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- Genki Lesson 2
買物
We went shopping!
When you go shopping you use common words like how much, cheap, pricey, etc, Also you learn words like That, this, where, which…
We have simple table of these words.
| 日本語 | English | 日本語 | English | 日本語 | English | 日本語 | English |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| これ | here | この | this… | どの | which | どこ | where |
| それ | there | その | that… | ここ | here | だれ | who |
| あれ | over there | あの | that…(over there) | そこ | there | どれ | which one |
| あそこ | over there |
これ: near me、それ: near the listener、あれ: far from both
どれ、is a question, so we MUST use が
Particle も
Basically means too, that’s it.
僕は学生ですよ。
i’m a student.
あ、僕も。
a!, me too.
Plain and simple.
We need to pay attention, because sometimes we can mess up, for example
ジョンはアメリカン人です。
あ、イタリア人も
If John is American, and Italian, you can’t say this, because it sounds like you’re talking about another person being Italian, and John is Italian too.
We also learnt how to say something is NOT…
\[(X\;は) ...Y \begin{Bmatrix} \underline{じゃないです}\\ \underline{じゃありません}\\ \underline{ではありません}\\ \end{Bmatrix} X\;is\;NOT\;Y.\]You have these 3 forms, the first is conservative speech style, second normal i guess, 3rd is formal for writting.
~ね、～よ。
These two particles are added at the end of the phrase to give it some kind of emphasis, depends on the way you speak with the listener.
If you want to ask for comfirmation you add ね, something…. right?
if you want to say that you are confident on something you add よ, this happened! i tell you.
下さい、お願いします、どうぞ。
- ください: Please, a common word to add ad the end.
- お願いします: Also means please, but used to request something, mostly used when ordering food or requesting something abstract, like a favour or understanding. Sounds more polite than 下さい。
- どうぞ: You use it when someone request you something and you obligue, very polite.
Kanji cards
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TODAI APP Daily Read.
I translated this article. https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/k10013673811000/k10013673811000.html
New Objetives
Still strugling with numbers!!! Need to practice more and more.
Random thoughts
You can’t negate certain words like adjetives, for example 高いですよ can't be negated as 高いじゃないです.
I’m going to change the mimi app for an expanded version of the TODAI app, i’ll try to translate what i can from the article using Jishoo dictionary, this way I’ll get better at undestanding phrases quickly, i hope so.
じゃね～