Lesson 12 Grammar

Question 1

Present and past, positive and negative, long form conjugation for な adjectives.

Answer 1

Conjugate exactly the same as nouns, just remove the な ending.

Question 2

Present, positive and negative endings for い adjectives.

Answer 2

Present positive:
- Just add です

Present negative:
- Drop い and add くないです

Question 3

Past, positive and negative endings for い adjectives.

Answer 3

Past positive:
- Drop い and add かったです

Past negative:
- Drop い and add くなかったです

Question 4

What is the sentence structure to describe the quality/ state of one thing compared to another?

Answer 4

Xは Bより adjです

X is more “adj” than B.

冬は夏よりいいです。

Question 5

What is the sentence structure ask how the quality/ state of two things compare?

Answer 5

Aと Bと どちらが adjですか

ラメンとうどんとどちらがおいしいですか。

Question 6

How to answer a question which compared two items?

Answer 6

A/B のはうが adjです

うどんのはうがおいしいです。

Question 7

How to ask a question comparing a range of items which belong to a category?

Answer 7

Category の中で Interrogative が いちばん adjです

イギリスの中でどこいちばんきれいな所ですか。

Question 8

How to substitute の in place of a noun.

Answer 8

When the noun in question is obvious and has a pre-attached adjective, when stated one can drop the noun and just place の after the adjective.

P1: この赤いセーターはあきおさんのですか。

P2: いいえ、赤いのてるみさんのです。