Moto Learning Doujou: #24-4 Japanese Speaking and Writing from Scratch with Moto for JLPT N5 Beginner and Intermediate level, “Te form +あげます”

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 148-149 in Minna No Nihongo Second Edition Elementary Japanese 1, Translation & Grammar Notes – English. I added other words for learning.

take (someone) ☆ つれていきます tsureteikimasu

introduce ☆ しょうかいします shoukaishimasu

To have someone stay over Personをとめます -wo tomemasu

To deliver, send, bring item とどけます todokemasu

Step2 Grammar

So, Today’s grammar topic is “Te form +あげます”.

I cited below [*1] sentence and translation from Page 152 in Minna No Nihongo Second Edition Elementary Japanese 1 Translation & Grammar Notes – English. To make dialogue structure, based on [*1] sentence, I wrote [*2] Question sentence as Person A’s line. I added “[ ] My grammar interpretation”.

“☆☆Basic Example Dialogue”

A: Bさんは　きむらさんに　なにを　かして(Te)　あげましたか。[*2]

Bsan wa　kimurasan ni　 naniwo　kashite 　agemashitaka。

　　　　　What did you lend Ms. Kimura?

B: わたしは　きむらさんに　ほんを　かして　あげました。[*1]

watashiwa　kimurasan　ni　 honwo　kashite 　agemashita。

I lent Ms. Kimura a book. [*1]

[As for the meaning “Verb Te form + あげます”, I imagined “Subject gives a help to someone through Verb, taking action.”　かします sounds just “to lend”. On the other hand, かして（Teform）＋あげますcontains a nuance “To help someone” or “Although Subject does not have obligation to do, Subject does something for someone in good faith. ” ]

Step3　Speaking Exercise

Watch the video. You can use Speaking Practice Sheet.

Speaking Practice Video↓

https://youtu.be/d4gbVQq_7Lg

“Practice Sheet”

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dwpEwvP9TluvAfa1FK9eb3oRiUyZNPjv/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 “Te form +あげます” 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 “Te form +あげます” 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: チンさんはベンさんに何を届けてあげたんですか。

B: 今日の会議で使う大切な書類を届けてあげたらしいですよ。ベンさんは、書類を机の上に置きっぱなしで、会社を出て、取り引き先の会社に着いてから、気がついて、チンさんに電話で頼んだらしいです。

A: 書類は会議が始まる前に、届いたんですか。

B：ぎりぎり届いたらしいですよ。

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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