State-of-Being

Question 1

学生

Answer 1

【がく・せい】 – student

Question 2

元気

Answer 2

【げん・き】 – healthy; lively

Question 3

A： 元気？

Answer 3

B： 元気。

The state-of-being we will learn is used to describe only what something is and not where it exists. The state-of-being is very easy to describe because it is implied within the noun or adjective.

Question 4

A： 元気ですか？(Polite)

Answer 4

B： 元気です。

Question 5

先生

Answer 5

【せん・せい】 – teacher

Question 6

お～

Answer 6

An honorific prefix used for politeness and never used when referring to oneself

Question 7

先生： お元気ですか？ (honorific)

Answer 7

スミス： 元気です。

Question 8

だ

Answer 8

Used to make a declarative statement, and in grammatical structures where state-of-being must be explicitly declared.

Question 9

友達

Answer 9

【とも・だち】 – friend

Question 10

じゃない

Answer 10

Negative state of being

Question 11

友達じゃない。

Answer 11

Not a friend.

Question 12

だった

Answer 12

Expresses a past state of being. Ex: 友達だった

Question 13

じゃなかった

Answer 13

Expresses past negative state. Ex: 友達じゃなかった. First conjugate the noun or na-adjective to negative (友達じゃない), then replace い with 買った.

Question 14

Is student

Answer 14

学生（だ）

Question 15

Is not student.

Answer 15

学生じゃない

Question 16

Was student

Answer 16

学生だった

Question 17

Was not student

Answer 17

学生じゃなかった

Question 18

車

Answer 18

【くるま】 – car

Question 19

学校

Answer 19

【がっこう】 – school

Question 20

小学校

Answer 20

【しょうがっこう】 – elementary school

Question 21

中学校

Answer 21

【ちゅうがっこう】 – middle school

Question 22

高校

Answer 22

【こうこう】 – high school

Question 23

大学

Answer 23

【だいがく】 – college

Question 24

こう

Answer 24

(things are) this way

Question 25

そう

Answer 25

(things are) that way