Grammer Flashcards
(42 cards)
Noun colors?
How to use them in a sentance?
Green, brown, yellow, orange, gray, and pink.
Use の between the color and the other noun.
Adjective colors?
How to use them in a sentace?
White, black, blue, and red.
Color in front of the noun.
Say: What day is it?
きょうはなんようびですか?
How do you say what day it is?
Give the day of the week and end with です
Say: Today is (day of the week)
きょうは (day of the week) です。
Say: Tomorrow is (day of the week)
あしたは (day of the week) です。
Ordering of Japanese sentances?
Subject, object, verb. Ex. “I am fast” is basically “I fast am”.
Am, is, and are, are all one word:
です
What does the particle wa (は) used for?
Tells you what word is the topic, or main subject, of the sentence. It always goes after what it is marking as the topic.
Past tense of です?
でした
“It isn’t.”
ではありません (dewa arimasen)
Past negative form of です?
ではありませんでした
Say: (something) was (something).
(Something) は (something) でした。
Say: (something) isn’t (something).
(Something) は (something) ではありません。
Desu (informal): Present positive? Past positive? Present negative? Past negative?
Da
Datta
Ja nai
Ja nakatta
What does the particle か do?
Changes the statement to a question
How to ask where somewhere is?
(Somewhere) はどこですか?
Yen counter?
えん
Year counter?
ねん
Object counters 1-5?
One object-いっこ 2 にこ 3 さんこ 4 よんこ 5 ごこ
Object counters 6-10?
6 ろこ 7 ななこ 8 はちこ 9 きゅうこ 10 じゅっこ
Using object counters, make the phrase “Ten apples”
Jukko no ringo
How are you?
げんきですか?
Thank you very much
どうもありがとう