Japanese adjectives

Japanese Adjectives –
Grammar construction for It seems like adjective What is known as descriptive noun gives some detail as to the noun in question.
D.N. + SO^ DESU = seems like adjective

Kawaiso^ ni = pitifully, shamefully.

Shiawase so^ na = happily, seemingly happy

Seems to have this form adjective + So^ na
Isogashiiso^ na furi o shite
忙しいそうな振りをして...– faking like he is busy

Kawai可愛いis the d.n. for cute. Intesified with the so marker and it becomes a different word.

honorific adjectives in Japanese grammar

ai adjectives in Japanese become long o in honorifics

examples

hayai becomes hayo^ gozaimasu or hayou gozaimasu thus when someone says o-hayou gozaimasu we are really saying it is honorifically fast or good-morning

abunai - goes to abuno^ gozaimasu

mijikai - goes to mijiko^ gozaimasu

semai - goes to semo^ gozaimasu

chisai - goes to chiso^ gozaimasu -

Essential Japanese Vocabulary

Most Essential Vocabulary: Japanese

1. Most Essential Word in a Language 2. After- 後 ato,
go 3. Again-mata, また
futatabi
再び, ふたたび 4. All-
すべて subete,
zenbu
全部, ぜんぶ 5. Almost –
oshii,
惜しい
,おしい
6. Also – mo
も 7. Always-itsumo
何時, もいつも 8. And -soushite,
そうして
ya
や 9. Because –
naze naraba,
naraba
なぜならば
ならば 10. Before - mae,
mae ni
前
11. Big – okii
大きい 12. But – shikashii, kedo, demo, and ga
しかし
けど
でも

が 13. (I) can – dekiru
できる 14. (I) come - kuru
来る くる either or – dochira ka
16. (I) find – mitsukeru
見付け, るみつける 17. First – saishou
最初 18. For –
no tame ni
のために
19. Friend- 友人 tomodachi 20. From - から kara
21. (I) go – iku
行く 22. Good – yoi よい 23. Good-bye
sayounara
さようなら 24. Happy-幸せ shiawase 25. (I) have –motsu
持つ, もつ
26. He – kare
彼 27. Hello- konnichiwa
こんにちは 28. Here - koko
ここ 29. How –
dou yatte –
dou shite - どうして
30. I – watakushi
私, わたくし
31. (I) am –
de aru,
iru,
de gozaru 32. If – moshi
もし 33. In – naka ni hairu中に入る 34. (I) know – shite iru
知っている 35. Last – saigo
最後
36. (I) like – suki
好 37.a little - 少し, sukoshi chisai 38. (I) love - 愛 ai suru 39. (I) make -作る tsukuru 40. Many -takusan
41. One-hitotsu
一つ
ひとつ 42. More – motto
もっと 43. Most – mottomo
44. Much-takusan
沢山,
たくさん 45. My-watakushi no
わたくしの
46. New – atarashii 新しい 47. No-iie
いいえ 48. Not-dewa nai
ではない 49. Now-ima
今, いま 50. Of – no
の
51. Often-
yoku
tama ni
よく
たまに 52. On - ue
上, うえ 53. One – ippon, issatsu, 54. Only- dake 55. Or - ka
56. Other -他 hoka no 57. Our -watakushi tachi no 58. Out – soto
外, そと 59. Over – owari
終り おわり 60. People -人々 hitobito
61. Place - 所 tokoro 62. Please - o negai Shimasu,
kudasai 63. Same - 同じ onaji 64. (I) see, to see -見る, (naruhodo) 65. She -彼女 kanojo
66. So - etou 67. Some – ikutsuka
幾つか, いくつか 68. Sometimes
toki doki
ときどき 69. Still – mada
まだ 70. Such - ?
71. (I) tell – iu
言ういう 72. Thank you-domo arigatou gozaimasu 73. That - それ sore 74. The – there is no equivalent 75. Their -karera no
彼らの, かれらの
76. Them - karera 77. Then – sono toki 78. There is – aru or iru 79. They - karera
彼らの, かれらの 80. Thing – mono
物もの
81. (I)think - sou omou
そう思う(おもう)
82. This – kore
これ
83. Time -時間 jikan 84. To - ni
に 85. Under -下 shita
86. Up -上 ue 87. Us - 私達 watakushi tachi 88. (I) use –tsukau
使う, つかう 89. Very – tottemo
とっても 90. We – watakushi tachi
私たち
わたくしたち
ore tachi
boku tachi
91. What – nani
何 , なに 92. When – itsu
何時いつ 93. Where – doko
どこ 94. Which – dochi
どち 95. Who – Dare
誰, だれ
96. Why – なぜ naze 97. With -to
と 98. Yes - はい hai 99. You – anata
貴方, あなた 100. Your - anata no
貴方の, あなたの

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Lesson #17 – Putting verbs into the TA –form た-form

The abilitiy to put Japanese verbs into the various bases quickly without pause is a pre-requisite for speaking fluently and being perceived as being a capable conversationalist. Of all the verbs Bases (I, II, III, IV , V, TA, and TE) the TA form ranks high in usage as one of the top three most used bases for verbs only after TE-てand Base-III or root form. I am focusing on it now in order to prepare you for the quick powerful grammar secrets that employ Base TA verbs which will catapult your Japanese speaking ability through the roof. I’ll be discussing many grammar rules that use the verb in Base TA. One of the main things you should know about the TA form of a verb is that it is used to put verbs into past tense plain form. A verb in base TA form is equivalent to English’s have done or past tense perfect. The TA form of a verb has evolved from the classical form tari and it still has many uses (see lesson #23 and #19)
Tip #17 How to put a verb in Base TA

Vowel Stemmed verbs (i.e. those ending in either eru or iru)
to put a verb into the TA form when the verb has a vowel stem simply add ta
Base III
Dictionary form
Stem
Base Ta
Meaning
kanjiru
oboeru
kangaeru
deru
iru

kanji
oboe
kangae
de
i
kanjita
oboeta
kangaeta
deta
ita
To feel becomes to have felt.
To remember becomes to have remembered.
To think becomes to have thought.
To leave becomes to have left.
To be becomes to have been. (was, were)

Try putting your favorite verb ending in iru or eru into the TA form today and get your Nihongo more Jozu!
And remember…
MORE WORDS MEMORIZED = HIGHER RATE of FLUENCY.
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Useful Japanese Grammar SO construction

Here is yet another grammar construction that you can use plug and play style. What I mean by this is that you stick verbs into the construction and you can make sentences that make sense. Practice speaking Japanese by inserting in the place of To say that someone seems ‘about to’ verb in Japanese, use the following construction:

Japanese Grammar construction #109 Verb (Base II) + So^ desu.


This one is an easily constructed grammar principle. First take a Japanese verb of our choosing then transform it or put it into base II. It is a pre-requisite for learners just beginning their study of the Japanese language to know thoroughly the concepts surrounding verb conjugation and how to put verbs into bases. There are five bases which correspond to the first five syllables (also called mora) of the Japanese language.. If you want to start using this grammar today however, I can cheat for you just this once so that you can start speaking today without even knowing anything about verb bases and Japanese verb conjugation. But… I might get reprimanded and other teachers may call me ghetto. Oh thats righ… this is ghetto grammar…it is JPPGG or Japanese Plug and Play Ghetto Grammar … I forgot….

Don’t delay too long, the study of the Japanese verb bases and how to use them and what they do etc. However, just today, I’ll make it easy for anybody to start speaking Japanese with the verbs you choose from a dictionary you might have or online. All you need is a dictionary or have in your possession or knowledge Japanese verbs. (I hate any Japanese dictionary that allows you to read it in Roman letters (Romaji), but for today’s purpose of getting you to be able to speak in the Japanese language quickly, we will bypass a few things, cut corners and proceed without too much hassle. Today I’ll even let you use the despised Romaji EI-WA dictionary.)

Use any verbs or action words you like at all. Some examples might be

Go – IKU
Leave – DERU
Love – AI SURU
To be absent - SHUSSEKI SURU


I’ll explain to you how to put verbs into base II, but first let me briefly state a few ke points to keep in mind about Japanese verbs. All Japanese verbs will end in some sort of consonant + u combination. U itself is an ending as are the following. (Please refer to a katakana chart or hiragana chart to find the middle row that contains the syllables that end in u)our letter the u (pronounced ooh in Japanese), and it also may end with 9 other possible consonant combinations.

Instructions for putting regular Japanese verbs into base II:

Look in your English Japanese dictionary for the verb you want to use.
Put your chosen verb into base II


(In order to use the JPPGG (Japanese Plug and Play Ghetto Grammar) system, you’ll really need to know how to we put Japanese verbs into their various bases. I admonish you to begin your study now if you intend on having any degree of skill speaking in the Japanese language.)

I can tell you that all verbs listed in the dictionary are in a form know as plain form. All verbs will end in one of the following syllabic combination

ku,
su,
tsu,
nu,
h, (no fu line)
mu,
y, (no yu line)
ru,

and u

Instrutions: Take the dictionary form and decide which type of verb it is, whether it be an ichidan or a yodan verb. This distinction will determine how to make it base II.

I’ll bet you didn’t know that in Japanese grammar, there is an I before E except after C type rule. Now you should realize the two types of Japanese verbs. Verbs ending in eru or iru are called ICHIDAN verbs. The other type of verbs, that is, any verb that doesn’t end with the three roman letters of eru or iru, are called Yo^dan verbs.

With each of the these verbs comes distinctly separate rules or ways to form them, or put them into base II. Today’s grammar construction says to put the verb into base II then add + so^ desu. If we can form this construction, we will then be able to makes sentences that make sense and convey meanings to other speakers of Japanese. So First we must learn how to put verbs into base II.

Rule #1
Putting ICHIDAN verbs into base II:

Drop the final syllable of the verb, “ru”, so that only either i or e remain.

Here is an example of putting an ichidan verb into base II. Ochiru ends in iru making it an ICHIDIAN verb, we drop the ru and leave the i., so that

ochiru – ru = ochi
ochiru in base II is ochi

OCHIRU (落ちる) - to fall - Ochiru (base II) = OCHI


Ochi would be considered the stem before putting the verb into any base, as is the case with ichidan verbs. It is often referred to as the stem.

Rule #2
Putting Yodan verbs into base II is to drop u and change u into an i with whatever consonant may have preceded it.

Possible outcomes -

If verb ends in ku then the verb in base II will end in ki,
If verb ends in gu then the verb in base II will end in gu,
If verb ends in bu then the verb in base II will end in bi,
If verb ends in pu then the verb in base II will end in pi,
If verb ends in su then the verb in base II will end in shi,
If verb ends in tsu then the verb in base II will end in chi,
If verb ends in nu then the verb in base II will end in ni,
If verb ends in mu then the verb in base II will end in mi,
If verb ends in ru then the verb in base II will end in ri.

Hopefully you are gaining a handle on this base II stuff. Ganbatte Ne. Do your best!


All we have left to do for this grammar construction and start making sentences that make senses is to add the + SO^ DESU to our verbs in base II. Simple. For IRU and ERU ending verbs (i.e. ichidan verbs) simply drop off the last syllable ru and add + SO^ DESU. For all other verbs put into i ending of the consonant combination that precedes the u and and add + SO^ DESU

When you practice pronouncing the sentences that you create by using the above construction remember the double vowels, to hold them longer on the So^ desu. Note the ^ symbol stands for the double vowel sound so So^ is sounded Sou ,or so with a long o.

HANASU (話す) - to speak -
Hanasu (base II) = HANASHI

NAKU ( 泣く) - to cry
NAKU (base II) = NAKI

By adding So^ + desu to a Japanese verb in base II, the verb takes on a nuance that the verb in question the action word is about to take place. It could also be interpreted to mean , “ It look like (seems, appears as if etc.) that they (he, she, it, them , us , we, her, my granddad etc) are going to verb soon. I find it unnecessary to think of the sentences I construct in this way as - seems ‘about to’ verb. On the verge of verb’ing

HANASHI SO^ DESU (話しそう)
HANASHISO^ DESU - It seems he is about to speak

OCHI SO^ DESU (落ちそう です)
OCHISO^ DESU - looks like they are about to fall down




As always, Ganbatte Ne!
Do your best!Makurasuki Sensei


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話す - 話し -

落ちる- 落ち -

泣く - 泣き - 泣きそう

出席する

行く

愛 する

Base Ta Japanese Grammar

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Lesson #17 – Putting verbs into the TA –form た-form

The abilitiy to put Japanese verbs into the various bases quickly without pause is a pre-requisite for speaking fluently and being perceived as being a capable conversationalist. Of all the verbs Bases (I, II, III, IV , V, TA, and TE) the TA form ranks high in usage as one of the top three most used bases for verbs only after TE-てand Base-III or root form. I am focusing on it now in order to prepare you for the quick powerful grammar secrets that employ Base TA verbs which will catapult your Japanese speaking ability through the roof. I’ll be discussing many grammar rules that use the verb in Base TA. One of the main things you should know about the TA form of a verb is that it is used to put verbs into past tense plain form. A verb in base TA form is equivalent to English’s have done or past tense perfect. The TA form of a verb has evolved from the classical form tari and it still has many uses (see lesson #23 and #19)
Tip #17 How to put a verb in Base TA

1. Vowel Stemmed verbs (i.e. those ending in either eru or iru)
a. to put a verb into the TA form when the verb has a vowel stem simply add ta
Base III
Dictionary form Stem Base Ta Meaning
kanjiru
oboeru
kangaeru
deru
iru
kanji
oboe
kangae
de
i kanjita
oboeta
kangaeta
deta
ita To feel becomes to have felt.
To remember becomes to have remembered.
To think becomes to have thought.
To leave becomes to have left.
To be becomes to have been. (was, were)

Try putting your favorite verb ending in iru or eru into the TA form today and get your Nihongo more Jozu!
And remember…
MORE WORDS MEMORIZED = HIGHER RATE of FLUENCY.
Want more information on how you can use your memory and the laws of attraction to master any language you so choose!
Click Here!

Until next time. Ganbatte ne! Do your best!
Makurasuki Sensei
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Click Here!