week 7 Vocabulary Flashcards
to drink (past affirmative and past negative)
past affirmative: nomimashita
past negative:
nomimasendeshita
to go (past affirmative and past negative)
past affirmative: ikimashita
past negative: ikimasendeshita
to listen (past affirmative and past negative)
past affirmative: kikimashita
past negative: kikimasendeshita
to speak (past affirmative and past negative)
past affirmative: hanashimashita
past negative: hanashimasendeshita
to wait (past affirmative and past negative)
past affirmative: machimashita
past negative: machimasendeshita
to read (past affirmative and past negative)
past affirmative:
yomimashita
past negative:
yomimasendeshita
to buy (past affirmative and past negative)
past affirmative:
kaimashita
past negative:
kaimasendeshita
to meet past affirmative and past negative)
past affirmative:
aimashita
past negative:
aimasendeshita
to exist (past affirmative and past negative)
past affirmative:
arimashita
past negative:
arimasendeshita
to write (past affirmative and past negative)
kakimashita: past affirmative
kakimasendeshita: past negative
to take (past affirmative and past negative)
past affirmative: torimashita
past negative:
torimasendeshita
to understand (past affirmative and past negative)
past affirmative:
wakarimashita
past negative:
wakarimasendeshita
to exist [IRU]
(past affirmative and past negative)
past affirmative:
imashita
past negative:
imasendeshita
to get up (past affirmative and past negative)
okimashita: past affirmative
okimasendeshita: past negative
to sleep (past affirmative and past negative)
nemashita: past affirmative
nemasendeshita: past negative
to eat (past affirmative and past negative)
tabemashita: past affirmative
tabemasendeshita: past negative
to watch (past affirmative and past negative)
mimashita: past affirmative
mimasendeshita: past negative
to do (past affirmative and past negative)
shimashita: past affirmative
shimasendeshita: past negative
to come (past affirmative and past negative)
kimashita :past affirmative
kimasendeshita : past negative
to study (past affirmative and past negative)
benkyoushimashita: past affirmative benkyoushimasendeshita: past negative
i am not a student
gakusei jya arimasen
i was not a student
gakusei ja arimasendeshita
teacher, was your major history?
sensei-san no senkoo wa rekishi deshita ka
how much was the bicycle?
jitensha wa ikura deshita ka
it’s my bike
watashi no jitensha
no it wasn’t my friend’s bike
iie, tomodachi no jitensha ja arimasen deshita
3 polite negative forms
dewa arimasen (not used often)
jya arimasen
jya nai desu
(nai = impolite)
i am not larry
larry jya arimasen
JFK was an american
kennedy wa amerika jin deshita
yesteday I studied for 3 hours
kino sanjikan ga benkyoshimashita
taro sleeps 7 hours a day
taro san wa mainichi shichijikan ga nemasu
i watch tv for about 2 hours everyday
watashi wa mainichi nijikan gurai terebi o mimasu
i took a lot of pictures
Takusan shashin o torimashita
there were a lot of people
hito ga takusan imashita
do you eat a lot of rice/food?
takusan gohan o tabesmasu ka
particles: wa, ga, mo , ni, de, e, o
wa - topic marker
ga - marks the subject of a verb
mo - also/too
ni - to (destination),
in/at/on (specific time)
in/at/on (place of existence)
de - in/at/on
e - to (direction)
o - object marker
particles and time
you don’t need a particle after a duration of time
example: kyou nanjikan nemashitaka
omiyage
omiyage is a food/snack from the area you visited that is presented to friends/family that did not get the opportunity to go on the trip. Also, bring omiyage to a friend’s house when visiting as a polite gift.
when
Itsu / or Toki (depending on context)
when i was a child I played tennis
kodomo no toki tenisu o shimashita
please stay healthy (said when saying goodbye and you won’t see the person for a long time)
o genki de
Spicy
Karai
Fat
Debu
Wasteful
Mottainai
Fun
Tanoshi
Do it
Yatte
Congratulations
Omedeto
Don’t do it.
Dame da yo!
Fight with me now.
Ima, Watashi to tatakae.
They are fighting
Karera ha tatakaimasu
I went to tokyo by shinkansen
tokyo kara shinkansen de ikimashita
I’m studying because I have a test tomorrow.
watashi wa benkiyoushimasu, ashita tesuto ga arimasu kara
I make wine from grapes
budo kara wain o tsukuru
I make sake from rice
kome kara osake o tsukurimasu
i made japanese washi paper from wood
watashi ha ki kara washi o tsukurimashita
i’ll wait until tomorrow
ashita made machimasu
i walk until I get to the station
eki made arukimasu
the exam is until 8
shiken ha hachi-ji made desu
the meeting is until 5 o’clock
mitingu ha go-ji made desu
I’ll go by bus until tokyo
tokyo made basu de ikimasu
even children have their own cell phones (here, made is used to describe something unexpected)
kodomo made keitai denwa o motte iru
i like fish. I even eat the bones!
sakana ga suki desu. Hone made tabemasu.
even he bowed to me
kare ha ojigi made shimashita
adult
otona
One full point
Ippon (usually used in combat sports)
What is your job?
Anata no shigoto ha nandesu ka?
Forms of rice
Gohan - cooked rice
Kome - uncooked rice
I made lemonade from lemons
Watashi ha remon kara remonade o tsukurimashita