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: γγΌγγ£γ―5ζγγγ§γγγγ (PΔtΔ« wa go-ji kara desu yo ne.) |
Risa: [slow] γγΌγγ£γ―5ζγγγ§γγγγ (PΔtΔ« 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: γγΌγγ£γΌγ―οΌζγγγ§γ (PΔtΔ« wa go-ji kara desu). |
Eric: Second, two sentence ending particles are combined. First is a particle to indicate assertion |
Risa: γ (yo) |
Eric: then a particle to seek confirmation |
Risa: γ (ne) |
Eric: Theyβre 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: γγ (yo ne). |
Eric: Altogether, we have, "The party is starting at 5, right?" |
Risa: γγΌγγ£γ―5ζγγγ§γγγγ (PΔtΔ« wa go-ji kara desu yo ne.) [slow] γγΌγγ£γ―5ζγγγ§γγγγ (PΔtΔ« wa go-ji kara desu yo ne.) [normal] γγΌγγ£γ―5ζγγγ§γγγγ (PΔtΔ« wa go-ji kara desu yo ne.) |
Eric: To say βγ right?β 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,β |
Risa: γγΌγγ£γ―5ζγγγ§γ(PΔtΔ« wa go-ji kara desu) |
Eric: then at the end, add the sentence particles, |
Risa: γγ (yo ne) |
Eric: All together |
Risa: γγΌγγ£γ―5ζγγγ§γγγγ (PΔtΔ« 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: γγ(yo ne) |
Eric: Hereβs another example meaning, "The teacher went home, right?" First, a sentence meaning "the teacher went home." |
Risa: ε
ηγ―εΈ°γγΎγγ (Sensei wa kaerimashita). |
Eric: Second, the two sentence ending particles which mean, "don't you agree?" or "am I right." |
Risa: γγ (yo ne). |
Eric: Altogether we have... |
Risa: ε
ηγ―εΈ°γγΎγγγγγ (Sensei wa kaerimashita yo ne.) [slow] ε
ηγ―εΈ°γγΎγγγγγ (Sensei wa kaerimashita yo ne.) [normal] ε
ηγ―εΈ°γγΎγγγγγ (Sensei wa kaerimashita yo ne.) |
Eric: "The teacher went home, right?" |
[pause] |
Risa: ε
ηγ―εΈ°γγΎγγγγγ (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:ζ΄γγ(hareru) |
Eric: and its masu form is, |
Risa: ζ΄γγΎγ (haremasu). [slow] ζ΄γγΎγ (haremasu). [normal] ζ΄γγΎγ (haremasu). |
Eric: "It's going to be sunny today, right?" |
[pause] |
Risa: δ»ζ₯γ―ζ΄γγΎγγγγ (KyΕ wa haremasu yo ne.) [slow] δ»ζ₯γ―ζ΄γγΎγγγγ (KyΕ wa haremasu yo ne.) [normal] δ»ζ₯γ―ζ΄γγΎγγγγ (KyΕ wa haremasu yo ne.) |
[pause] |
Risa: δ»ζ₯γ―ζ΄γγΎγγγγ (KyΕ wa haremasu yo ne.) |
REVIEW |
Eric: Let's review the sentences from this lesson. Iβll give you the English equivalent of the phrase, and youβre responsible for shouting it out loud in Japanese. Here we go. |
Eric: "The party is starting at 5, right?" |
[pause] |
Risa: γγΌγγ£γ―5ζγγγ§γγγγ (PΔtΔ« wa go-ji kara desu yo ne.) |
[pause] |
Risa: γγΌγγ£γ―5ζγγγ§γγγγ (PΔtΔ« wa go-ji kara desu yo ne.) |
Eric: "The teacher went home, right?" |
[pause] |
Risa: ε
ηγ―εΈ°γγΎγγγγγ (Sensei wa kaerimashita yo ne.) |
[pause] |
Risa: ε
ηγ―εΈ°γγΎγγγγγ (Sensei wa kaerimashita yo ne.) |
Eric: "It's going to be sunny today, right?" |
[pause] |
Risa: δ»ζ₯γ―ζ΄γγΎγγγγ (KyΕ wa haremasu yo ne.) |
[pause] |
Risa: δ»ζ₯γ―ζ΄γγΎγγγγ (KyΕ 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: γγΌγγ£γ―5ζγγγ§γγγγ (PΔtΔ« 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: γγγγΎγγ(Ja, mata.). |
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