こんにちは！
Welcome back, fellow Japanophiles and linguaphiles and Beginners of the Japanese language.
I wanted to take the time to review some of the sentence structures that we learned in Japanese 101. Next week, we will begin Japanese 102. So, I thought this would be a great time to review the basics. I will state clearly that we are not looking at every single word, just some simple structures that can work for a number of comments you might hear or say when conversing in Japanese.
*Note: Thanks to my readers who helped me update this and correct some of my mistakes. I truly appreciate the comments! :)
1) (noun は) [noun]/[adjective] です。 = (noun/pronoun) [be-verb] [noun]/[adjective].
猫です。neko desu = It's a cat.
美味しいです。 oishii desu =It's delicious!
2) (noun は) [noun]/[adjective] ですか。= [be-verb] (noun/pronoun) [noun]/[adjective]?
昼ご飯は魚ですか。 hirugohanwa sakana desuka = Is it fish?
辞書ですか。jishowa desuka = Is it a dictionary?
3) (noun は) [noun]/[adjective] じゃないです。= (noun/pronoun) [be-verb+not] [noun]/[adjective].
私の本じゃないです。 watashinohon janai desu. = It's not my book.
松本先生の鞄は高いじゃないです Matsumotosenseinokabanwa takai janai desu.
= Professor Matsumoto's bag isn't expensive.
4) これは／それは／あれは [noun] です。
= This/that (near other person)/that (far away) is/are [noun]
これは時計です。 korewa tokei desu. = This is a clock.
それは傘ですか。 sorewa kasa desuka. = Is that an umbrella?
あれは喫茶店じゃないです。 arewa kissaten janai desu. = That over there is not a café.
5) この／その／あその [noun は] いくらですか。= How much is/are [noun]?
この財布はいくらですか。konosaifuwa ikura desuka? = How much is this wallet?
その鉛筆はいくらですか。 sonoenpitsuwa ikura desuka? = How much is that pencil?
I will be adding with a few more sentence structures tomorrow. But for now, that is enough!
さよなら！
No comments:
Post a Comment