grammar concepts Flashcards

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What are the different ん です patterns?

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Casual ん です

Giving reason ん です

Asking questions ん ですか 

Hesitation ん ですが

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What are the different ways to ask and give advice?

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Verb たら どう ですか?

Verb たら いい ですか?

Verbたら いい です (giving advice)

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Give the conjugation of かのうけい (potential forms)

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G1 う - ぇ+る

G2 る-られる

G3 する-できる.
くる- こられる.

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What is the particle used for potential forms?

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What is the use of potential forms?

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To express ability and possibility of doing something

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which grammar pattern is used to express merits, demerits and facts?

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し し pattern

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provide the sentence pattern for the し し pattern

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verb plain form + し
い adj plain + し
な adj plain + し
noun plain + し

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what is the the grammar pattern used for expressing two different actions at the same time?

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ながら format

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sentence patter for the ながら format

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verb 1 ます form ながら verb2

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which grammar patter expresses “more over” or “in addition to”?

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それに pattern

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grammar pattern expressing “that’s why”

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それで

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which grammar pattern expresses the on going action, resultant state of a past action, habits and customs?

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て います pattern

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what is the use of て しまう pattern?

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to finish some action, to do something completely with regret.

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which is the grammar pattern which expresses something is done for a reason

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verb + て あります

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what the different sentence patterns of verb+ て あります?

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noun 1 に noun 2 が verb+ て ありむす

noun 2 は noun 1 に verb+ て あります

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which sentence pattern expresses “to leave something as it is” and “to do something in advance”

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verb+ て おきます

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which verb expresses “not yet”?

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まだ

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which sentence pattern expresses “that is”?

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それわ

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give 4 different ways to give reason in Japanese

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1 - から
2-しし pattern
3- ん です
4-それで

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give the conjugation for volitional form for all 3 types of words

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G1 remove the ます and add the sound pf お and う

G2 remove ます and add よう

G3 します ー しよう きます ー こよう

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what is the use of volitional form?

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to make sentences casual by removing the ます form of the words

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what does verb volitational と おもって います form express?

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to express intentions plans, of what you think of doing.

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what is と おもいます?

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it is used to express a plan made just now.

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which grammar pattern is used to express the speaker’s intention?

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verb dict. form つもりです。

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the grammar pattern used to inform about a schedule or plan of doing something
noun の よてい です。
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what is まだ verb て いません。mean?
something hasn't taken place yet
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which grammar pattern is used to express suggestions and "seek suggestion"? "better to/better not to"
ほう が いいです
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which pattern expresses "probably/perhaps"?
かもしれません
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the sentence patterns for かも知れませんand でしょう。
verb plain い adj plain な adj plain noun + だ
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what does きっと mean?
surely
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what does たぶん mean?
maybe (intangible)
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what does もしかして mean?
maybe (tangible)
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give the conjugation for めれいけい(imperative form)
G1 remove the ます form and add the sound え to the verb G2 remove the ます form and add ろ G3 しろ and こい
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What is the use of imperative form?
to make someone do something or express agitation and immediate reactions
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give the conjugations for きんしけい(prohibitive forms)
all three groups made into their dict.forms and add な
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both imperative and prohibitive forms are mainly used by males or females?
males
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imperative and prohibitive forms can be used with whom?
friends juniors emergencies commands cheering
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what is the meaning of なさい?and who is it used by males or females?
なさい is a pattern which expresses command and ask someone to do something and is used by females.
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what is the use of ~と よみます?
it means "something is read as this"
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what is the meaning of ~と 書いていて あります
"it is written as"
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what is the meaning of ~と いう いみです
"the meaning of something"
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what is the meaning of ~と いって いました?
"it was saying someting"
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what is the meaning if と つたえて いただけませんか?
”would you mind telling something to someone?"
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what is the meaning of とります?
"do something as i do it" or "follow me, how i am doing it"
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which particle is used for とります?
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give the different sentence patterns for とります
verb 1 dict.form とりに verb2 verb1 た form とりに verb2 nounの とりに verb2 
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what is later or after in japanese?
あとで
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the different sentence patterns for あとで
verb1 た form あとで verb2 noun の あとで verb2
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which grammar pattern occurs when certain conditions have taken place or describes the speaker's judgement.
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give the conjugation for ば
G1 convert the う sound to え+ば G2 remove the る add れば G3 くるーくれば  するーすれば
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give the negative conjugation for ば
all verbs なければ
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what is the meaning of ほど
ほど describes the emotions felt in the first half of the sentence.
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ほど is normally used with adjectives or nouns?
adjectives
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give the sentence pattern for ほど
verb conditional form + いadj+ほど verb conditional form + なadj+ほど
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what is meaning of ように?
"in order to"
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give the sentence pattern for ように
verb1 dict.form ように verb2
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what is the meaning of なります?
"to become" or "to be able to"
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what is the negative for なります?
なく なります
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give the sentence pattern for なります
verb dict. form なります
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what is the meaning of ように して くだし?
requesting someone to do something
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what is the meaning of ように します?
plan to do something or trying to do something
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give the sentence pattern for ように します
verb dict. form ように します
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what is the meaning of ~とか?
"and so on" or give examples
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give the conjugation for うけめけい(passive voice)
G1 convert the ます to corresponding sound of あ+れます G2 remove ます and add られます G3 くるーこられます  するーされます
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give the particles for the following under passive voice - place time nouns
place is で time is に noun is は/が
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how to make a sentence in passive voice?
conversion of the object into the subject
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give the sentence patterns for the 2 variations of direct passive voice (direct passive voice is addressed towards actions) HINT
variant 1 person 1 は person 2 に verb passive voice variant 2 person 1 は person 2 に verb passive voice
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give the sentence pattern for indirect passive voice (indirect passive voice is directed towards objects) HINT
person 1 は person 2 の object を verb passive voice
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what are the words used when something was created, discovered, invented and designed?
discovered - はっけん invented - はつめい designed - せっけい created - そぞう
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what is sentence pattern for はっけん はつめい せっけい そぞう?
objectは person に よって
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what is the use of から?
to indicate something was created made of/made from
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what is the use of verb.dict form + の?
to normalize a verb into a noun
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give the sentence pattern for verb.dict form + の
verb.dict form+のは Adjです
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give the sentence pattern for verb.dict form のが
verb.dict form のが adj です
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how to express "do u know that" in japanese (it is formal language)HINT
verb.dict form のを して いますか
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which sentence pattern is used to make the noun of the sentence the subject?
verb.dict form のは noun です いadj plain form のは noun です なadj plain form のは noun です noun な form のは noun です
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what are the different particles used with とき
ときも ときか ときに ときの
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