Lesson 12 Grammar

Question 1

Present and past, positive and negative, long form conjugation for な adjectives.

Answer 1

Conjugate exactly the same as nouns, just remove the な ending.

Question 2

Present, positive and negative endings for い adjectives.

Answer 2

Present positive:
- Just add です

Present negative:
- Drop い and add くないです

Question 3

Past, positive and negative endings for い adjectives.

Answer 3

Past positive:
- Drop い and add かったです

Past negative:
- Drop い and add くなかったです

Question 4

What is the sentence structure to describe the quality/ state of one thing compared to another?

Answer 4

Xは Bより adjです

X is more “adj” than B.

Question 5

冬は夏よりいいです。

Answer 5

Winter is better than summer.

Question 6

What is the sentence structure ask how the quality/ state of two things compare?

Answer 6

Aと Bと どちらが adjですか

Question 7

ラメンとうどんとどちらがおいしいですか。

Answer 7

Which is tastier, ramen or udon?

Question 8

How to answer a question which compared two items?

Answer 8

A/B のはうが adjです

Question 9

うどんのはうがおいしいです。

Answer 9

Udon is more delicious.

Question 10

How to ask a question comparing a range of items which belong to a category?

Answer 10

Category の中で Interrogative が いちばん adjです

Question 11

イギリスの中でどこいちばんきれいなところですか。

Answer 11

Where is the prettiest place in England?

Question 12

How to substitute の in place of a noun.

Answer 12

When the noun in question is obvious and has a pre-attached adjective, when stated one can drop the noun and just place の after the adjective.

Question 13

この赤いセーターはあきおさんのですか。

いいえ、赤いのてるみさんのです。

Answer 13

Is that red sweater Akio-san’s?

No, it is Terumi-san’s.