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.

Lesson Seven (2)^^

LESSON SEVEN (2)

Doko e ikimashita ka. Where did you go?

Let’s learn past tense verbs. For things that happened in the past, we change them to the past form. A ~masu form verb becomes ~mashita. The past tense for ikimasu “go” is ikimashita.

e.g.    Kyō depāto e ikimasu. Today I go to the department store.

Kinō depāto e ikimashita. Yesterday I went to the department store.

Present tense	Past tense	English
Ikimasu	Ikimashita	Go
Kimasu	Kimashita	Come
Kaerimasu	Kaerimashita	Return
Tabemasu	Tabemashita	Eat
Nomimasu	Nomimashita	Drink
Mimasu	Mimashita	Watch
Shimasu	Shimashita	Do
Depāto		Department store
Eiga		A movie
Eigakan		A cinema
Kinō		Yesterday
Kyō		Today
Nani		What
Terebi		TV

Dialogue 1

A         : Kinō doko e ikimashita ka. Yesterday, where did you go?

B         : Ueno Kōen e ikimashita. (I) went to Ueno Park.

Dialogue 2

A         : Kinō nani o shimashita ka. Yesterday, what did you do?

B         : Eiga o mimashita. I watched a movie.

A         : Doko de mimashita ka. Where did you watch the movie?

B         : Eigakan de mimashita. (I) watched at the cinema.

Got to go now! See you soon!

Cheers!

Lesson Seven(1)^^

Hello…are you having a vacation?

Where are you going today? How do you get there? With whom? Sounds a bit busybody…hahaha… but let’s do it in Japanese.

LESSON SEVEN (1)

Doko e ikimasu ka Where are you going?

Asatte	Day after tomorrow
Ashita	Tomorrow
Basu	Bus
Chikai	Near
Daigaku	University
Dare	Who
Densha	Train
Eki	Railway station
Gakkō	School
Hitori de	Alone
Ikimasu	Go
Inaka	Home town
Itsu	When
Jimusho	Office
Jitensha	Bicycle
Kaerimasu	Return
Kimasu	Come
Kuruma	Car
Shūmatsu	Weekend
Takushi	Taxi
To	With/and
Tōi	Far
Umi	Beach
Yasumi	Holiday

Dialogue 1

A         : Doko e ikimasu ka. Where are you going?

B         : Gakkō e ikimasu. (I’m going) to school.

A         : Nan de ikimasu ka. How are you going (to school)

B         : Jitensha de ikimasu. On a bicycle.

Dialogue 2

A         : Anata wa nan de jimusho e ikimasu ka. How do you go to the office?

B         : Densha de ikimasu. By train.

A         : Jimusho wa eki kara tōi desu ka. Is your office far from the station?

B         : Iie, chikai desu. No, it’s near.

Dialogue 3

A         : Anata no inaka wa doko desu ka. Where is your hometown?

B         : Kyoto desu. Kyoto.

A         : Itsu Kyoto e kaerimasu ka. When are you going back to Kyoto?

B         : Asatte kaerimasu. Tomorrow (I’m) going back.

Questions and answers

1. Anata no inaka wa doko desu ka. Where is your home town?

à Sapporo desu. Sapporo.

2. Nan de gakkō e ikimasu ka. How do you go to school?

à Basu de ikimasu. By bus.

3. Dare to gakkō e ikimasu ka. With whom do you go to school?

à Hiroshi san to ikimasu. I go with Hiroshi.

4. Dare to Tokyo e ikimasu ka. With whom are you going to Tokyo?

à Hitori de ikimasu. I’m going alone.

5. Ashita doko e ikimasu ka. Where are you going tomorrow?

à Umi e ikimasu. (I’m) going to the beach.

 Cheers,

Sensei in the House

Lesson Three ^^

Nani o tabemasu ka.

Hi there! I’m on diet now, another regime of diet. I started my diet on Feb 28, 2011 and suppose to end it end of this month. It is a two-month diet program, a low-carb diet. Up to now, I’ve lost 9.5 kg! Amazing isn’t it? Well, I’ll tell you more about my diet in my next entry. Now, because I’m on diet, I always feel hungry and all I can think about is  food, and eating. That’s why I came up with this topic today, Nani o tabemasu ka literally means “what do you eat?” or “what do you want to eat?”

Vocabulary

Asa gohan	Breakfast
Ban gohan	Dinner
Hiru gohan	Lunch
Ikaga desu ka	How about…
Jūsu	Juice drink
Kōhī	Coffee
Mada	Not yet
Maiasa	Every morning
Mainichi	Every day
Maiban	Every night
Mazui	Awful/tasteless
Miruku	Milk
Mō	Already
Nomimashita (past tense)	Drink
Nomimasu (present tense)	Drink (verb)
Nomimono	Drink (noun)
Ocha	Tea
Oishii/umai	Delicious
Pan	Bread
Ryōri	Food/cooking
Sushi	Sushi
Sandoitchi	Sandwich
Tabemashita (past tense)	Eat
Tabemasu (present tense)	Eat
Tabemono	Food (in general)
Tabemasen ka.	Won’t you like to eat?

Dialogue 1

A: Mō asa gohan o tabemashita ka. Have you eaten your breakfast?

B: Iie, mada desu. No, not yet.

A: Ja, issho ni tabemasen ka. Well, let’s eat together.

B: Ii desu ne. That’s a good idea.

     Nani o tabemashō ka. What are we going to eat?

A: Sandoitchi wa ikaga desu ka. How about sandwiches?

A: Ii desu ne. Ikimashō. That’s good. Let’s go.

Dialogue 2

A: Maiasa nani o tabemasu ka. What do you eat every morning?

B: Pan o tabemasu. (I) eat bread.

A: Nani o nomimasu ka. What do you drink?

B: Miruku to kōhī o nomimasu. (I) drink milk and coffee.

Questions and answers

1. Nani o tabemasu ka. What would you like to eat?

àSushi o tabemasu. I’d like to eat sushi.

2. Nani o nomimasu ka. What would you like to drink?

àOcha o nomimasu. I’d like to drink tea.

3. Ryōri wa dō desu ka. How’s the food?

àOishii desu. Delicious.

4. Ryōri wa oishii desu ka. Is the food delicious?

àHai, oishii desu. Yes, it’s delicious /  Iie, mazui desu. No, it’s awful.

Ok see you soon!

Sensei in The House.