Grammer Flashcards

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Noun colors?

How to use them in a sentance?

A

Green, brown, yellow, orange, gray, and pink.

Use の between the color and the other noun.

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Adjective colors?

How to use them in a sentace?

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White, black, blue, and red.

Color in front of the noun.

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Say: What day is it?

A

きょうはなんようびですか?

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How do you say what day it is?

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Give the day of the week and end with です

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Say: Today is (day of the week)

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きょうは (day of the week) です。

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Say: Tomorrow is (day of the week)

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あしたは (day of the week) です。

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Ordering of Japanese sentances?

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Subject, object, verb. Ex. “I am fast” is basically “I fast am”.

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Am, is, and are, are all one word:

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です

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What does the particle wa (は) used for?

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Tells you what word is the topic, or main subject, of the sentence. It always goes after what it is marking as the topic.

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Past tense of です?

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でした

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“It isn’t.”

A

ではありません (dewa arimasen)

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Past negative form of です?

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ではありませんでした

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Say: (something) was (something).

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(Something) は (something) でした。

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Say: (something) isn’t (something).

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(Something) は (something) ではありません。

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Desu (informal):
Present positive?
Past positive?
Present negative?
Past negative?
A

Da
Datta
Ja nai
Ja nakatta

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What does the particle か do?

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Changes the statement to a question

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How to ask where somewhere is?

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(Somewhere) はどこですか?

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Yen counter?

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Year counter?

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Object counters 1-5?

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One object-いっこ
2 にこ
3 さんこ
4 よんこ
5 ごこ
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Object counters 6-10?

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6 ろこ
7 ななこ
8 はちこ
9 きゅうこ
10 じゅっこ
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Using object counters, make the phrase “Ten apples”

A

Jukko no ringo

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How are you?

A

げんきですか?

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Thank you very much

A

どうもありがとう

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You're welcome
どういたしまして
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Good morning
おはよう
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Good evening
こんばんは
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I will go to _______
Watashi wa _____ ni ikimasu. | 私は_____に行きます。
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"I am American"
私はアメリカ人です
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Is that a mountain?
あれは山ですか
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Yes, it is
はい、そうです
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X is Y
X wa Y desu.
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Particle mo used when the next subject has a similar thing to the first. (e.g. is also) Buraun san wa gakusei desu. Sumisu san mo gakusei desu.
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The gym is that one over there.
Taiikukan wa are desu.
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That one is a cafeteria.
Are wa kafeteria desu.
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This building is a library.
Kono tatemono wa toshokan desu.
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The cafeteria is that building over there.
Kafeteria wa ano tatemono desu.
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Change any statement into a question?
Add ka at the end
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Who is that person? (Informal)
Ano hito wa dare desu ka
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Who is that person? (Formal)
Ano kata wa donata desu ka
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Showing whose
Add no after the name (Watashi no kaban-My bag)
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When nani is followed by desu, it turns into
Nan