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?