Practice describing things in Japanese
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| Do you know any Japanese adjectives? |
| Welcome to Three Step Japanese Practice by JapanesePod101.com. In this lesson, you will practice how to describe something with adjectives. |
| Let’s look at the main dialogue. |
| Two people are having a conversation in the store. They are discussing computers. |
| すみません、どのパソコンが おすすめですか。 |
| Sumimasen, dono pasokon ga o-susume desu ka. |
| Excuse me, which computer would you recommend? |
| そうですね…。これは とても はやいです。 |
| Sō desu ne.... Kore wa totemo hayai desu. |
| Well... This one is very fast. |
| In this sentence, はやい (hayai) is the adjective, and it means "fast" or "quick." Let’s practice with more adjectives in this lesson. |
| Here is a list of common adjectives in Japanese. First is, |
| かるい (karui), かるい. かるい. |
| はやい (hayai), はやい. はやい. |
| きれい (kirei), きれい. きれい. |
| しずか (shizuka), しずか. しずか. |
| じょうぶ (jōbu), じょうぶ. じょうぶ. |
| Do you know what かるい (karui) means? |
| light |
| How about はやい (hayai)? |
| Fast, or quick |
| And きれい (kirei)? |
| beautiful |
| And what about しずか (shizuka)? |
| quiet |
| And じょうぶ (jōbu)? |
| durable |
| What does かるい (karui) mean? |
| light |
| かるい (karui) is light. |
| "Beautiful" is きれい. |
| What does じょうぶ (jōbu) mean? |
| durable |
| じょうぶ (jōbu) is durable. |
| “Quiet” is しずか (shizuka). |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? What are they saying? |
| そのいすは とても (Sono isu wa totemo)... |
| …です。 (desu.) |
| そのいすは とても (Sono isu wa totemo)... |
| …です。 (desu.) |
| じょうぶ (jōbu) |
| じょうぶ (jōbu) |
| そのいすは とてもじょうぶです。 (Sono isu wa totemo jōbu desu.) |
| "This chair is very durable." |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? What are they saying? |
| このへやは (Kono heya wa)... |
| …です。 (desu.) |
| このへやは (Kono heya wa)... |
| …です。 (desu.) |
| しずか (shizuka) |
| しずか (shizuka) |
| このへやはしずかです。 |
| Kono heya wa shizuka desu. |
| "This room is quiet." |
| True or false — |
| きれい (kirei) means "beautiful". |
| True. |
| きれい means beautiful |
| True or false — |
| しずか (shizuka) means "easy". |
| False |
| しずか (shizuka) means "quiet". |
| "easy" is かんたん (kantan) |
| かんたん (kantan) |
| What if I want to say "This computer is not fast"? |
| Is it |
| このパソコンは はやいくないです。 |
| Kono pasokon wa hayakunai desu. |
| or |
| このパソコンは はやくないです。 |
| Kono pasokon wa hayakunai desu. |
| はやくない (hayakunai) |
| はやくない |
| このパソコンは はやくないです。 |
| Kono pasokon wa hayakunai desu. |
| This computer is not fast. |
| はやくない (hayakunai) is "not fast" |
| How about "This room is not beautiful"? |
| Is it |
| このへやは きれいくない｡ |
| Kono heya wa kireikunai. |
| or |
| このへやは きれいではありません。 |
| Kono heya wa kirei dewa arimasen. |
| きれいではありません (kirei dewa arimasen) |
| きれいではありません |
| このへやはきれいではありません｡ |
| Kono heya wa kirei dewa arimasen. |
| This room is not beautiful. |
| きれいではありません (kirei dewa arimasen) is "not beautiful" |
| Listen carefully for the adjectives, positive or negative, in the sentences as I speak. Can you match them to their dictionary forms on the board? |
| このひとは とても きれいです。 |
| (Kono hito wa totemo kirei desu.) |
| Let’s listen one more time. |
| このひとは とても きれいです。 |
| (Kono hito wa totemo kirei desu.) |
| Did you hear, きれい? |
| きれい means beautiful. |
| How about...? |
| このかばんは かるいです。 |
| (Kono kaban wa karui desu.) |
| Let’s listen one more time. |
| このかばんは かるいです。 |
| (Kono kaban wa karui desu.) |
| Did you hear, かるい? |
| かるい means light |
| Next... |
| このパソコンは はやくないです。 |
| (Kono pasokon wa hayakunai desu.) |
| One more time. |
| このパソコンは はやくないです。 |
| (Kono pasokon wa hayakunai desu.) |
| Did you hear, はやくない? |
| はやくない means not fast |
| Next... |
| このレストランは しずかではありません。 |
| (Kono resutoran wa shizuka dewa arimasen.) |
| One more time. |
| このレストランは しずかではありません。 |
| (Kono resutoran wa shizuka dewa arimasen.) |
| Did you hear, しずかではありません (shizuka dewa arimasen)? |
| しずかではありません means not quiet |
| And... |
| そのいすは とても じょうぶです。 |
| (Sono isu wa totemo jōbu desu.) |
| One more time. |
| そのいすは とても じょうぶです。 |
| (Sono isu wa totemo jōbu desu.) |
| Did you hear, じょうぶ (jōbu)? |
| じょうぶ means durable |
| Now you know how to describe something with adjectives in Japanese. またね (mata ne)! |
| Thank you for watching. |
| Now you know how to describe something with adjectives in Japanese. |
| ...and now you can move on to the next lesson in the pathway. |
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