Konbanwa! Thank you for joining the lesson on Sunday night. It was great to see you again! In today's lesson, we did a quick review. We practiced using na-adjectives as predicates (after the noun). When a na-adjective is used after the noun, we don't use na. We practiced expressing the present positive and present negative forms. Example: Sakura wa kirei desu. Sakura wa kirei ja arimasen. Present positive form → noun + desu Present negative form → noun + ja arimasen
When a na-adjective comes before a noun, it needs na. Examples: Kono sakura wa kirei-na hana desu. (This cherry blossom is a beautiful flower.) Utada Hikaru wa yūmei-na kashu desu. (Hikaru Utada is a famous singer.) Koko wa shizuka-na heya desu. (This is a quiet room.)
In our next lesson, we will continue practicing how to ask questions with na-adjectives and how to answer them. Excellent work! Thank you again. Have a great week. See you again in April!
You practiced time expressions a lot today. Well done!! Especially you mastered "から" and "まで". Please practice saying what time it is now in your place. See you in 2 weeks!
Please review: ナニヌネノ
New vocabulary: スーパー：Supermarket ゆうびんきょく: post office ひるやすみ：lunch break
らいしゅうの かようび＝next Tuesday らいしゅうの かようびは なにが ありますか。What’s on next Tuesday? ーーかいぎが あります。
とうきょうは いま なんじですか。What time is it now in Tokyo？
ひるやすみは １２：３０（１２じはん）から １：１５（１じ１５ふん）までです。 Lunchbreak is from 12:30 to 1:15.
Thank you for today’s lesson! Today, we studied “arimasu / imasu.”
“arimasu” is used for things (objects) “imasu” is used for living things (people, animals, etc.)
Examples:
There is a figure in my house. → Ie ni figure ga arimasu. There is a cat in my house. → Ie ni neko ga imasu.
📚 Particles
「は (wa)」
Topic marker: shows what the sentence is about Watashi wa kinou, eiga o mimashita. → I watched a movie yesterday. Contrast: compares with other things Keeki wa tabeta ga, kukkii wa nokoshita. → I ate the cake, but left the cookies. Emphasis (often with negative or question) Sono hanashi wa kikanakatta koto ni suru. → I’ll pretend I didn’t hear that.
「には (ni wa)」
Emphasizing place/time Kono chiiki ni wa mezurashii tori ga iru. → There are rare birds in this area. Emphasizing purpose/condition Seikou suru ni wa, doryoku ga hitsuyou da. → To succeed, effort is necessary. Comparison/contrast Kore ni wa sansei suru ga, are ni wa hantai da. → I agree with this, but disagree with that.
📚 Things to remember
〜と〜と〜 = A and B (complete list) 〜も = also / too 〜や = A, B, and so on (not a complete list)
