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GENKI FACT L. 5 Karen Curtin ALLEX 2016 JPN 199

In Lesson 5 we’re learning how to… •  ????? •  Talk about the weather and trips • Describe people, places, activities, things •  Talk about likes/dislikes • Make suggestions • Ask for a specified number of (flat) items

Review: Verbs and Nouns

NOUN affirmative negative Present (non-past) Keeki desu. Keeki ja nai desu.

Keeki ja arimasen. Past (perfective) Keeki deshita. Keeki ja nakatta desu.

Keeki ja arimasen deshita.

VERB (long form) affirmative negative Present (non-past) Shimasu. Shimasen. Past (perfective) Shimashita. Shimasen deshita.

1. NEW: Adjectives •  Two types: •  i-adjectives •  na-adjectives

i-adjectives • Examples?

i-adjectives • Examples? •  takai •  yasui •  omoshiroi •  tsumaranai •  atsui •  samui •  atarashii •  furui •  ookii •  chiisai

•  ii •  kakkoii • muzukashii •  yasashii •  kowai •  tanoshii •  isogashii

• What do you notice about the ending of all these?

i-adjectives • Examples? •  taka-i •  yasu-i •  omoshiro-i •  tsumarana-i •  atsu-i •  samu-i •  atarashi-i •  furu-i •  ooki-i •  chiisa-i

•  i-i •  kakkoi-i • muzukashi-i •  yasashi-i •  kowa-i •  tanoshi-i •  isogashi-i

• What do you notice about the ending of all these?

Conjugation (Affirmative): •  Taka-i • Present Affirmative, long form? •  Taka-i desu.

• Past Affirmative, long form? •  Taka-katta desu.

Review: Verbs, Nouns, i-Adjectives





i- ADJECTIVES Affirmative negative Present (non-past) Takai desu.

Past (perfective) Takakatta desu.

• A new Japanese teacher has just arrived at WUSTL and asks you about last weekend. Put the following into the past:

•  atsui •  isogashii •  tanoshii • CHALLENGE: Atatakai

B: Student in J-lang class A: New Japanese teacher

Conjugation (Negative): •  Taka-i • Present Negative, long form? •  Taka-ku na-i desu. Or? •  Taka-ku arimasen.






i- ADJECTIVES Affirmative negative Present (non-past) Takai desu. Takaku nai desu.

Takaku arimasen. Past (perfective) Takakatta desu.

• A new classmate asks you the following about the class. Answer in the negative:

•  Tsumaranai • Yasashii • Ookii • CHALLENGE: (About the teacher) Kibishii

B: Student in J-lang class A: New classmate

Conjugation (Negative): • Present Negative, long form? •  Taka-ku na-i desu. Or? •  Taka-ku arimasen.

• Past Negative, long form? •  Taka-ku na-katta desu. Or? •  Taka-ku arimasen deshita.







Takaku arimasen. Past (perfective) Takakatta desu. Takaku nakatta desu.

Takaku arimasen deshita.

Special Exception: Ii desu. • Conjugation: Ii desu. • Past Affirmative: • Yokatta desu. • Present Negative: • Yoku nai desu./ Yoku arimasen.

• Past Negative: • Yoku nakatta desu./ Yoku arimasen deshita.

Notes on Ii desu Usage: What is the function of ii desu in the following conversations? A: Sumimasen. Ii desu ka. B: Ee, ii desu yo. Doozo. Asking permission. A: Ii desu ka. B1: Ee, ii desu yo./ Ee, daijoobu desu yo. B2: Soo desu nee. Amari yoku nai desu nee. Checking on something. A: Ashita issho ni ikimasen ka. B: A, ii desu nee. Arigatoo gozaimasu. Responding to an invitation.

• You have just gone to a very cheesy, not scary Haunted House at an amusement park. Someone is checking out the signs for the house, debating to go in or not. The person asks you how Haunted house was. Put the following into the negative past:

•  kowai •  ii •  yasui • CHALLENGE: (expecting there to be AC inside) suzushii

B: Student in J-lang class A: Stranger

Conjugation (Negative): • Present Negative, long form? •  Taka-ku na-i desu. Or? •  Taka-ku arimasen.

• Past Negative, long form? •  Taka-ku na-katta desu. Or? •  Taka-ku arimasen deshita.

• What do you notice about the negative conjugation? •  arimasen conjugates like a… • Verb •  na-i conjugates like… •  an Adjective









Notes on Adjective Usage: • Breakdown: •  Takai desu nee. • Adjective •  Takai terebi desu nee. • Adjective + Noun

•  The adjective modifies/describes the noun. • Note: the adjective goes directly in front of the noun. •  The whole unit functions like a noun in the sentence.

•  Takaku nai desu. •  Takai terebi ja nai desu.

• You’re talking with the Japanese Club President about Monday. Say the following:

• A: You had a test on Monday, right? How was it? Was it hard? • B1: No. It wasn’t hard. • B2: No. It wasn’t a hard test. • B3: No. It was easy. • B4: No. It was an easy test.

B: Student in J-lang class A: Jpn. Club President


• A: Getuyoobi ni tesuto ga arimashita ne? Doo deshita ka? Muzukashikatta desu ka?

• B1: Iie. Muzukashiku nakatta desu yo. • B2: No. It wasn’t a hard test. • B3: No. It was easy. • B4: No. It was an easy test.




• B1: Iie. Muzukashiku nakatta desu yo. • B2: Iie. Muzukashii tesuto ja nakatta desu yo. • B3: No. It was easy. • B4: No. It was an easy test.




• B1: Iie. Muzukashiku nakatta desu yo. • B2: Iie. Muzukashii tesuto ja nakatta desu yo. • B3: Iie. Yasashikatta desu yo. • B4: No. It was an easy test.




• B1: Iie. Muzukashiku nakatta desu yo. • B2: Iie. Muzukashii tesuto ja nakatta desu yo. • B3: Iie. Yasashikatta desu yo. • B4: Iie. Yasashii tesuto deshita yo.


-na adjectives • Examples?

-na adjectives • Examples? •  genki •  kiree •  shizuka •  nigiyaka •  hima •  suki •  kirai

• Except for kirai, what do you notice about how they end compared to i-adjectives?

Conjugation of –na Adjectives: • Genki • Present Affirmative • Genki desu. • Past Affirmative: • Genki deshita. • Present Negative: • Genki ja nai desu. / Kirai ja arimasen. • Past Negative: • Genki ja nakatta desu. / Genki ja arimasen deshita. • What do you notice about how Genki conjugates? •  Just like a noun!

Verbs, Nouns, i- and na-Adjectives

NOUN/ na-Adjectives affirmative negative Present (non-past) Keeki desu. Keeki ja nai desu.







-i / -na adjectives (negative practice)

• Genki • Kiree • Shizuka • Nigiyaka • Hima • Suki • Kirai

Takai Yasui Omoshiroi Tsumaranai Atsui Samui Atarashii Furui Ookii Chiisai Kakkoii Muzukashii Yasashii Kowai Tanoshii

More on /Adjective + Noun/

• What do you notice about the following? • Compare:

• Sensee no heya desu nee. • VS • Omoshiroi heya desu nee. • VS • Kiree na heya desu nee.

2 suki / kirai • Suki and kirai are what kind of words? •  na-Adjectives •  /General Topic wa + Specific Item in Topic ga + suki/kirai/ • Ex.) Chiisai kurasu ga suki desu. •  In the above, who likes small classes? • Watashi (i.e., the speaker) • Remember, often “obvious topics” are dropped all together.

•  Tell your new classmate you like the following: •  coffee, ice-cream, Japanese • Koohii/Aisukuriimu/Nihongo ga suki desu. •  Tell your new classmate Yao-sensee likes (the color) pink. • Yao-sensee wa pinku ga suki desu.

2 suki / kirai •  /General Topic wa + Specific Item in Topic desu/ • Say to your new classmate: •  For ice-cream that you like, what is it? • Suki na aisukuriimu wa nan desu ka? •  cf. Donna aisukuriimu ga suki desu ka? • CHALLENGE: • Yao-sensee’s favorite ice-cream (flavor) is vanilla. • Yao-sensee no suki na aisukuriimu wa banira desu. • Yao-sensee’s favorite ice-cream is vanilla, but Tobaru-

sensee’s favorite ice-cream is Cookies and Cream. • Yao-sensee no suki na aisukuriimu wa banira desu kedo,

Tobaru-sensee no suki na aisukuriimu wa kukkiizu ando kuriimu desu.

2 suki / kirai points to note: • Kowai eega ga suki desu. (O) • Yamada-san no kaban ga suki desu. (X) • X-san ga suki desu.(X) POINT: use suki/kirai when talking about GENERAL likes/dislikes. A: Donna supootsu ga suki desu ka. B: Bareebooru ga suki desu. A: Soo desu ka. Ja, badominton wa? B1: Badominton wa amari suki ja arimasen. B2: Ee. Badominton mo suki desu. POINT: Particles wa and mo may occur before suki/kirai.

3. ~mashoo / ~mashoo ka • Meaning: •  “ Let’s do X.” • Suggest the following to a Japanese student you are hosting: •  Let’s go to the park tomorrow. • Asita kooen e ikimashoo. •  Let’s eat ice-cream at Ben and Jerry’s. • Ben ando Jeriizu de aisukuriimu o tabemashoo. •  Let’s go to the movie theatre together. •  Issho ni eegakan ni ikimashoo. • How could you make the above questions? • Note: ka implies asking for feedback OR offering (Shall we/I?)

Responding to suggestions: • Agreement: • A: Asoko de koohii o nomimashoo ka. • B: A, ii desu nee. Soo shimashoo.

• Rejection • A: Kono eega mimashoo ka. • B: Sono eega desu ka. Sono eega wa tyotto...

4 Counting items • Rii-san wa kitte o san-mai kaimashita. •  “Ms. Li bought 3 stamps.” • What do you notice about how we count objects in

Japanese? • NUMBER + COUNTER (here: for FLAT objects) • Other flat items: • Sheets of paper, t-shirts, DVDs • Word order: •  Typically: Object + (particle) + number-counter + verb. •  To a new classmate: “I have 4 sheets of paper.” • Kami wa yon-mai arimasu. • How would you say “I have 4.”? • Yon-mai arimasu.


• A: What did you do last night? (*last night= yuube) • B: Last night? I watched a scary movie. • A: A scary movie? • B: Yeah. I like horror movies. (*horror movies= horaa) • A: Oh, really.


Bonus Practice


• A: Yuube, nani o shimasita ka? • B: Yuube desu ka? Kowai eega o mimashita yo. • A: Kowai eega desu ka? • B: Ee. Horaa ga suki desu yo. • A: Soo desu ka.

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