Today, we learned many different food names in Japanese, and we also studied Kore wa nan desu ka? (“What is this?”). The pronunciation of kore wa nan desu ka can be a little difficult, but your pronunciation today was very good.
Thank you always for learning so enthusiastically. We covered a lot today, and you did wonderfully.
Next time, we will review what we learned today and continue, so please review before the next lesson.
Konbanwa! Thank you for joining the lesson as always. It was great to see you again! Today, we learned and practicing Lesson 7,verbs, how to express past and negative form. We studied how to change verbs from the "shimasu" into the past tense and the negative past tense.
For example: positive non past→benkyo shimasu, Negative non past→benkyo shimasen, positive past→benkyo shimashita, negative past→benkyo shimasen deshita. Also, positive non past→iki-masu(to go), Negative non past→iki masen, positive past→iki mashita, negative past→iki masen deshita.
In Japanese grammar,the positive non-past form covers both present and future tense meanings. unlike English, which distinguishes between present tense (“I go”) and future tense (“I will go”), Japanese uses the same form. For example: “Ashita gakkō e ikimasu” = “I will go to school tomorrow,” and “Shūmatsu kaimono e ikimasu” = “I will go shopping on the weekend.
Japanese verbs are divided into three groups. Group 3 has only two verbs: “shimasu”and kimasu.”We will study Groups 1 and 2 next. We will continue step by step. You have worked hard today. Next week we will create sentences using both verbs and nouns.Have a great week then. Stay warm!
Thank you for coming to my lesson also today. I enjoyed our lesson.
[ Today's Lesson ] ❶How much is ～ ～wa ikura desuka? How much is this? = kore wa ikura desuka? How much is this (NOUN) = kono (NOUN) wa ikura desuka? this ⇒ somithing is close to a speaker
❷How much is that? = sore wa ikura desuka? How much is that (NOUN)? = sono (NOUN) wa ikura desuka? that ⇒ somithing is close to a listener
【New Words】⇒These words can be placed at the (NOUN). book = hon smartphone = sumaho laptop = nooto pasokon bag = kaban shirt = shatsu T-shirt = T-shatsu shoes = kutsu skirt = skirt jeans = jeans
I'm looking forward to seeing you next week. See you!
こんばんわ！Thank you for joining the lesson on friday night. It was great to see you again! Today, we continued learning and practicing how to express "If" or "When",in Japanese this is simply "と". You have understood well the sentence pattern of changing from the -masu form to the dictionary form, adding “to,” and then continuing with the present form. We also exchanged aspects of our cultures. For example, regarding emergency calls such as the police and fire department, in Japan the numbers are different, but in the United States they are the same. Later I thought that having the same number is better. (いいじゃん！ That’s good!) Don’t forget—it’s an emergency, and people are in a panic! Thank you for sharing. I learned something new again. Excellent work, おつかれさまでした！また、らいしゅう！ Stay warm!
