Learn how to use the sentence pattern "...right?"
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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 23. Tag Questions. |
| Eric: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern for seeking confirmation about a statement. |
| PATTERN |
| Eric: For example, |
| Eric: "The party is starting at 5, right?" |
| Risa: パーティは5時からですよね。 (Pātī wa go-ji kara desu yo ne.) |
| Risa: [slow] パーティは5時からですよね。 (Pātī wa go-ji kara desu yo ne.) |
| Eric: The pattern for seeking confirmation about a statement has 2 elements. First, a sentence meaning "the party is starting at 5." |
| Risa: パーティーは５時からです (Pātī wa go-ji kara desu). |
| Eric: Second, two sentence ending particles are combined. First is a particle to indicate assertion |
| Risa: よ (yo) |
| Eric: then a particle to seek confirmation |
| Risa: ね (ne) |
| Eric: They’re used together at the end of a sentence to add the meaning, "don't you agree?" or "am I right?" Together they sound like... |
| Risa: よね (yo ne). |
| Eric: Altogether, we have, "The party is starting at 5, right?" |
| Risa: パーティは5時からですよね。 (Pātī wa go-ji kara desu yo ne.) [slow] パーティは5時からですよね。 (Pātī wa go-ji kara desu yo ne.) [normal] パーティは5時からですよね。 (Pātī wa go-ji kara desu yo ne.) |
| Eric: To say “〜 right?” at the end of a sentence in Japanese, first state the thing that you want to confirm, for example "The party is starting at 5,” |
| Risa: パーティは5時からです(Pātī wa go-ji kara desu) |
| Eric: then at the end, add the sentence particles, |
| Risa: よね (yo ne) |
| Eric: All together |
| Risa: パーティは5時からですよね。 (Pātī wa go-ji kara desu yo ne.) |
| Eric: So remember when seeking confirmation about a statement, state the thing you want to confirm and at the end just add |
| Risa: よね(yo ne) |
| Eric: Here’s another example meaning, "The teacher went home, right?" First, a sentence meaning "the teacher went home." |
| Risa: 先生は帰りました (Sensei wa kaerimashita). |
| Eric: Second, the two sentence ending particles which mean, "don't you agree?" or "am I right." |
| Risa: よね (yo ne). |
| Eric: Altogether we have... |
| Risa: 先生は帰りましたよね。 (Sensei wa kaerimashita yo ne.) [slow] 先生は帰りましたよね。 (Sensei wa kaerimashita yo ne.) [normal] 先生は帰りましたよね。 (Sensei wa kaerimashita yo ne.) |
| Eric: "The teacher went home, right?" |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 先生は帰りましたよね。 (Sensei wa kaerimashita yo ne.) |
| Eric: How do you say, "It's going to be sunny today, right?" To give you a hint, "It's going to be sunny" is… |
| Risa:晴れる(hareru) |
| Eric: and its masu form is, |
| Risa: 晴れます (haremasu). [slow] 晴れます (haremasu). [normal] 晴れます (haremasu). |
| Eric: "It's going to be sunny today, right?" |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 今日は晴れますよね。 (Kyō wa haremasu yo ne.) [slow] 今日は晴れますよね。 (Kyō wa haremasu yo ne.) [normal] 今日は晴れますよね。 (Kyō wa haremasu yo ne.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 今日は晴れますよね。 (Kyō wa haremasu yo ne.) |
| 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: "The party is starting at 5, right?" |
| [pause] |
| Risa: パーティは5時からですよね。 (Pātī wa go-ji kara desu yo ne.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: パーティは5時からですよね。 (Pātī wa go-ji kara desu yo ne.) |
| Eric: "The teacher went home, right?" |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 先生は帰りましたよね。 (Sensei wa kaerimashita yo ne.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 先生は帰りましたよね。 (Sensei wa kaerimashita yo ne.) |
| Eric: "It's going to be sunny today, right?" |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 今日は晴れますよね。 (Kyō wa haremasu yo ne.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 今日は晴れますよね。 (Kyō wa haremasu yo ne.) |
Outro |
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| Eric: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for seeking confirmation about a statement, as in... |
| Risa: パーティは5時からですよね。 (Pātī wa go-ji kara desu yo ne.) |
| Eric: meaning "The party is starting at 5, right?" 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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