Tae kim Lesson 9

Question 1

What is one of the trickiest parts of the Japanese language?

Answer 1

There is no verb for the state-of-being like the verb ‘to be’ in English.

Question 2

How can you declare what something is in Japanese?

Answer 2

By attaching the Hiragana character だ to a noun or na-adjective.

Question 3

What character do you attach to a noun or na-adjective to declare a state in Japanese?

Answer 3

だ

Question 4

Fill in the blank: To declare that something is so in Japanese, you attach だ to a _______.

Answer 4

[noun or na-adjective]

Question 5

Give an example of declaring something in Japanese using だ.

Answer 5

人 + だ = 人だ

Question 6

How do you say something was something in Japanese ?

Answer 6

Attach だって to the noun or adjective

Question 7

How do you say something isn’t something ?

Answer 7

Conjugate the negative to the negative past tense by dropping the い from じゃない and adding かって

Example 友達じゃない　-> 友達じゃなかって

Question 8

とでも____です meaning?

Answer 8

It’s very ____

Question 9

静か reading ?

Answer 9

しずか

Question 10

しずか meaning ?

Answer 10

Quiet

Question 11

綺麗 reading ?

Answer 11

きれい

Question 12

きれい meaning ?

Answer 12

Beautiful ; pretty ; clean

Question 13

とでも綺麗ですか？

Answer 13

It’s very pretty , isn’t it ?

Question 14

この街は綺麗じゃないです。

Answer 14

This town isn’t beautiful