Learn how to use the sentence pattern "A is [adjective]"
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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 2 - Using Adjectives to Describe. |
| Eric: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern for describing something using an adjective. |
| PATTERN |
| Eric: For example, |
| Eric: "This is delicious." |
| Risa: γγγ―γγγγγ§γγ (Kore wa oishii desu.) |
| Risa: [slow] γγγ―γγγγγ§γγ (Kore wa oishii desu.) |
| Eric: The pattern for describing something using an adjective has 4 elements. First, a pronoun meaning "this". |
| Risa: γγ (Kore). |
| Eric: Second, a topic marking particle, literally meaning "as for". |
| Risa: γ― (wa). |
| Eric: Third, an adjective meaning "delicious". |
| Risa: γγγγ (oishii). |
| Eric: And last, a linking verb meaning "to be", in this case, "am". |
| Risa: γ§γ (desu). |
| Eric: Altogether, we have... "This is delicious." |
| Risa: γγγ―γγγγγ§γγ (Kore wa oishii desu.) [slow] γγγ―γγγγγ§γγ (Kore wa oishii desu.) [normal] γγγ―γγγγγ§γγ (Kore wa oishii desu.) |
| Eric: To describe βNoun A is an Adjectiveβ in Japanese, you just use |
| Risa: γ― (wa) |
| Eric: to connect Noun A, in this case |
| Risa: γγ (kore) |
| Eric: and an adjective, in this case |
| Risa: γγγγ (oishii) |
| Eric: Finally, you can put the linking verb |
| Risa: γ§γ (desu) |
| Eric: at the end. |
| Risa: γγγ―γγγγγ§γγ (Kore wa oishii desu.) |
| Eric: So remember to describe something using an adjective, use the topic marking particle |
| Risa: γ― (wa) |
| Eric: to connect noun A with an adjective and then add a linking verb |
| Risa: γ§γ (desu) |
| Eric: at the end. βAβ wa βadjectiveβ desu. |
| Eric: Here is another example meaning, "I'm happy." First, pronoun meaning "I". |
| Risa: η§ (Watashi). |
| Eric: Second, a topic marking particle, literally meaning "as for". |
| Risa: γ― (wa). |
| Eric: Third, an adjective meaning "happy". |
| Risa: γγγγ (ureshii). |
| Eric: And last, a linking verb meaning "to be", in this case, "am." |
| Risa: γ§γ (desu). |
| Eric: Altogether we have.. |
| Risa: η§γ―γγγγγ§γγ (Watashi wa ureshii desu.) [slow] η§γ―γγγγγ§γγ (Watashi wa ureshii desu.) [normal] η§γ―γγγγγ§γγ (Watashi wa ureshii desu.) |
| Eric: "I'm happy." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: η§γ―γγγγγ§γγ (Watashi wa ureshii desu.) |
| Eric: How do you say - "Kaori is kind." To give you a hint, "kind" is.. |
| Risa: εͺγγ (yasashii). [slow] εͺγγ (yasashii). [normal] εͺγγ (yasashii). |
| Eric: βKaori is kind.β |
| [pause] |
| Risa: γγγγγγ―εͺγγγ§γγ (Kaori-san wa yasashii desu.) [slow] γγγγγγ―εͺγγγ§γγ (Kaori-san wa yasashii desu.) [normal] γγγγγγ―εͺγγγ§γγ (Kaori-san wa yasashii desu.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: γγγγγγ―εͺγγγ§γγ (Kaori-san wa yasashii desu.) |
| REVIEW |
| Eric: Let's review the sentences from this lesson. I will give you the English equivalent of the phrase and you are responsible for shouting it out loud in Japanese. Here we go. |
| Eric: "This is delicious." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: γγγ―γγγγγ§γγ (Kore wa oishii desu.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: γγγ―γγγγγ§γγ (Kore wa oishii desu.) |
| Eric: "I'm happy." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: η§γ―γγγγγ§γγ (Watashi wa ureshii desu.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: η§γ―γγγγγ§γγ (Watashi wa ureshii desu.) |
| Eric: "Kaori is kind." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: γγγγγγ―εͺγγγ§γγ (Kaori-san wa yasashii desu.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: γγγγγγ―εͺγγγ§γγ (Kaori-san wa yasashii desu.) |
Outro |
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| Eric: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for describing something using an adjective, as in.. |
| Risa: γγγ―γγγγγ§γγ (Kore wa oishii desu.) |
| Eric: meaning "This is delicious." |
| 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 at JapanesePod101.com. Thanks everyone, see you next time! |
| Risa: γγγγΎγγ(Ja, mata.). |
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