Japanese for Beginners. Learning Conversational Japanese

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“Is She Stubborn?” Asking Questions with Adjectival NounsNow, Let’s Try the Past Tense!Quick Reference: Adjectival Noun TensesPracticeChapter 9: Is It Easy? Yes, It’s Easy!Short DialoguesVocabularyLearning from the DialoguesPracticeEnding with DaKaraokeChapter 10: Girls’ TalkDialogueVocabularyLearning from the DialogueChotto: A Word for Many Needs!PracticeChapter 11: Grandpa Doesn’t Know, Either!ComicLearning from the ComicInterjections vs. ParticlesPracticeChapter 12: Cold? Noisy? Funny? Describing ThingsA Few Things to Know about Adjectives“Is It Funny?” Asking Questions with AdjectivesDescribing Things in the PastAsking Questions in the Past TenseQuick Reference: Adjective TensesPractice
Chapter 13: How Funny Is It? More DescribingShort DialoguesVocabularyLearning from the DialoguesReview: When Should You Use ga vs. wa?PracticePachinkoChapter 14: Sorry, We Can’t Give a RefundDialogueVocabularyLearning from the DialogueYukataDragon BoatsPracticeChapter 15: I Need to Diet!ComicLearning from the ComicPracticeChapter 16: Action! Making Things Happen, with VerbsThe First Step: Recognizing the Dictionary Form of a VerbHow to Change the Dictionary Form into the Negative (Nai) FormHow to Say “No”: Using the Negative Form NaiHow to Change the Dictionary Form into the Te FormPracticeChapter 17: Do You Work? More about VerbsA Few Things to Remember about Verbs“Do You Work?” Asking Questions with VerbsNow, Let’s Try the Past Tense!Asking Your Questions in the Past Tense
Page 2 and 3: JAPANESEFOR BEGINNERS
Page 4 and 5: ABOUT TUTTLE“Books to Span the Ea
Page 6 and 7: ContentsIntroductionAcknowledgments
Page 10 and 11: Quick Reference: Verb TensesPractic
Page 12 and 13: PracticeHolidaysRelationshipsChapte
Page 14 and 15: PracticeHow to set up meeting place
Page 16 and 17: IntroductionI have written this boo
Page 18 and 19: AcknowledgmentsI am deeply grateful
Page 20 and 21: time reviewing that chapter again.
Page 22 and 23: Chapter 1Sounding Japanese First th
Page 24 and 25: The Japanese Writing System (Script
Page 26 and 27: ā ah obāsan (grandmother) → o b
Page 28 and 29: Japanese words, remember, are prono
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Page 33 and 34: Chapter 2Wow!Express Your Emotions!
Page 35 and 36: AraAreatashi noatashiboku nobokukei
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Page 39 and 40: genki (na)healthy; fine; wellǍAh,
Page 41 and 42: Anō is used to turn someone’s at
Page 43 and 44: Chapter 4How Do You Do?Dialogue: Ha
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6. What could it be?_______________
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Sumisu-san wa gakusei da.Ginkō ga
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To make a question out of a present
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Sumisu-san datta?Tōkyō datta?Okur
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form:bird.”
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chapter to learn more about these.V
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3. To ask a question. In the third
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Issho ni ikō ze!MLet’s go togeth
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1. Women would say: That’s not my
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1. Adjectival nouns can be used as
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Fuben datta.Ganko datta.It was inco
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“You are not good atcooking.”__
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VocabularySee the “Learning from
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Learning from the DialoguesUSING SA
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Soko ni Sumisu-san ga iru?Nani o ya
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sentence is quite often used by wom
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Chapter 10Girls’ TalkDialogue: On
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See the “Learning from the Dialog
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Learning from the DialogueUSING ...
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Kimi datte hen da zo.MBoku no Nihon
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not like mentioning things clearly
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TRANSLATIONS (from comic on page 63
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A-M : Kanojo samuku nai kana. (I wo
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____________________6. Ara, okurimo
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A Few Things to Know about Adjectiv
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form nai. (You’ll learn more abou
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PracticeAffirmative Negative Affirm
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Chapter 13How Funny Is It? More Des
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USING KKEThe particle kke used at t
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Dare ga iku?Itsu ga ii?Who will go?
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Now let’s practice using ... n da
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5. M : Ano otoko no hito o shitte i
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OkāsanTen’inOkāsanTen’inMusum
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mōshiwake arimasenmōshiwakesorede
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same function as the word koto that
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Dragon BoatsHārii (also known as H
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Chapter 15I Need to Diet!ダイエ
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you?Sō kanā!You think so!2 Sono n
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ga, ano shiroi_____________________
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How to Change the Dictionary Form i
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yobu (to call) + nai → yobanainom
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miru (to see) + te→miteExceptions
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RULE 6For verbs ending in a diphtho
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Chapter 17Do You Work? More about V
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“Do You Work?” Asking Questions
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Un, hataraita.Un, oyoida.Un, shita.
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Can You Speak English? MoreQuestion
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USING THE SUFFIX -ENThe -en as in d
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→kiru (to cut) → kireruhairu (t
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Chapter 19Show Me, Please: More abo
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SENTENCES ENDING IN KAMO SHIRENAI K
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USING TE FORM OF A VERB + IRUThe Te
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by making them different shapes and
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(Yes, they’re asleep. So, who is
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nakamafriend, fellow, companionshir
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Mō ichido sagashite miru.Chotto da
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USING A QUESTION AS AN INVITATIONAs
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Listen to the conversation on the C
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TRANSLATIONS1 Tenki warui nā!2 Zan
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Chapter 22Good, Better, Best: Makin
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dotchikotchi~no hō gahōyōshokuto
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by no.Neru hō ga taberu yori suki.
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beans)
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dore?dore?Watashi wa itsumo Boku wa
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said when replying to a question. A
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Along with the name of the main ite
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Tsuma : Kono isu sukoshi hikui ne.
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Koko de omachi ni narimasu ka?Dōzo
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1. chigau (to differ) + masu → __
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hayai (quick)→ hayasa (quickness)
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Hikizan (subtraction) 10 - 7 = 3 J
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TRANSLATIONS1 Nani kangaeteru n da?
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Start with the dictionary form of t
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imperative forms. Write the answers
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Short Dialogues: What Will You Give
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watch.Note: The particle ni in the
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The particle mo as in the above exa
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oneself—are still a very big elem
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Ja, watashi ga Ja, boku ga chūmon
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When you’re talking about somethi
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3. Chotto dake kodomo o mite 1 kure
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Here are some verbs and their oppos
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JoshiDanshiJoshiDanshiJoshiDanshiJo
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kyōjuprofessor; teacherkibishiistr
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(Where did you buy the shoes?)USING
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In the modifying part you’ve adde
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keizaigaku (economics)rekishi (hist
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What’s Up?どうしたんだ?Chap
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2 Shinrigaku totteru? Iya, naze?Shi
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4. Watashitachi wa sanji ni atta. S
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Short DialoguesFEMININE MASCULINE1.
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wa daijōbu “I’m all right” i
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In Japanese, a sentence in the pass
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subject of a conversation, so it al
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M : Kore shibaraku nitara, nanikaku
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Sore mada narattenai yo.Sore mada n
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tokiumidaibingumō (with negatives)
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Noni is located after the na that f
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From the box below, choose the appr
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Chapter 32Eisā FestivalDialogue: E
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See the “Learning from the Dialog
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-Kata can be used as a polite suffi
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EisāOkinawan : Did you hear the dr
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Chapter 33The Great Tug-of-War お
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people), yonin (four people), etc.5
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the sense of competition that the e
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MidoriMakiMidoriMaki(Midori? Are yo
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(There’s a party at Harajuku)Maki
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you are able to use casual speech.
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How to set up meeting places in Jap
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Jōji: Waseda daigaku de tomodachi
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VocabularytheseSee the “Learning
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can modify a noun with a verb, if i
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Appendix A NOUN + SURU REFERENCE No
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Appendix BTABLE OF VERB CONJUGATION
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kaesu (give back) kaeshimasu kaeshi
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narau (learn) naraimasu naratte nar
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todokeru todokemasu todokete todoke
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Exercise Answer Keys Chapter 1A. 1)
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Sono kuruma shinsha da zeTsukamaeta
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9. Yaseru koto/no wa kantan ja nai.
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3. homeru (to praise) + → homemas
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Chapter 30I 1. Gakusei no toki, bok
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JunIchirōJunIchirōJunIchirō: Kim
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dance dare who dareka anyone; someo
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of keredomo) keitai denwa cell phon
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pachinko Japanese pinball pan bread
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zaiko stock zaisan property zannen
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Te form of a verb + (mo) ii (158) P
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