Genki Ch 9

Question 1

How do you make the affirmative past tense short form of a verb?

Answer 1

Take the て form of the verb and replace て or で with た or だ

Question 2

How do you make the past tense negative short form of a verb?

Answer 2

Take the present tense negative short form and replace い with かった

Question 3

How do you make the affirmative past tense short form of an い adjective?

Answer 3

Replace the final い with かった

Question 4

How do you make the negative past tense short form of an い adjective?

Answer 4

Take the present tense negative short form and replace the final い with かった

Question 5

How do you make the affirmative past tense short form of a な adjective?

Answer 5

Drop な and replace it with だった

Question 6

How do you make the negative past tense short form of a な adjective?

Answer 6

Take the present tense negative short form and replace the い with かった

Question 7

How do you make the affirmative past tense short form of a noun plus です?

Answer 7

Drop です and replace it with だった

Question 8

How do you make the negative past tense short form of a noun plus です?

Answer 8

Take the present tense negative short form and replace the い with かった

Question 9

How do you use a verb to qualify a noun like an adjective does?

Answer 9

Use the short form of the verb before the noun being qualified.

Question 10

How would I use a verb to qualify a noun and say “The person who is reading the book over there is Michiko”?

Answer 10

あそこに本を読んでいる人は美智子です

Question 11

What is the sentence structure to say that you have already done something?

Answer 11

Put も after the subject marker and use the て form of the verb plus いません.

Question 12

What is the sentence structure to say that you have not done something yet?

Answer 12

Put まだ after the subject maker and use the て form of the verb plus いません.

Question 13

How do you make a sentence giving a reason, basically a “because” sentence?

Answer 13

Explanation with verb in short form and から followed by the situation.