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INTRODUCTION
John: Hi everyone, I'm John.
Risa: And I'm Risa.
John: And welcome to Must-Know Japanese Sentence Structures, Season 1, Lesson 43. Expressing Sensory Experience.
John: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern for expressing a sensory experience.
PATTERN
John: For example,
John: "I feel cold." or literally "I have the shivers."
Risa: 寒気がします。 (Samuke ga shimasu.)
Risa: [slow] 寒気がします。 (Samuke ga shimasu.)
John: The pattern for expressing sensory experience has three elements. First, a noun meaning "shivers."
Risa: 寒気 (Samuke).
John: Second, the subject-marking particle.
Risa: が (ga)
John: And last, the verb
Risa: する (suru)
John: meaning "to perceive" in this case, which in the masu-form is
Risa: します (shimasu)
John: Altogether, we have... "I feel cold.”
Risa: 寒気がします。 (Samuke ga shimasu.) [slow] 寒気がします。 (Samuke ga shimasu.) [normal] 寒気がします。 (Samuke ga shimasu.)
John: The sentence pattern to express sensory experience, is an expression of sense or feeling plus the subject-marking particle, followed by
Risa: します (shimasu)
John: which expresses a notion of some perception. Again "I feel cold." is...
Risa: 寒気がします。 (Samuke ga shimasu.)
John: So remember, to express sensation or feeling, first say the expression you've perceived then just add the phrase...
Risa: がします (ga shimasu).
John: Here is another example meaning, "I hear a strange sound." First, a phrase meaning "a strange sound."
Risa: 変な音 (Hen na oto)
John: Second, the subject-marking particle.
Risa: が (ga)
John: And last, the masu-form of the verb which means "to perceive" in this case.
Risa: します (shimasu)
John: Altogether we have...
Risa: 変な音がします。 (Hen na oto ga shimasu.) [slow] 変な音がします。 (Hen na oto ga shimasu.) [normal] 変な音がします。 (Hen na oto ga shimasu.)
John: "I hear a strange sound."
[pause]
Risa: 変な音がします。 (Hen na oto ga shimasu.)
John: How do you say, "This cookie tastes of coffee." To give you a hint, "taste of coffee" is...
Risa: コーヒーの味 (kōhī no aji). [slow] コーヒーの味 (kōhī no aji). [normal] コーヒーの味 (kōhī no aji).
John: "This cookie tastes of coffee."
[pause]
Risa: このクッキーは、コーヒーの味がします。 (Kono kukkī wa, kōhī no aji ga shimasu.) [slow] このクッキーは、コーヒーの味がします。 (Kono kukkī wa, kōhī no aji ga shimasu.) [normal] このクッキーは、コーヒーの味がします。 (Kono kukkī wa, kōhī no aji ga shimasu.)
[pause]
Risa: このクッキーは、コーヒーの味がします。 (Kono kukkī wa, kōhī no aji ga shimasu.)
REVIEW
John: 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.
John: "I feel cold. (I have the shivers.)"
[pause]
Risa: 寒気がします。 (Samuke ga shimasu.)
[pause]
Risa: 寒気がします。 (Samuke ga shimasu.)
John: "I hear a strange sound."
[pause]
Risa: 変な音がします。 (Hen na oto ga shimasu.)
[pause]
Risa: 変な音がします。 (Hen na oto ga shimasu.)
John: "This cookie tastes of coffee."
[pause]
Risa: このクッキーは、コーヒーの味がします。 (Kono kukkī wa, kōhī no aji ga shimasu.)
[pause]
Risa: このクッキーは、コーヒーの味がします。 (Kono kukkī wa, kōhī no aji ga shimasu.)

Outro

John: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for Expressing Sensory Experience, as in...
Risa: 寒気がします。 (Samuke ga shimasu.)
John: meaning "I feel cold."
John: 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: またね!(Mata ne!).

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