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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: これはおいしいです。 (Kore wa oishii desu.)
Risa: [slow] これはおいしいです。 (Kore wa oishii desu.)
Eric: The pattern for describing something using an adjective has 4 elements. First, a pronoun meaning "this".
Risa: これ (Kore).
Eric: Second, a topic marking particle, literally meaning "as for".
Risa: は (wa).
Eric: Third, an adjective meaning "delicious".
Risa: おいしい (oishii).
Eric: And last, a linking verb meaning "to be", in this case, "am".
Risa: です (desu).
Eric: Altogether, we have... "This is delicious."
Risa: これはおいしいです。 (Kore wa oishii desu.) [slow] これはおいしいです。 (Kore wa oishii desu.) [normal] これはおいしいです。 (Kore wa oishii desu.)
Eric: To describe “Noun A is an Adjective” in Japanese, you just use
Risa: は (wa)
Eric: to connect Noun A, in this case
Risa: これ (kore)
Eric: and an adjective, in this case
Risa: おいしい (oishii)
Eric: Finally, you can put the linking verb
Risa: です (desu)
Eric: at the end.
Risa: これはおいしいです。 (Kore wa oishii desu.)
Eric: So remember to describe something using an adjective, use the topic marking particle
Risa: は (wa)
Eric: to connect noun A with an adjective and then add a linking verb
Risa: です (desu)
Eric: at the end. “A” wa “adjective” desu.
Eric: Here is another example meaning, "I'm happy." First, pronoun meaning "I".
Risa: 私 (Watashi).
Eric: Second, a topic marking particle, literally meaning "as for".
Risa: は (wa).
Eric: Third, an adjective meaning "happy".
Risa: うれしい (ureshii).
Eric: And last, a linking verb meaning "to be", in this case, "am."
Risa: です (desu).
Eric: Altogether we have..
Risa: 私はうれしいです。 (Watashi wa ureshii desu.) [slow] 私はうれしいです。 (Watashi wa ureshii desu.) [normal] 私はうれしいです。 (Watashi wa ureshii desu.)
Eric: "I'm happy."
[pause]
Risa: 私はうれしいです。 (Watashi wa ureshii desu.)
Eric: How do you say - "Kaori is kind." To give you a hint, "kind" is..
Risa: 優しい (yasashii). [slow] 優しい (yasashii). [normal] 優しい (yasashii).
Eric: “Kaori is kind.”
[pause]
Risa: かおりさんは優しいです。 (Kaori-san wa yasashii desu.) [slow] かおりさんは優しいです。 (Kaori-san wa yasashii desu.) [normal] かおりさんは優しいです。 (Kaori-san wa yasashii desu.)
[pause]
Risa: かおりさんは優しいです。 (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: これはおいしいです。 (Kore wa oishii desu.)
[pause]
Risa: これはおいしいです。 (Kore wa oishii desu.)
Eric: "I'm happy."
[pause]
Risa: 私はうれしいです。 (Watashi wa ureshii desu.)
[pause]
Risa: 私はうれしいです。 (Watashi wa ureshii desu.)
Eric: "Kaori is kind."
[pause]
Risa: かおりさんは優しいです。 (Kaori-san wa yasashii desu.)
[pause]
Risa: かおりさんは優しいです。 (Kaori-san wa yasashii desu.)

Outro
Eric: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for describing something using an adjective, as in..
Risa: これはおいしいです。 (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: じゃ、また。(Ja, mata.).

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