[essex Uni, Uk] Japanese Class - V Masenka

Japanese Language Class

9/Feb/2009 (Hiro)

Review Quiz (Verb) 1.

How many groups do Japanese verbs have? ( 2

2.

Name all the verb groups.

3.

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3

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4

)

(

verbs

)

( (

verbs verbs

) )

Basically, checking the ending of the DICTIONARY FORM of a verb, you can see which group the verb belongs to. Complete the sentences.

4.

(

verbs ) end with the suffixes (

( The (

verbs ) end with the suffix ( verb group) has only (

). 2 /

3

). /

namely, (

) meaning ‘do’ and

(

) meaning ‘come’.

4 ) members:

Put the 7 verbs from the box into the appropriate group below. くる

たべる

のむ

する

Ru-verb

5.

) or (

きく もってくる

U-verb

Match the verbs on the left with their meanings on the right.

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みる

Irregular

ねる たべる おきる のむ はなす みる きく でる いく よむ 6.

wake up, get up go to bed, sleep eat drink see, watch, look at hear, listen to speak, talk read go go out, attend (class)

neru taberu okiru nomu hanasu miru kiku deru iku yomu

To make a sentence sound polite, ます (masu; non-past affirmative) or ません (masen; non-past negative) are used. Complete the polite forms by adding ます and compare each conjugation process. Dic. form Ru-verb U-verb Irregular

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ねる

→

ねます

ne

おきる o k i r u

→

おきます

oki

よむ する

yomu suru

→ →

よみます します

yom s

くる

kuru

→

きます

k

neru

Add ます to the following verbs. If you don’t remember Hiragana, you can use Roman alphabets. (Check the verb group first.) はなす みる

hanasu miru

べんきょうする 8.

Polite form

→ →

b e n ky o o s u r u

→

To form a question, the particle か (ka) is added to the end of the sentence. This means that if you want to sound polite, you have to use か (ka) after ます(masu) or ません (masen). A question ends with a rising intonation on the final Hiragana (here, on か ka). Read aloud the following sentence. あなたは くじに おきますか。 A na ta wa ku ji ni (Do you get up at 9 o’clock? / Are you going to get up at 9 o’clock?)

2

o ki ma su ka.

Invitation: V-masen-ka Key sentence: きんようびに いっしょに えいがを みませんか。 Ki n yo o bi ni i s sho ni e e ga o mi ma se n ka. (Would you like to see a film together on Friday?)

V-masen-ka V-ませんか (V-masen-ka) is used to invite people to do something. The question particle か (ka) has a rising intonation.

The days of the week Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

げつ

か

すい

もく

きん

ど

にち

ge tsu

ka

su i

mo ku

ki n

do

ni chi

+

ようび yo o bi

Monday is げつようび (ge tsu yo o bi), and Friday is きんようび (ki n yo o bi). With the particle に (ni), they are used as adverbs. ‘on Friday’

きんようびに

(ki n yo o bi ni)

Pronunciation of っ (the small version of つ tsu) The small っ is Romanised as doubled consonants, such as いっしょに isshoni (together) and かった katta (won). The small っ makes its following consonant long. isshoni vs. ishoni

い っしょに i sh- sho ni

vs.

□ □ □ □ assari vs. asari

あ っ さ り a s- sa ri

か っ た ka t- ta

いしょ: n. will (as a leagal document)

□ □ □ vs.

□ □ □ □ katta vs. kata

いしょに i sho ni

あ さ り a sa ri

あっさり: adv. easily あさり: n. clam

□ □ □ vs.

□ □ □

か た ka ta □ □

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かった: v. won かた: n. shoulder

(Key sentence) Memorise the following sentences. Then do a role-play with your partner. A:

きんようびに Ki n yo o bi ni

いっしょに i s sho ni

えいがを e e ga o

みませんか。 mi ma se n ka.

(Would you like to see a film together on Friday?) B1:

いいですね。 I i de su ne.

ごめんなさい。よていが あります。 Go me n na sa i. Yo te e ga a ri ma su.

/ B2

(Sounds great.)

(I’m sorry.

I have plans.)

(Composition exercise) Make up sentences with the following framework. yo

X

o

e

e.g.

bi

ni

i

ようびに e

s

s h o

n i

ma

いっしょに

g a

o

V

se

n

k a

ませんか。

mi ru

Friday; see a film (えいがを みる) →

きんようびに be

n

いっしょに kyo

o

su

ru

j u

g y o

えいがを

1

Friday; study (べんきょうする)

2

Monday ; attend a class (じゅぎょうに でる)

3

Saturday; eat lunch (lunchを たべる)

4

Sunday; listen to music (おんがくを きく)

5

Monday ; go to London (Londonに いく)

ra n chi o

o

n

o

ta

be

ga

ku o

Ro n do n

n i

de

みませんか。

ru

ru

n i

ki

i

ku

ku

(Role play) Invite your partner with the 5 sentences you made above.

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