JFZ Lesson 6

Question 1

わかりますか？

Answer 1

Do you understand ?

Question 2

わかりません

Answer 2

I don’t understand / I don’t know

Question 3

もういちどいってください

Answer 3

Please say it once again

Question 4

もっとゆっくりいってくだだい

Answer 4

Please speak more slowly

Question 5

わご

Answer 5

The original Japanese language before it borrowed from chinese

Question 6

和語

Answer 6

わご

Question 7

かんじ

Answer 7

Chinese characters ( in Japanese )

Question 8

漢字

Answer 8

かんじ

Question 9

がいらいご

Answer 9

Borrowed words
Usually English words in katakana

Question 10

外来語

Answer 10

がいらいご

Question 11

How do you seperate the word for dog from dogs in Japanese ?

Answer 11

Trick question , you don’t , Japanese doesn’t have plurals like English .

Question 12

Which sentence is talking about themself ?
1. 田中さんです
2.田中です

Answer 12

2. Is correct . You never call yourself さん , only others

Question 13

So if 田中です could mean either he is tanaka , they are tanaka or she is tanaka how do you tell which is which ?

Answer 13

Context , Japanese is a very context heavy language

Question 14

When is なん as opposed to なに (何) used ?

Answer 14

When asking a what question , eg :

なんさいでずか？

Question 15

As a direction marker , what is へ read as ?

Answer 15

E