NIHONGO@HIRO

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Session6

いきましょう / will go

いきます this is the masu-form of "go". いき+ましょう Keep the masu-form stem "いき", and change the ending to "ましょう". いきましょう this means "go" with willingly accepting invitation by other. いっしょに かふぇに いきませんか? This …

いっしょに かふぇに いきませんか? / Shall we go to a café together?

いっしょに It means "together". かふぇ It means "café". いきません this means "don't go". いきませんか? this is a question form because "か" is put at end. This means "don't go?, shall we go?" with which you can ask someone to go. The rea…

どこで わいんを かいますか?/ where do you buy wine?

わいんを かいますか? "わいん/wind", "かいます/buy". This means "You buy wine?". どこ means "where". どこで put the particle "で" at the end. It means "at where, in where". どこで わいんを かいますか? Means "Where do you buy wine?".

えきでしんぶんをかいます / I buy a newspaper at a station

えき It means "station". しんぶん It means "newspaper ". かいます It means "buy". しんぶんを かいます It means "buy newspaper". えきで the particle "で" means "at, in". So, this means "at the station". えきで しんぶんを かいます This means…

たべません。/ I don't eat

たべません this can be divided into two parts. たべ + ません "たべ" is a stem of the verb "eat". As you learned before, masu-form of this verb is "たべます" which is "たべ+ます". Masu-form is a positive sentence. And, you change "ます" in…

なにも~ません / I don't do anything.

なにも たべません。 "なに/ What", "たべません / not eat". This sentence means "I don't eat anything.". "も" is used here as an object marker. This is an idiom. You use always "なにも" for "anything". なにも のみません。 It means "I don't d…

何を~ますか? / What do you do?

何 "何(なに) / what". 何を "を" is put after "何", so that you mark "何" as the object. 何を食べますか? "食べます(たべます)/ eat". this sentence means "What do you eat?". As in Enlgish, "What do you eat?" is asking "what do you eat usua…

本を読みます / I read a book.

本 This can be write "ほん" in Hiragana. "本 / book". 読みます This can be write "よみます" in Hiragana. "読みます / read". 本を読みます Connecting these words. "本 / ほん / book" is the object. So you need to put "を" to the object right …