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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 8. Talking About Things You Do Often.
Eric: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern for Talking About Things You Do Often.
PATTERN
Eric: For example,
Eric: "I often exercise."
Risa: 私は、よく運動します。 (Watashi wa, yoku undō shimasu.)
Risa: [slow] 私は、よく運動します。 (Watashi wa, yoku undō shimasu.)
Eric: The pattern for Talking About Things You Do Often has 3 elements. First, "I" + topic marking particle.
Risa: 私は (Watashi wa ).
Eric: Second, an adverb meaning "often".
Risa: よく (yoku).
Eric: Third, a verb in the masu form meaning "to exercise."
Risa: 運動します (undō shimasu).
Eric: Altogether, we have.. "I often exercise."
Risa: 私は、よく運動します。 (Watashi wa, yoku undō shimasu.) [slow] 私は、よく運動します。 (Watashi wa, yoku undō shimasu.) [normal] 私は、よく運動します。 (Watashi wa, yoku undō shimasu.)
Eric: To say “[Person] often do/does [something].” in Japanese, person, in this case “I,” plus the topic marking particle
Risa: 私は (watashi wa)
Eric: comes first; and the frequency adverb
Risa: よく (yoku)
Eric: then a verb or verb phrase in the non-past tense or masu form meaning "do something", in this case,
Risa: 運動します (undō shimasu).
Risa: 私は、よく運動します。 (Watashi wa, yoku undō shimasu.)
Eric: So remember that to talk about something you do often, say [Person], the topic marking particle
Risa: は (wa)
Eric: the frequency adverb
Risa: よく (yoku)
Eric: and a verb or verb phrase in the non-past tense or masu form at the end.
Eric: Here is another example meaning, "I often go to a sushi place." First, "I" + topic marking particle.
Risa: 私は (Watashi wa )
Eric: Second, an adverb meaning "often".
Risa: よく (yoku)
Eric: Third, a verb phrase meaning "to go to a sushi place" - broken down into these parts. First,
Risa: 寿司屋(Sushi-ya)
Eric: followed by a direction marking particle,
Risa: に (ni)
Eric: and the masu form of a verb meaning "to go".
Risa: 行きます (ikimasu)
Risa: 寿司屋に行きます (sushi-ya ni ikimasu).
Eric: Altogether we have..
Risa: 私は、よく寿司屋に行きます。 (Watashi wa, yoku sushi-ya ni ikimasu.) [slow] 私は、よく寿司屋に行きます。 (Watashi wa, yoku sushi-ya ni ikimasu.) [normal] 私は、よく寿司屋に行きます。 (Watashi wa, yoku sushi-ya ni ikimasu.)
Eric: "I often go to a sushi place."
[pause]
Risa: 私はよく寿司屋に行きます。 (Watashi wa, yoku sushi-ya ni ikimasu.)
Eric: How do you say - "Japanese people often eat fish"? To give you a hint, "fish" is..
Risa: 魚 (sakana). [slow] 魚 (sakana). [normal] 魚 (sakana).
Eric: "Japanese people often eat fish."
[pause]
Risa: 日本人は、よく魚を食べます。 (NIhon-jin wa, yoku sakana o tabemasu. ) [slow] 日本人は、よく魚を食べます。 (NIhon-jin wa, yoku sakana o tabemasu. ) [normal] 日本人は、よく魚を食べます。 (NIhon-jin wa, yoku sakana o tabemasu. )
[pause]
Risa: 日本人は、よく魚を食べます。 (NIhon-jin wa, yoku sakana o tabemasu. )
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: "I often exercise."
[pause]
Risa: 私は、よく運動します。 (Watashi wa, yoku undō shimasu.)
[pause]
Risa: 私は、よく運動します。 (Watashi wa, yoku undō shimasu.)
Eric: "I often go to a sushi place."
[pause]
Risa: 私は、よく寿司屋に行きます。 (Watashi wa, yoku sushi-ya ni ikimasu.)
[pause]
Risa: 私は、よく寿司屋に行きます。 (Watashi wa, yoku sushi-ya ni ikimasu.)
Eric: "Japanese people often eat fish."
[pause]
Risa: 日本人は、よく魚を食べます。 (NIhon-jin wa, yoku sakana o tabemasu. )
[pause]
Risa: 日本人は、よく魚を食べます。 (NIhon-jin wa, yoku sakana o tabemasu. )

Outro
Eric: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for Talking About Things You Do Often, as in..
Risa: 私は、よく運動します。 (Watashi wa, yoku undō shimasu.)
Eric: meaning "I often exercise."
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 on JapanesePod101.com. Thanks everyone, see you next time!
Risa: じゃ、また。(Ja, mata.)

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