[Daichi] Grammar Ch.23 and 25

Question 1

暗くなります

Answer 1

it becomes dark. に　なります・なる = a change of condition/state ‘to become’

Question 2

このボタンを押すと、お茶が出ます.

Answer 2

When you press this button, tea comes out. と is a connecting particle that connects two sentences and means ‘when’ or ‘whenever’. This pattern indicates that When X happens, Y is the result

Question 3

まっすぐ行くと、右に郵便局があります。

Answer 3

Go straight, and you will see the post office on your right.
と connects the clauses here too, so use it when giving directions

Question 4

買って来ます

Answer 4

ｖて来ます = ‘to do something and then come back’.

Question 5

でしょう

Answer 5

means must be and is often pronounced with a rising intonation, think like a tilde

Question 6

左に公園があります。僕のアパートはその隣ます。

Answer 6

There is a park on the left. My apartment is next to that. The use of その (or それ、そこ) refer back to something in the context and means ‘that’

Question 7

からです

Answer 7

adds a reason for something stated before

Question 8

ので

Answer 8

S1(plain)ので、S2 - ので means because and is the same as から in meaning

Question 9

試験は何時に始まるか、教えてください。

Answer 9

Please tell me what time the examination begins.
In this sentence pattern, a question clause is included as part of a longer sentence. Remove desu and just have ka, then add a verb (te form) with kudasai making it interrogative.

Question 10

出して　and　出ます

Answer 10

to take out, to leave, to submit

Question 11

確認

Answer 11

confirm

Question 12

ツアーに行くかどうか、確認します。

Answer 12

I’ll confirm whether he’ll/she’ll join the tour or not.

Question 13

まだレポートを出していません。

Answer 13

I still have not submitted the report yet. まだ = still, yet, only & Vて いません = an action has not taken place or has not been done yet, and often used with まだ