Moto Learning Doujou: #8-4 Japanese Speaking and Writing from Scratch with Moto for JLPT N5 Beginner and Intermediate level, “いadjective-question, affirmative or negative answer”

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 52-53 in Minna No Nihongo Second Edition Elementary Japanese 1, Translation & Grammar Notes – English. I also added other words.

interesting 　　　　　　　　　　　　　☆ おもしろい omosiroi

(おもしろい also means　“humorous, funny”)

new, fresh 　　　　　　　　　　　　　☆ あたらしい atarasii

delicious, tasty 　　　　　　　　　　　　　☆ おいしい oisii

difficult 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　☆ むずかしい muzukasii

good 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　☆ いい　　　　 ii

not good 　　　　　　　　　　よくない　　　　　yokunai

test, exam 　　　　　　　　　　　テスト　　　　　tesuto

light 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　かるい　　　　　karui

cold (referring to temperature) 　　 ☆ さむい　　　　　samui

Beijing 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　ペキン　　　　　pekin

Step2 Grammar

So, Today’s grammar topic is “いadjective-question, affirmative or negative answer”.

I cited below [*1] sentences and translations from Page 56 in Minna No Nihongo Second Edition Elementary Japanese 1. To make dialogue structure, based on [*1] sentence, I wrote [*2] Response sentence as Person B’s line. I added “[ ] My grammar interpretation”.

“☆☆Basic Example Dialogue”

A ペキンは　さむい　　ですか。 [*1]

pekinwa samui　　desuka

Is it cold in Beijing?　 [*1]

[さむい is いAdjective.]

B はい、　　　さむい　です。　[*1]

hai samui　desu

　　　　　Yes,　it is cold. 　[*1]

B いいえ、さむ　　くないです。　[*2]

iie samu kunaidesu

No, it isn’t.

[Unlike question and affirmative sentence, we need to remove last letter い and put くないです to make negative sentence.]

[いAdjective“good=いい” is an exception so its negative is よくない. We say よくないです。]

Step3　Speaking Exercise

Watch the video. You can use Speaking Practice Sheet.

Speaking Practice Video↓

https://youtu.be/pqEaS1rt8sA

“Practice Sheet”

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xpR7zXvqv9EZ7mQ0JYs8W8a5q74Pp9kM/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 “いadjective-question, affirmative or negative answer” 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 “いadjective-question, affirmative or negative answer” 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:　先週、図書館で借りた漢字の本は面白いですか。

B:　はい、あの本は非常に面白いです。漢字の歴史についての話や、中国と日本の漢字の違いなどの説明が書いてあって、非常に興味深い内容でした。A さんが借りた本は良かったですか。

A:　僕が借りた本はノーベル経済学賞を獲った学者が書いた本で、内容がわかりやすくていい本でしたよ。

B:　へー、面白そうですね。読み終わったら、貸して下さい。

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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