Verbs

Question 1

~ます

Answer 1

Positive+Present/Future. All Polite verbs end in a variant of this(1). [masu]

Question 2

~ません

Answer 2

Negative+Present/Future. All Polite verbs end in a variant of this(2). [masen]

Question 3

~ました

Answer 3

Positive+Past. All Polite verbs end in a variant of this(3). [mashita]

Question 4

~ません でした

Answer 4

Negative+Past. All Polite verbs end in a variant of this(4). [masen deshita]

Question 5

いきます

Answer 5

I Go/ I Will Go (Verb Meaning To Go) [ikimasu]

Question 6

いきません

Answer 6

I Don’t Go/ I Wont Go [ikimasen]

Question 7

いきました

Answer 7

I Went [ikimashita]

Question 8

いきません でした

Answer 8

I Didn’t Go [ikimasen deshita]

Question 9

Te Form. e.g. いって

Answer 9

Another Form of Verbs it is Necessary to Know

Question 10

いきます / いって

Answer 10

To Go (or Will Go) [itekimasu / itte]

Question 11

きます / きて

Answer 11

To Come (or Will Come) [kimasu / kite]

Question 12

みます / みて

Answer 12

To See (or Will See) [mimasu / mite]

Question 13

よみます/ よんで

Answer 13

To read (or Will Read) [yomimasu / yonde]

Question 14

たべます / たべて

Answer 14

To Eat (or Will Eat) [tabemasu / tabete]

Question 15

のみます / のんで

Answer 15

To Drink (or Will Drink) [nomimasu / nonde]

Question 16

Negative Questions Can Be Used to Politely Invite Someone to do Something. e.g. いきませんか

Answer 16

You Will Not Go? = Wont You Go? [ikimasenka]

Question 17

You Can Respond in Affirmation to a Question Using a Negative Such As いきませんか using just the Positive Version of The Word いきます

Answer 17

Will You Go? Yes I’ll Go [ikimasenka? ikimasu]

Question 18

Time Elements Can Be Added Just By Adding Them In Front of the Word e.g. らいしゅう いきます

Answer 18

I’ll go Next Week [raishuu ikimasu]

Question 19

せんしゅう みました

Answer 19

I Saw (it) Last Week [senshuu mimashita]

Question 20

まりこさんは らいねん いきます

Answer 20

Mariko Will Go Next Year [mariko-san ha(wa) rainen ikimasu]

Question 21

せんしゅう すずきさんは よみました

Answer 21

Last Week Suzuki Read [senshuu suzuki-san ha(wa) yomimashita]

Question 22

A sentence Can Be In Any Order As Long As The Verb Comes Last. (Though Word Order Can Affect Nuance, The Word Closest to The End Generally is Given More Emphasis)

However If No Emphasis Is Needed it is Most Natural to Put the Time Element First, The Subject, then verb

まりこさんは らいねん いきます < Emphasis on Next year

らいねん まりこさんは いきます< Most Natural

Answer 22

Both Sentences Mean The Same Thing.

Question 23

ください

Answer 23

Please [kudasai] (note kudasai is a verb as it is technically a polite command as it actually means “Please Give Me” in context when asking someone to go you are essentially saying “please give me your going”)

Question 24

~て ください

Answer 24

Please Do ~ (to be used with verbs te form) [~Te Kudasai]

Question 25

たべて ください

Answer 25

Please Eat [tabete kudasai]

Question 26

~ましょう e.g. たべましょう

Answer 26

Lets ~ [~ mashou] e.g. Lets Eat [tabemashou]

Question 27

いきましょう いきましょうか

Answer 27

Lets Go [ikimashou] Shall We Go? [ikimashouka]

Question 28

~ましょうか　

Answer 28

Good Way to Ask Someone if They Want to do Something With You Because it is a Friendly and Unimposing Way to do so.

Question 29

たべ　に　いかない

Answer 29

shouldnt we eat (used to ask someone to go eat with you)

Question 30

のみ　に　いかない

Answer 30

Shouldn't we drink (same as eating but for drinks)

Question 31

ちょっと　いそがしい　かも

Answer 31

A little (chotto) busy (isogashii) maybe (kamo) - a little busy maybe, noncommittal way of turning someone's attempt to make plans down

Question 32

いっしょけんめい

Answer 32

To try your best (not the same as ganbaru which is telling someone else to do their best)

Question 33

なるほど

Answer 33

i see/ i understand

Question 34

がんぼれ　/　がんばって

Answer 34

Used to mean "do your best" - go for it etc.

Question 35

します / して

Answer 35

To Do

Question 36

はなします / はなして

Answer 36

To Speak

Question 37

ききます / きいて

Answer 37

To Hear / To Ask

Question 38

かきます / かいて

Answer 38

To Write

Question 39

かいます / かって

Answer 39

To Buy

Question 40

たちます / たって

Answer 40

To Stand

Question 41

すわります / すわって

Answer 41

To Sit

Question 42

わかります / わかって

Answer 42

To Understand

Question 43

To Say You Spoke "with" someone you would use?

Answer 43

と. e.i. まいにち まりこさんと はなします - I talk with Mariko every day

Question 44

あした すずきさんと はなして ください

Answer 44

Please Talk With Suzuki Tomorrow

Question 45

ラジオを ききます せんせいに ききました

Answer 45

i hear the radio/ i listen to the radio - wo is used when using kikimasu to mean hear/listen i asked (to) the teacher - ni is used when kikimasu means to ask, asking to someone.

Question 46

おんがくを ききました おかあさんに ききます

Answer 46

i heard/listen to music i'll ask mum

Question 47

わかります

Answer 47

Literally means to break down, nobody breaks it down, it breaks down on its own and therefor can be understood すうがく が わかります - means "math breaks down (for me)", which means they understand it, the easiest translation for it would be "makes sense" にほんご が わかります - "Japanese makes sense" (to me) - hence why often wakarimasu can just mean i understand

Question 48

すうがくが わかりません

Answer 48

I Dont Understand Maths

Question 49

わかりました

Answer 49

That made Sense/ i Understand/ Got it

Question 50

みちが わかりますか

Answer 50

"Do you understand the roads" - essentially it means do you know the way as michi often means the way to somewhere rather than just roads themselves

Question 51

あした なにを しますか

Answer 51

What Will You Do Tomorrow

Question 52

みちに たちましょう

Answer 52

Lets stand in the street

Question 53

ほんを かきます

Answer 53

ill write a book

Question 54

にほんごが わかりません

Answer 54

I Dont Understand Japanese

Question 55

えいごが わかりますか

Answer 55

Do You Understand English?

Question 56

べんきょう(します)

Answer 56

(To) Study - simply add shimasu and the noun study becomes the verb to study

Question 57

れんしゅう(します)

Answer 57

(to) Practice

Question 58

そうじ (します)

Answer 58

Cleaning (to Clean)

Question 59

りょうり(します)

Answer 59

Cooking (to cook)

Question 60

でんわ (します)

Answer 60

Telephone (to make a phone call)

Question 61

もしもし

Answer 61

Telephone Greeting - Correct response to moshimoshi is hai

Question 62

でんわ しました

Answer 62

i made a phone call

Question 63

まいにち ピアノを れんしゅう します

Answer 63

I practice piano every day

Question 64

だいどころを そうじ して ください

Answer 64

Please Clean the kitchen

Question 65

きょう なにを りょうり しますか

Answer 65

What Will You Cook Today?

Question 66

にほんごを べんきょう しましょう

Answer 66

Lets Study Japanese

Question 67

まりこさんに でんわ しました

Answer 67

I Called Mariko

Question 68

あした やきゅうを しましょう

Answer 68

Lets play baseball tomorrow

Question 69

も

Answer 69

As a particle it means also or too, as in, "the cat, also", or "the pencil too" it replaces the particles wa an ga, but it does not replace ni

Question 70

これは ねこ です これも ねこ です

Answer 70

This is a cat This is a cat too

Question 71

あなたは にほんじん ですか。 わたしも にほんじん です

Answer 71

are you japanese? im japanese too

Question 72

いぬが います。 ねこも います

Answer 72

There is a dog. There is also a cat

Question 73

げつようびに いきます。かようびにも いきます

Answer 73

ill go on monday. ill go tuesday too

Question 74

えきにも スーパーマーケットにも ゆうびんきょくにも いきました

Answer 74

i went to the station and to the supermarket and to the post office

Question 75

How do we construct multi-verb sentences

Answer 75

using te forms in english we abbreviate "this morning i woke up. then i got dressed. then i went to work" into "this morning i woke up, got dressed and went to work." in japanese te formes are used to do this

Question 76

けさ あさごはんを たべました。がっこうに いきました。 けさ あさごはんを たべて、 がっこうに いきました。

Answer 76

This morning i ate breakfast. i went to school This morning i ate breakfast and then i went to school

Question 77

がっこうに いって、 べんきょう しました

Answer 77

i went to school and studied

Question 78

きょう テレビを みて、だいがくに いって、 ともだちに でんわ しました。

Answer 78

today i watched TV, went to college, and phoned a friend.

Question 79

れきしを べんきょう して、 いえを そうじ しました。

Answer 79

I studied history and cleaned the house.