Japanese 112 week 5 Vocabulary Flashcards
my older sister
ane
apartment
apato
younger sister
imooto
song
uta
Younger brother
otooto
man
otokonohito
older brother
onisan
older sister (polite)
oneesan
woman
onnanohito
company / corporation
kaishiya
family
kazoku
hair
kami
siblings
kiyoudai
country
kuni
car
kuruma
convenience store
konbini
cafeteria
shiyokudou
father
chichi
eye
me
eyeglasses
nugane
smart/clever/bright
atama ii desu
cute
kawaii
tall
segatakai
short
segahikui / mijikai
long
nagai
fast/early
hayai
short
mijikai
kind, affectionate
yasashi
cordial
shinsetsu
convenient
benri
to sing
utau
to know
shiru
i know
shitteimasu
i do not know
shirimasen / shiranai
to live
sumu
to put on (items below your waist)
haku
to gain weight
futoru
to be on the heavy side
futoteimasu
to put on glasses
nugane o kakeru
to put on clothes (above your waist)
kiru
to work for
tsutomeru
to lose weight
yaseru
to get married
kekkonsuru
not…anything/nothing
nanimo
counter for people
nin
one person
hitori
two people
futari
not…in particular
betsuni
of course
mochiron
if you like
yokattara
family
kazoku
parents
ryoushin
siblings
kyoodai
grandfather
ojiisan
grandmother
obaasan
husband
otto / syujin
wife
tsuma / kanai
son
musuko
daughter
musume
father
otoosan
sentence structure for continuous actions or states
combine the te form with imasu or iru : te imasu
-たべています ”i’m eating”
my father works for a bank
chi chi ha ginko ni tsutomete imasu
i have a camera
watashi ha kamera o motte imasu
do you know the hospital’s telephone number
biyouen no denwa bango ha shitteimasu ka
to live
sundeimasu
to work for
tsutometeimasu
to know
shitteimasu
sentence structure used when describing someone.
-ha - ga - desu
example:
brooksさんは あたまが
おおきいです
aki’s hair is short
aki-san no kami ha mijikai desu
OR
Aki-san ha kami ga mijikai desu (as for aki, she has short hair)
eye
me
ear
mimi
hand
te
foot/ leg
ashi
head
atama
nose
hana
someone
sega
i will go see a movie tomorrow
ashita watashi ha eiga o mimasu ni ikimasu
daisuke went to buy a book
daisukesan ha hon o kaimono ni ikimashita
my friend will come to my house to return the CD.
tomadachi ha watashi no uchi ni CD o kaesu ni kimasu
to come
to go
kimasu
ikimasu
1 person
hitori
2 people
futari
3 people
san-nin
4 people
yo-nin
5 people
go-nin
6 people
roku-nin
7 people
shichi-nin
8 people
hachi-nin
9 people
kyuu-nin
10 people
juu-nin
how many people?
nan-nin imasu ka
Snowing and various tenses
FURU
Yuki furimasu - it will snow
Yuki furimashita - it snowed
Yuki futteimasu - it is snowing
sentence structure used to connect two adjectives together.
eliminate the final い and replace it with くて.
example:
cheap, good: やすくていい
cake
keki
yesterday I bought a cheap and delicious cake
kinou, yasukute oishii keki o kaimashita.
the japanese teacher is kind and interesting
nihongo no sensei ha yasashikute omoshiroi desu
sentence structure for opposite ideas
use “ga”
example: my mother is pretty but scary
watashi no hahaha kirei ga kowai desu
sentence structure for GOING to do something with
*we can also call this sentence structure for PURPOSE of doing something.
(にいく)
*ni marks the purpose of the subject in sentences with the verbs IKIMASU, KIMASU, and KAERIMASU.
*here, ni can come either after nouns OR verbs
kimikoさん kaimono ni ikimasu (kimiko will go shopping)
*notice how ni comes after the verb to mark the reason for going making the verb the purpose…
sentence structure for GOING to do something part 2: “I went somewhere to do something”
person (ha) noun (を) verb (ni) ikimasu/kaerimasu/kimasu
To arrive
Tsukimasu
You have good taste
Sensu ga ii
Good job
Yoku yatta