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Nihongo o narau - second lesson

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RyuuseiHikari

Published: Mar 17, 2012

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Youkoso!!

Minna-san!! Konnichiwa!! Hello guys!! I'm Hikari!! Did you enjoyed the last lesson? I really hope so!!

I guess you still remember the last lesson….You don't?! Okay!! I'll remember you!! :
Noun/Pronoun+WA+Noun/Adjective+DESU

That's the affirmative form…But there are other forms of "desu"…Don't worry!! It's soooo simple!!

The second lesson will be about….

Second lesson: Kare wa gakusei janai

After this lesson you will be able to make the negative form & the past tense of "Desu".

LET'S START!!

You still remember the pronouns!! Don't you? Great!! Today…We will use new words!!

we will need demonstrative pronouns…we already know them:

Kore: This/These

Sore: That/Those

We will need also some adjectives….ummmm…:

Kirei: pretty

Warui: Bad

& some nouns…

Neko: Cat

Gakusei: Student

Inu: Dog

OKAY!! Let's begin!! Ganbatte!!

Watch this sentence: "Watashi wa Makoto janai"
The sentence means "I'm not Makoto"…You got it?

I told you last time that "Watashi" means "I"…. & you know that "Makoto" is the name of a girl….so the "wa" & the "Janai" means "Is not"!! See? Easy!!

& you can use this form with all the other pronouns!! To say "He's not Itashi" you say "Kare wa Hitashi janai"!! just put "janai" instead of "desu"

Now…Let's try something else!! It's very easy!! You will see!!

Look at this sentence: "Kanojo wa gakusei janai"

This sentence means "She's not a student"… "Kanojo" means "she"…& I told you at the beginning that "Gakusei" means "Student"…so…Have you understood?!! I'm sure of that!!

It works just like the "Desu" form!! It's just too easy!!

Here!! watch this!!: "Sore wa warui janai"

It means: "That's not bad"!! I told you!! "sore" means "that"...& "warui" means "bad"...So...Is it hard? I don't think so!!

Focus!!

Here's something really important…"desu" & "janai" are used only in the present tense…To use the past tense…You have to use "datta" instead of "desu"…& "janakatta' instead of "janai"…Okay?

Like this:

"Kanojo wa gakusei datta" means "she was a student"

"Kanojo wa gakusei janakatta" means "She wasn't a student"

Remember that the past tense ends always with the sound "tta"…even in verbs conjugation …& we will see it very soon in a lesson dedicated to verbs!!

The Rule!! Finally

So…You must know the rule after we have seen the example!! It's just like the first one with "desu"!! just put "janai" instead of it!! So…there is no need to tell you!!

Now!! Guess what!! It's…YOUR TURN!!!

Okay!! I'm gonna see if you have understood!! Get ready!!...

If you could translate this sentence…that means that you have understood!!

This is not a dog!! This is a cat!!

Kanojo-tachi wa kirei janai!!

It must be easy!! Isn't it? Now try to make your own examples using words from the previous lesson!! ( Oh!! Please!! Do it for me!! Pleaaaaase!!)

BONUS!!! : Do it like this!!

Today…I'm going to teach you something that is very useful!! The word "Sou"!!!
You can translate that word by "That way" or "Like this"…
Here are some expressions that Japanese people say a lot using that word:

"Sou desu" or sometimes they say "Sou da": That's right, That's it, Right on, There you go!!

"Sou desu ne?": That's right. I agree. (litt. It's like that isn't it?)

"Sou datta": That was it !! Now I remember!!

"Sou ne": Alright!! Okay!! (I hear this a lot in animes!!)

"Sou desu ka?": Oh really? Is it true?

& if you look well you will see that we know all the words used in these sentences!! you remember...right? "desu"..."datta"...& the tag question "ne"...

If you try to translate each word...you will find that the meaning is nearly the same!! look!! "Sou datta"...

"Sou" means "Like that" & "datta" means "was"...so..."sou"+"datta"= "it was like that"!! & I told you that "sou datta" means "that was it!!"

See?!! Japanese language is so easy to learn!! & it's so much fun!! (I really enjoy saying "sou da" like do people in anime do *Kurosaki Ichigo*!! specially when no one understand me!! XD)