Japanese Existence and Copula
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This lesson will teach you how to say that something exists or doesn't exist.
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[edit] Reading
Read Expressing state-of-being.
[edit] Exercises
- Using the words listed at Japanese I/Vocabulary/Nouns 1, say something in:
- Declarative
- Negative
- Past
- Negative-past
Edit the section below and write the exercise above in hiragana and kanji in this format:
====~~~(this signs your name)==== Hiragana: *words form meaning *words form meaning *words form meaning *words form meaning Kanji: *words form meaning *words form meaning *words form meaning *words form meaning
It will be checked by a fellow student or instructor.
Japanese Existence and Copula/completed exercises contains corrected exercises.
Example: Hiragana:
- いすだ declarative, is chair
- いすじゃない negative, not chair
- いすだった past, was chair
- いすじゃなかった negative-past, wasn't chair
Kanji:
- 椅子だ declarative, is chair
- 椅子じゃない negative, not chair
- 椅子だった past, was chair
- 椅子じゃなかった negative-past, wasn't chair
Examples in polite speech: Hiragana:
- いすです declarative, is chair
- いすではありません negative, not chair
- いすでした past, was chair
- いすではありませんでした negative-past, wasn't chair
Kanji:
- 椅子です declarative, is chair
- 椅子ではありません negative, not chair
- 椅子でした past, was chair
- 椅子ではありませんでした negative-past, wasn't chair
[edit] Area to put Exercises
Yama da. Declarative.
Yama janai. Negative.
Yama datta. Declarative, past.
Yama janakatta. Negative, past.
Exercises using polite speech： Yama desu. Declarative
Yama dewaarimasen. Negative
Yama deshita. Declarative, past.
Yama Dewaarimasendeshita. Negative, past
[edit] Assignment
- Memorize the words listed at Japanese I/Vocabulary/Nouns 1 including the stroke order of the kanji, number of strokes, and the spelling of them.
[edit] Questions
Leave any questions here
[edit] See also
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