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Minna No Nihongo Lesson 30 Grammar Minna No Nihongo Lesson 30 Grammar Vて-formあります Vて-formあります indicates the state which results as a consequence of an action intentionally done by somebody. The verbs used here are transitive verbs that express intentions. 1) N1 にN2 がVて-form あります 机の上にメモが置いてあります。(*) There is a memo put on the …

Minna No Nihongo Lesson 29 Grammar Minna No Nihongo Lesson 29 Grammar Vて-formいます Vて-form いますexpresses the state which results as a consequence of the action expressed by the verb. 1) N がVて-formいます 窓が割れています。(*) The window is broken. 電気がついています。 The light is on. As in the examples above, when the speaker …

Minna No Nihongo Lesson 28 Grammar Minna No Nihongo Lesson 28 Grammar V1 ます-form ながら V2 This sentence pattern means that one person does two different actions (V1 and V2) at the same time. The action denoted by V2 is the more emphasized of the two actions. 音楽を聞きながら食事します。 I listen to music while eating. This …

Minna No Nihongo Lesson 27 Grammar Minna No Nihongo Lesson 27 Grammar Potential verbs Potential verbs polite form plain form I かきます かいます かけます かえます かける かえる II たべます たべられます たべられる III きます します こられます できます こられる できる   All potential verbs are Group II verbs; they conjugate into the …

Minna No Nihongo Lesson 26 Grammar Minna No Nihongo Lesson 26 Grammar Plain form + んです な-adj / N: ～だ  → ～な ～んですis an expression used to explain cause, reasons, grounds, etc., strongly . ～んですis used in spoken language, while ～のです is used in written language. ～んですis used in the following ways. 1) ～んですか …

Minna No Nihongo Lesson 25 Grammar Minna No Nihongo Lesson 25 Grammar Plain past form ら、～ If … When らis attached to the past tense plain form of verbs, adjectives, etc., it changes the preceding clause into a conditional expression. When a speaker wants to state his opinion, situation, request, etc., …

Minna No Nihongo Lesson 24 Grammar くれます You learned that あげますmeans “give” in Lesson 7. This verb cannot be used when somebody else gives something to the speaker or the speaker’s family, etc. (x さとうさんはわたしにクリスマスカードをあげました). In this caseくれます is used. わたしは佐藤さんに花をあげました。 I gave flowers to Ms. Sato. 佐藤さんはわたしにクリスマスカードをくれました。 Ms. Sato …

Minna No Nihongo Lesson 23 Grammar V dictionary form Vない-form い-adj (～い ) な-adjな Nの   とき、～     When …, …     ときconnects two sentences and expresses the time when the state or action described in the main sentence exists or occurs. As shown in the table above, the …

Minna No Nihongo Lesson 22 Grammar Noun modification You learned how to modify nouns in Lesson 2 and Lesson 8. ミラーさんのうち               Mr. Miller’s house (Lesson 2) 新しいうち                            a new house (Lesson 8) きれいなうち                        a beautiful house (Lesson 8) In Japanese, whatever modifies a word, …

Minna No Nihongo Lesson 21 Grammar Plain form と思います I think that … The ideas or information expressed with おもいますare indicated by the particle と. 1) When expressing conjecture あした雨が降ると思います。 I think it will rain tomorrow. テレサちゃんはもう寝たと思います。 I think Teresa has already gone to bed. When the content of conjecture is …