to pictures
Lesson 2 2か Page
Tax ぜいきん 25
Time じかん 30
Earthquake じしん 30
Cleaning そうじ 30
Duster そうきん 30
Lesson 6 6か
Company かいしゃ 59
Post office ゆうびんきょく 59
Hospital びょういん 59
Electric train でんしゃ 59
President しゃちょう 59
Department manager ぶちょう 59
Section manager かちょう 59
Part 2
Vocabulary by section
Lesson 1 1か
Nice to meet you どうぞ よろしく 135
My name is Lee リーです 136
Lee リー 136
Hien ヒエン 136
Chachai チャチャイ 136
Jomel ジョメル 136
I am ~ ~です 136
Are you Mr. Lee? リーさんですか 137
Yes, I am Lee はい、リーです 137
Are you ~ ~ですか 137
Mr. ~. Ms. ~ ~さん 137
Yes はい、 137
No, I am Chachai いいえ、チャチャイです 138
No いいえ 138
Japan にほん 139
China ちゅうごく 139
Vietnam べトナム 139
Indonesia インドネシア 139
Thailand タイ 139
I came from China ちゅうごくから きました 140
From ~ ~から 140
Came きました 140
Trainee けんしゅうせい 140
Sato さとう 140
Teacher of Japanese Language にほんごの せんせいです 140
Of ~ ~の 140
Teacher せんせい 140
Lesson 2 2か
What time is it now? なんじですか 142
It’s 5 o’clock 5じです 142
What time なんじ 142
~ o’clock ~じ 144
~ minute(s) ~じ~ぶん・~ぷん 145
What time is it now? いまなんじですか 146
Now いま 146
Lesson 3 3か
How much? いくらですか 147
It is one hundred yen 1 00 えんです 147
How much いくら 147
~ yen ~えん 147
Lesson 4 4か
What is it? なんですか 151
What なん 151
Apple りんご 152
Egg たまご 152
Cabbage キャベツ 152
Kettle やかん 152
Pot なべ 152
Bottle opener せんぬき 152
Towel タオル 152
Soap せっけん 152
Toothbrush はブラシ 152
Give me apples りんごを ください 153
Here you are はい、どうぞ 153
~を 153
Give me ください 153
はい 153
どうぞ 153
Well, I wish to have them じゃください 154
Well じゃ 154
Lesson 5 5か
This is a helmet これは ヘルメットです 156
This これ 156
-は 156
Helmet ヘルメット 156
Bucket バケツ 156
Cutting p0liers ペンチ 156
It is an electric drill それは でんきドリルです 157
It それ 157
Electric drill でんきドリル 157
Screwdriver ドライバー 157
Wrench スパナ 157
That is an airplane あれは ひこうきです 158
That あれ 158
Airplane ひこうき 158
Tokyo tower とうきょうタワー 158
Mt. Fuji ふじさん 158
Camera カメラ 159
Portable stereo boom box ラジカセ 159
Lesson 6 6か
What day of the week is it today? きょうは なにようびですか 161
It is Monday げつようびです 161
Today きょう 161
What day なんようび 161
Monday げつようび 161
Tuesday かようび 162
Wednesday すいようび 162
Thursday もくようび 162
Friday きんようび 162
Saturday どようび 162
Sunday にちようび 162
~にち 162
~がつ 164
What month is your birthday? たんじょうびは なんがつですか 165
What day of the month? なんにち ですか 165
Birthday たんじょうび 165
What month なんがつ 165
What day なんにち 165
Lesson 7 7か
Above うえ 167
Below した 167
Front まえ 167
Rear うしろ 167
Right みぎ 167
Left ひだり 167
It is on a chair いすの うえです 168
A briefcase is at the rear of a car かばんは くるまの うしろです 168
Chair いす 168
Car くるま 168
Briefcase (Bag) かばん 168
Is there? ありますか 169
Yes, there is はい、あります 169
No, there isn’t いいえ、ありません 169
Is there ある? 170
Yah, there is うん、ある 170
Nope, there isn’t ううん、ない 170
There is ある 170
There isn’t ない 170
Yah うん 170
Nope ううん 170
Screwdriver ドライバー 171
Nut ナット 171
Bolt ボルト 171
Screw ピス 171
Drill ドリル 171
There is a wrench スパナは あります 172
Table テーブル 174
Clock とけい 174
Flower はな 174
Lesson 8 8か
Floor ーかい 175
A restaurant is on the 6th floor しょくどうは 6かいです 176
Restaurant しょくどう 176
Neckties ネクタイ 176
Underwear したぎ 176
Shoes くつ 176
Television sets テレビ 176
There are います 177
There aren’t いません 177
There are いる 177
There aren’t いない 177
Is there Mr. Chachai? チャチャイさんは いますか 179
Is there Mr. Lee? リー`さんいる? 179
Where is Ms. Hien? ヒエンさんは どこですか 180
Where is Mr. Jomel? ジョメルさんは どこ? 180
where どこ 180
Lesson 9 9か
I eat たべます 182
I don’t eat たべません 182
I ate たべました 182
I didn’t eat たべませんでした 182
I drink のみます 183
I buy かいます 183
I see みます 183
I take a rest やすみます 183
I go いきます 183
I drink beer ビールを のみます 186
Beer ビール 186
―を 186
I buy a briefcase(bag) かばんを かいます 186
I see television テレビを みます 186
television テレビ 186
I smoke a cigarette たばこを すいます 186
Cigarette たばこ 186
I smoke すいます 186
I go to company かいしゃに いきます 186
Company かいしゃ 186
―に 186
What do you eat? なにを たべますか 187
Coffee コーヒー 187
Chinese noodles ラーメン 187
Where do you go? どこに いきますか? 187
Department store デパート 187
Company かいしゃ 188
Hospital びょういん 188
Lesson 10 10か
Do you eat? たべる? 189
Yah, I do うん、たべる 189
Nope, I don’t ううん、たべない 190
Did you eat? たべた? 189
Yah, I did うん、たべた 189
Nope, I didn’t ううん、たべなかった 190
I eat たべる 191
I don’t eat たべない 191
I ate たべた 191
I didn’t eat たべなかった 191
I see みる 191
I don’t see みない 191
I saw みた 191
I didn’t see みなかった 191
I drink のむ 191
I don’t drink のまない 191
I drank のんだ 191
I didn’t drink のまなかった 191
I go いく 191
I don’t go いかない 191
I went いった 191
I didn’t go いかなかった 191
I buy かう 191
I don’t buy かわない 191
I bought かった 191
I didn’t buy かわなかった 191
I do する 191
I don’t do しない 191
I did した 191
I didn’t do しなかった 191
Lesson 11 11か
I would like to eat たべたいです 198
I would like to drink のみたいです 198
I would like to smoke a cigarette たばこを すいたいです 200
I would like to take a rest やすみたいです 200
I would like to return かえりたいです 201
Return かえる 202
Roast meat やきにく 203
Chinese noodles ラーメン 203
Water みず 203
Tokyo とうきょう 203
Lesson 12 12 か
What is the matter? どうしたんですか 206
I have a headache あたまが いたいです 206
Painful いたい 206
―が 206
Head あたま 206
Tooth は 207
Eye め 207
Ear みみ 207
Throat のど 207
Nose はな 207
Belly おなか 207
Back せなか 207
Waist こし 207
Arm て 207
Leg あし 207
Do you like? すきですか? 210
Yes, I do はい、すきです 210
You like? すき? 210
Yah, I do うん、すき 210
No, I don’t like いいえ、きらいです 211
Nope, I don’t like ううん、きらい 211
Do you like a fish さかなが すきですか? 211
Fish さかな 211
が 211
Nations くに 211
Lesson 13 13か
How do you like it? どうですか? 215
It is delicious おいしいです 215
Expensive たかい 216
Cheap やすい 216
Delicious おいしい 216
Unpalatable まずい 216
Funny おもしろい 216
Boring つまらない 216
Beautiful きれい 216
Lesson 14 14か
Wait まってください 219
Come here きてください 220
Yes, I will go there immediately はい、すぐ いきます 220
Immediately すぐ 220
Show me みせてください 221
Yes please はい、どうぞ 221
Don’t come here こないで 222
Don’t touch it さわらないで 223
Don’t smoke たばこを すわないで ください 224