Genki Ch 13

Question 1

What is a potential verb?

Answer 1

To indicate that someone can or has the ability to do something.

Question 2

How do you make a potential verb of a る verb?

Answer 2

Drop る and add られる

Question 3

How do you make a potential verb of an う verb ending in る?

Answer 3

Drop る and add れる

Question 4

How do you make a potential verb of an う verb ending in く?

Answer 4

Drop く and add ける

Question 5

How do you make a potential verb of an う verb ending in す?

Answer 5

Drop す and add せる

Question 6

How do you make a potential verb of an う verb ending in う?

Answer 6

Drop う and add える

Question 7

How do you make a potential verb of an う verb ending in ぐ?

Answer 7

Drop ぐ and add げる

Question 8

How do you make a potential verb of an う verb ending in ぶ?

Answer 8

Drop ぶ and add べる

Question 9

How do you make a potential verb of an う verb ending in つ?

Answer 9

Drop つ and add える

Question 10

How do you make a potential verb of an う verb ending in む?

Answer 10

Drop む and add める

Question 11

How do you make a potential verb of an う verb ending in ぬ?

Answer 11

Drop ぬ and add ねる

Question 12

How do you make the potential form of the irregular verb くる?

Answer 12

こられる

Question 13

How do you make the potential form of the verb する?

Answer 13

できる

Question 14

How do potential verbs conjugate?

Answer 14

As る verbs.

Question 15

What is an alternative potential form of a る verb?

Answer 15

Adding れる instead of られる

Question 16

What is an alternative potential form of くる?

Answer 16

これる

Question 17

If a verb takes the particle を, what can it take in potential form?

Answer 17

Either を or が

Question 18

What potential verb only ever takes が?

Answer 18

できる

Question 19

If you want to give more than one reason for a situation, how do you do that?

Answer 19

(reason) し, (reason) し, (situaton).

Question 20

What forms should a verb have before taking し?

Answer 20

Short form

Question 21

What do you add to adjectives to say “it appears” as if a subject has the properties of the adjective?

Answer 21

You add そうです

Question 22

How do you form a そうです sentence with an い adjective?

Answer 22

Drop the final い and add そうです

Question 23

How do you form a そうです sentence with an な adjective?

Answer 23

Drop な and add そうです

Question 24

How do you form a そうです sentence with the adjective いい?

Answer 24

Change the entire thing to よさそうです

Question 25

How do you make a そうです sentence with a negative adjective?

Answer 25

Take the negative short form and drop ない and add なさそうです

Question 26

How do you use そうな to qualify a noun?

Answer 26

Put そうな before a noun to say that the noun seems to have certain properties of the adjective.

Question 27

What helping verb do you use to say you are doing something tentatively or trying something?

Answer 27

Add みる to the て form of a verb

Question 28

How does みる conjugate?

Answer 28

As a る verb

Question 29

How do you structure a sentence to indicate that the predicate applies ONLY to A and is not generally more valid?

Answer 29

A なら Predicate

Question 30

What is the main point of a なら sentence?

Answer 30

Limitation or contrast.

Question 31

What else does a なら sentence do?

Answer 31

Puts the item it is talking about in a positive light

Question 32

How does a sentence telling the frequency of an event (such as how many times a week you shampoo) look?

Answer 32

(period) に (frequency) which indicates the frequency per period.