Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Lesson 07!

Well, yeah, I skipped last week, again.. T_T That's the second lesson I've skipped so far! But it's because I was attending my friend's wedding party, haha..

I got full marks, 41/41, for the "casual form" test which I took today for about 5-10minutes, hehe, I was one of the 3 who got full marks, our class has about 12 people~ Hee~ ^_^v

Anyway, today, we learn about the て-form.

① If the verbs from Group 1 casual form, from lesson 5, are to end with:
― ぐ, the て-form will be to remove the "ぐ" and put "いで" instead
» e.g. いそぎます ⇒ いそ ⇒ いそいで

― く, the て-form will be to remove the "く" and put "いて" instead
» e.g. はたらきます ⇒ はたら ⇒ はたらいて

― う/つ/る, the て-form will be to remove the "う/つ/る" and put "って" instead
» e.g. ちがいます ⇒ ちが ⇒ ちがって
» e.g. まちます ⇒ ま ⇒ まって
» e.g. おくります ⇒ おく ⇒ おくって

― む/ぬ/ぶ, the て-form will be to remove the "む/ぬ/ぶ" and put "んで" instead
» e.g. よみます ⇒ よ ⇒ よんで
» e.g. しにます ⇒ し ⇒ しんで
» e.g. あそびます ⇒ あそ ⇒ あそんで

― す, the て-form will be to remove the "す" and put "して" instead
» e.g. かします ⇒ か ⇒ かして

② The verbs from Group 2 casual form will always end with a る, so the て-form will be to remove the "る" and put "て" instead
» e.g. みます ⇒ み ⇒ み

③ The verbs from Group 3 casual form will always end with a する or in the "come" case, it's くる, so the て-form will be to remove the "する" and put "して" instead and remove the "る" and put "て" instead = "come - きて"
» e.g. べんきょうします ⇒ べんきょうする ⇒ べんきょうして

④ The usage of the て-form is usually with ください
» e.g. まってください。

⑤ Only "go" is special
» いきます ⇒ い ⇒ いって

I think that's about it~ ╮( ̄▽ ̄")╭

おやすみなさい~!

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Lesson 05!

こんばちは!(・▽・)

① たべます » たべたい
-- To eat » want to eat

② I want to go to Japanese restaurant to eat sushi.
-- わたしは日本料理のレストランへ寿司を食べに行きたいです。

③ です = であります
-- Just in case if you're taking JLPT.

④ There are 3 groups of verbs so they are to be changed differently in different situations.

Group 1 mainly consists of verbs that end with consonant. For example: かき kaki

So, its plain/casual form will be: かく

So the last hiragana, き will be changed to the う line and become く.

Group 2 mainly consists of verbs that end with a vowel. But not all verbs that end with the "i" are in this group. Sensei said that we can only memorise where which one goes.. T_T

For example: たべ tabe

So, its plain/casual form will be: たべる

Just add a る will do.

Group 3 consists of irregular verbs and they are きます and します。

きます » くる

します » する

Just move them to the う line and add る, so you can say Group 3 is a combination of Group 1 and Group 2. XD

For verbs that come from nouns, they are in this group as well, like: べんきょうします

べんきょうします » べんきょうする

おやすみなさい~!

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Lesson 03!

こんばんは!今日も私と一緒に日本語をべんきょうしましょう!よろしくおねがいしますね!

① A は B より adjective です。
-- A is bigger than B.

② Q: A と B と、どちらが[いちばん] adjective ですか。
-- Q: A and B, which one do you like [best]? [どちら is only used for two items]

③ A: A のほうがすきです。
-- A: I like A more/better.

④ Q: A と B と C と、[どれ/だれ/どこ]が[いちばん] adjective ですか。
-- Q: A or B or C, which one do you like [best]? [どれ is used for three items and above and they are visible and specific]

⑤ Q: A のなかで、[どれ/どこ/なに]が[いちばん] adjective ですか。
-- Q: Of all fruits, what do you like [best]? [Use this when the options are not visible and/or of a wide range]

⑥ りょうほうも/がすきです。
-- I like both. [Using も is more common than が]

⑦ A がいちばんすきです。
-- I like A best.

⑧ いそがしい » いそがしくない » いそがしくなかった
-- いそがしい » いそがしくありません » いそがしくありませんでした
-- Busy » I am not busy » I was not busy
-- Present tense positive » Present tense negative » Past tense negative
-- Only applicable to い-adjectives
-- Rule for present tense negative: Replace い with くない/くありません。
-- Rule for past tense negative: Replace い with かった。

はい、きょうはここまでです!おつかれさまでした!

おやすみなさい~!