Learn how to describe someone's emotion or state
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Eric: Hi everyone, I'm Eric. |
| Risa: And I'm Risa. |
| Eric: And welcome to Must-Know Japanese Sentence Structures, Season 1, Lesson 16. Describing Someone's Emotions or State. In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern to describe someone's emotions or state. |
| PATTERN |
| Eric: Our first example is "I'm tired." |
| Risa: 私は、疲れています。 (Watashi wa, tsukarete imasu.) |
| Risa: [slow] 私は、疲れています。 (Watashi wa, tsukarete imasu.) |
| Eric: The pattern for describing someone's emotions or state has 3 elements. First, "I" + the topic marking particle. |
| Risa: 私は (Watashi wa). |
| Eric: Second, the te-form of the verb meaning "to get tired." |
| Risa: 疲れて (tsukarete). |
| Eric: Third, the verb meaning "to exist" or "to be" for people and animals. |
| Risa: います (imasu). |
| Eric: When it's attached to the te-form of a verb, it represents a present progressive action or state. In this case, it describes someone's state. Altogether, we have, "I'm tired." |
| Risa: 私は、疲れています。 (Watashi wa, tsukarete imasu.) [slow] 私は、疲れています。 (Watashi wa, tsukarete imasu.) [normal] 私は、疲れています。 (Watashi wa, tsukarete imasu.) |
| Eric: To describe how someone is feeling or their current state in Japanese, you just say the subject, |
| Risa: 私は (watashi wa), |
| Eric: then the te-form of a verb, |
| Risa: 疲れて (tsukarete) |
| Eric: and add the masu-form of the verb “to exist.” |
| Risa: います (imasu) |
| Eric: This implies the current state of someone or something. |
| Risa: 私は、疲れています。 (Watashi wa, tsukarete imasu.) |
| Eric: So remember, to describe someone’s emotions or state, say ([subject] wa), PLUS the te-form of a verb, PLUS (imasu) at the end. |
| Eric: Here’s another example meaning, "I'm angry." First, "I" + topic marking particle. |
| Risa: 私は (Watashi wa). |
| Eric: Second, te-form of the verb meaning "to get angry." |
| Risa: 怒って (okotte). |
| Eric: Third, the verb meaning "to exist." |
| Risa: います (imasu). |
| Eric: Altogether, we have... |
| Risa: 私は怒っています。 (Watashi wa okotte imasu.) [slow] 私は怒っています。 (Watashi wa okotte imasu.) [normal] 私は怒っています。 (Watashi wa okotte imasu.) |
| Eric: "I'm angry." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 私は怒っています。 (Watashi wa okotte imasu.) |
| Eric: How do you say, "John is happy?" To give you a hint, "to be happy" is... |
| Risa: よろこぶ (yorokobu). [slow] よろこぶ (yorokobu). [normal] よろこぶ (yorokobu). |
| Eric: "John is happy." |
| [pause] |
| Risa:ジョンはよろこんでいます。 (Jon wa yorokonde imasu.) [slow] ジョンはよろこんでいます。 (Jon wa yorokonde imasu.) [normal] ジョンはよろこんでいます。 (Jon wa yorokonde imasu.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: ジョンはよろこんでいます。 (Jon wa yorokonde imasu.) |
| REVIEW |
| Eric: Let's review the sentences from this lesson. I’ll give you the English equivalent of the phrase, and you’re responsible for shouting it out loud in Japanese. Here we go. |
| Eric: "I'm tired." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 私は、疲れています。 (Watashi wa, tsukarete imasu.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 私は、疲れています。 (Watashi wa, tsukarete imasu.) |
| Eric: "I'm angry." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 私は怒っています。 (Watashi wa okotte imasu.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 私は怒っています。 (Watashi wa okotte imasu.) |
| Eric: "John is happy." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: ジョンはよろこんでいます。 (Jon wa yorokonde imasu.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: ジョンはよろこんでいます。 (Jon wa yorokonde imasu.) |
Outro |
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| Eric: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for Describing Someone's Emotions or State, as in... |
| Risa: 私は、疲れています。 (Watashi wa, tsukarete imasu.) |
| Eric: meaning "I'm tired." |
| Eric: You can find more vocab or phrases that go with this sentence pattern in the lesson notes. So please be sure to check them out on JapanesePod101.com. Thanks everyone, see you next time! |
| Risa: じゃ、また。(Ja, mata.). |
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