Lesson 11!

Ah............... Sensei asked us if we wanna take JLPT 4 this Dec 6.. I want to but we have to complete Intermediate first! In order to do that, we need two lessons per week but her other day is Saturday! I have to teach on that day!! T_T どうする！

But at our standard now, will I be able to take JLPT 4? If only I can look at past year papers, like our O levels Ten-year series XD Anyone has anything like that? I'd most definitely want to see!

We're still stuck at the same thing as last week.. -_-" The classmates are too slow. Out of 12, 4 or 6 are good.. The other 5 lag quite badly behind us.. The remaining 1 is in the middle.. Sad..

The following sentence describes our speed and it reveals what we learned/were still stuck on today:

今おそくべんきょうしていますから、レッソンのスピードがもっと速くなりたいです！

おやすみなさい～！

Lesson 10!

Well, we didn't use Japanese to communicate in class, haha..

We're still on the ~ています and ~てもいいです。

But what is "May I help you?" in Japanese? Is it really "手伝ってもいいですか？"

I dunno, I left it blank.. We'll find out next week, haha..

おやすみなさい～！

Lesson 09!

WA wa wa, we learned a lot today~ But I was very tired today..

Edit @ 11pm 18 July Sat:

①　結婚しています = I'm married
This is a special case..

I haven't do homework, so my memory is not refreshed, sorry! T_T

おやすみなさい～！

Lesson 08!

Today, we've got the て-form test. I got 37 upon 41, 3rd in class, most probably.. T_T

Anyway, here's what I learned today~

①　Please take photo with me in the garden.
--　庭で私と写真を取ってください。

②　Because I don't really understand Japanese, please speak slowly.
--　私は日本語があまりわかりませんから、ゆっくり話してください。

③　I'm drinking coffee in the new restaurant now.
--　私は今新しいレストランでコーヒーを飲んでいます。

④　A man and a woman are talking outside.
--　男の人と女の人は外で話しています。

⑤　It's raining now.
--　今雨が降っています。

⑥　Because I don't have time, please walk faster.
--　時間がありませんから、速く歩いてください。

はい、今日はここまでです！

おやすみなさい～！

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　⇒　いそぐ　⇒　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　⇒　はたらく　⇒　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　⇒　ちがう　⇒　ちがって
» e.g. まちます　⇒　まつ　⇒　まって
» e.g. おくります　⇒　おくる　⇒　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　⇒　よむ　⇒　よんで
» e.g. しにます　⇒　しぬ　⇒　しんで
» e.g. あそびます　⇒　あそぶ　⇒　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　⇒　かす　⇒　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　⇒　みる　⇒　みて

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　⇒　いく　⇒　いって

I think that's about it~ ╮(￣▽￣")╭

おやすみなさい～！

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～！

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～！