Moto Learning Doujou: #1-7-2 Japanese Speaking and Writing with Moto for N5 Beginner and Intermediate level, Grammar Topic: “Nounはーさいです。”.

①Improvement of Speaking and Writing

こんにちは。モトです。I am Japanese and I am teaching Japanese. In this series, I will share my practice way for N5 Beginner and Intermediate level learners who want to review.

If learners are studying Japanese only for JLPT as test preparation, it might be difficult to improve speaking and writing Japanese actually, because the test does not cover Speaking and Writing. Thus, we set a Goal to improve Speaking and Writing in this series while learning JLPT N5 Beginner topics.

Features and Advantages

・While using Practice Sheet, we try to remember Question and Response sentences as Dialogue to learn how to use word and grammar. (Using story or dialogues, it could be easier to remember them efficiently.)

・It is also good to partially hide some words in tables in Practice Sheet by hand to check your progress or you can also change part of words and make another sentence like improvisation music.

・After Speaking, through making your sentences, you can improve Writing. (Based on your sentences, it is good to make your Practice Sheet and play Dialogues with other learners.)

・I will apply Minna no Nihongo to speaking and writing practice that covers almost all topics introduced by Genki so Genki user can also use this series.

(I will cite English translation from the textbook as it is, or I try to translate some expressions by myself. Now I am also learning English so my translation and explanation could be not correct or not natural, sorry for that.)

②Instruction of Exercise

Before Speaking & Writing exercises, check vocabulary and grammar.

Step1 Vocabulary

I referred to words (I marked with☆) and their translations from Page 10-11 in Minna No Nihongo Second Edition Elementary Japanese 1, Translation & Grammar Notes – English. I added other words.

How old 　　　　　　nannsai なんさい　☆

26 years old nijyuu roku sai ２６さい

32 years old sanjyuu ni sai ３２さい

19 years old jyuu kyuu sai １９さい

42 years old yonjyuu ni sai ４２さい

53 years old gojyuu san sai ５３さい

Step2 Grammar

So, Today’s grammar topic is “Nounはーさいです。”.

While I referred to “テレーザちゃんはなんさい（おいくつ）ですか。”　and “テレーザちゃんは9さいです。” on Page 8, Lesson 1, 練習A-6 in みんなの日本語初級Ⅰ第Ⅱ版本冊, I used same grammar pattern and wrote other sentences by combining other words like below [*1]. I added “[ ] My grammar interpretation”.

“☆☆Basic Example Dialogue”

A Bさんは　おいくつ　ですか。[*1]　

Bsan wa oikutsu desuka

How old are you?　

[You can also say “Bさんは　なんさいですか。”that sounds more casual.　As you know, it is rare to ask someone’s age especially if people are not close to someone.]

B わたしは　２６さい　です。[*1]

watashi　 wa　 nijyuu roku sai　 desu。

　　　　　　I am 26 years old.

[Try to look up your age in Japanese and put your age before さいです。]

Step3　Speaking Exercise

Watch the video. You can use Speaking Practice Sheet.

Speaking Practice Video↓

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGKipETrzzg

“Practice Sheet”

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s2WJdsn9FiQu5cJodAwqDpofx5aSpHup/view?usp=sharing

Step4 Writing Exercise

(W1), Read the above “☆☆Basic Example Dialogue” between Person A and B. The Dialogue contains Grammar topic in each time.

(W2), Try to make your dialogue between Person A&B like “☆☆Basic Example Dialogue”. In your dialogue, please try to use this time grammar topic “Nounはーさいです。” appropriately. Millions of mistakes are necessary for improvement, so you do not have to hesitate.

N5 level learner, if you have difficulty to write Dialogue style sentence, it is OK to write single sentences with grammar topic and OK to use only Hiragana. (It is easy-to-read to make space between word and word).

(W3), It is good to ask your teacher or Japanese friends to correct your sentences.

“For Intermediate Level Learners”

(W4) See the below “☆Advanced Example Dialogue”. Like the example, try to use this time Grammar topic “Nounはーさいです。”at least once and make your original Dialogue. In other words, if you just use the topic at least once, you do not have to use the topic anymore and you can make your dialogue freely. It is also OK to add more Person A&B part to make longer Dialogue.

“☆Advanced Example Dialogue”.

A: Bさんはミラーさんが何歳か知っていますか。

B:　いいえ、知りません。ミラーさんはおいくつなんですか。

A:　田中さんによると、ミラーさんは38歳だそうですよ。

[―によると＝according to, Noun Plain Style だ　そうです]

B:　えー!　本当ですか。　てっきり、28歳ぐらいだと思っていました。　

[Noun Plain Style だ + とおもっていました。]

A: そうですよね。見た目が若いですよね。

So, like this, while using Today’s grammar topic, write your dialogue and if you add [ ] explanation and English translation, it will be helpful to understand and correct your sentences.

(If you have a difficulty to find out someone to correct your sentences and want to ask me to correct your sentences, check my “Moto Writing Doujou”.)

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