Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Lesson 4 exercises

A. Change the tense of each sentence:
1. Mori san wa ikimasen. - Mori san wa ikimasen deshita.
2. Sakana o tabemasu ka. - Sakana o tabemashita ka.
3. Kore wa kissaten desu. - Kore wa kissaten deshita.
4. Watashi wa mimasen deshita. - Watashi wa mimasen.

B. Use proper question words.
1. Dono kutsu ga yasui desu ka. (which)
2. Dare ga makemashita ka. (who)
3. Doko e ikimashoo ka. (where)
4. Doko de terebi o mimasu ka. (where)

C. Translate into English.
1. Watashi wa tenisu ga heta desu. - I am not skillful at tennis.
2. Kore wa donata no kamera desu ka. - Whose camera is this?
3. Sumoo no hon wa omoshiroi desu. - The book on sumo is interesting. 
4. Dore ga watashi no koohii desu ka. - Which is my coffee?

D. Tell whether the adjectives are i-adjectives or na-adjectives.
1. ookii - i
2. shizuka - na
3. omoshiroi - i
4. takai - i
5. kirei - na
6. yuumei - na
7. shinsetsu - na
8. tsuyoi - i

E. Compliment your friend's new house.
1. a very magnificent gate - Totemo rippa na mon desu ne.
2. a very clean kitchen - Totemo kirei na kitchin desu ne.
3. a very quiet neighbourhood - Totemo shizuka na chiiki desu ne. 

F. Create questions with the following elements:
1. Question, you, present, like, sumo - Sumoo ga suki desu ka.
2. I, negative, past, eat, sushi - Watashi wa sushi o tabemasen deshita.
3. I, negative, drink, coffee - Watashi wa koohii o nomimasen. 

G. 
1. Dono kamera ga yasui desu ka.
2. Dore ga ii kamera desu ka.
3. Dono kuruma o kau n desu ka.
4. Dore ga ii kuruma desu ka.


Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Why I haven't been writing

Watashi wa Nyuu Yooku de ikimashita, dakara watashi kakimasen deshita! Kankoo ryokoo deshita. Watashi to watashi no tomodachi Cathy san kaimono o ikimashita. 

私わ ニュウヨオクで いきました だから 私 かきません でした! かんこおうりょこおう でした。
私と 私の ともだち カてえさん かいものお いきましあ。

I will write properly later. :)

Monday, March 2, 2009

This and that

Japanese has a larger collection of demonstratives (like this and that) than English does. They are referred to as 'ko-so-a-do' words.
Ko words indicate that the object in question is close to the speaker, or close to both the speaker and listener.
So words indicate that the object is close to the listener, but not the speaker.
A words indicate that the object is not near either the speaker or the listener.
Do words are question words.

kono kami - this paper (by me)
sono kami - that paper (by you)
ano kami - that paper (by neither of us)
dono kami - which paper

kore - this (by me)
sore - that (by you)
are - that (by neither of us)
dore - which

この その あの and どの must be used immediately preceding a noun, while これ それ あれ and どれ can only be used by themselves (without a noun).

For example:
この えいが お みました か?
Kono eiga o mimashita ka?
Did you see this movie?

それ わ ぎゅうにゅう か?
Sore wa gyuunyuu ka?
Is that cow's milk?