LESSON 7(3)

Hello there…let’s learn more verbs today…

MORE VERBS

Akemasu	Open
Hanashimasu	Speak
Kakimasu	Write
Keshimasu	Switch off
Kikimasu	Listen
Mimasu	See; watch
Oshiemasu	Tell; teach
Shimemasu	Close
Torimasu	Take
Tsukemasu	Switch on
Tsukurimasu	Make

Other Vocabularies

Doa	Door
Mado	Window
Nyūsu	News
Rajio	Radio
Repōto	Report
Ryōri	Food
Shashin	Picture
Tegami	Letter
Terebi	TV
Uta	Song
Nihon go	Japanese language
Ei go	English
Marē go	Malay language
Furansu go	French

Object & Verbs

Remarks:

• In Japanese, the subject of sentence need not be expressed when it can easily be understood. For example the subject “I” need not be there for a sentence like this:

Nihon go o hanashimasu. (I) speak Japanese.

• The object consists of two elements

i)                   a noun – e.g. mado (window)

ii)                a marker, the particle “o” whose function is to point out the word preceding it as the object of the sentence.

OBJECT	PARTICLE	VERB	MEANING
Doa	o	akemasu	Open the door.

JAPANESE	ENGLISH
Mado o shimemasu.	Close the window.
Nyūsu o kikimasu.	Listen to the news.
Rajio o kikimasu.	Listen to the radio.
Repōto o kakimasu.	Write a report.
Ryōri o tsukurimasu.	Cook food.
Shashin o torimasu.	Take a picture.
Tegami o kakimasu.	Write a letter.
Terebi o mimasu.	Watch TV.
Uta o kikimasu.	Listen to the song.
Ei go o hanashimasu.	Speak English.
Nihon go o hanashimasu.	Speak Japanese.
Marē go o hanashimasu.	Speak Malay.

Remarks:

In Japanese, the subject of sentence need not be expressed when it can easily be understood. For example the subject “I” need not be there for a sentence like this:

Nihon go o hanashimasu. (I) speak Japanese.