Part 3 Flashcards
What is the negative form for masu, ru, u, and suru and desu?
Masu - Masen Ru - nai U - A Suru - shinai, simple shimasen, polite Desu - ja nai, informal dewanai and ja arimasen, more polite
What is the negative for na adjectives?
Drop na and add ja nai or ja arimasen.
What is plan to?
Hint: there are two different forms of plan to. What is the difference between the two?
Yotei - schedule; set date
Tsumori - implied plans, with more conviction
What do brackets in Japanese punctuation do?
Act as quotation marks.
What does should/ must do mean; how do you use it?
Hazu
An expectation, something you think should be true.
What is because, and how do you use it?
Hint: There are multiple ways.
Node
- Add after adjective.
- Add to simple form of any verb.
- After na with na adjectives.
What is although? How do you use it?
Noni
Used usually to show disappointment.
Add after adjective.
What is what?
Nan/Nani
Shows uncertainty.
Easy to
Yasui
Drop masu in verbs and add yasui.
Hard to
Nikui
Looks like
Mitai
Like or As
Youni
Like/As if
Rashii
Let’s
Shimashou
Take off masu from masu verbs and add shimashou.
Won’t you?
Masen ka?
Isn’t it, Don’t you?
Ne?
Question tag
When, That time
Toki
Thing
Koto
Intangible things
Mono
Tangible things
Situation; case
Baai
Etc. and
Ya: and so forth
Toka: or and so forth
Nado: to wrap things up.