Basic Japanese

Level 2 - Sample

Can you take a seat on the train?

can do, be able to do

Verb Root Form

Verb Root Form + koto ga dekimasu - can do, be able to do

hayai vs. hayaku - Adjectives vs. Adverbs

Have you been to Europe?

Expressing one's experience

Verb ta form + koto ga arimasu - I have done before

-tari, -tari, shimasu - do this and that

hima na toki, kodomo no toki - when, during, in case

Level 2

Can you take a seat on the train?

can do, be able to do

Verb Root Form

Verb Root Form + koto ga dekimasu - can do, be able to do

hayai vs. hayaku - Adjectives vs. Adverbs

We are planning to go on a trip together.

I plan to do, be scheduled, be expected

Verb nai Form

tsumori desu - I plan to do

yotei desu desu - be sheduled, be expected

I think it takes about an hour by train.

I think, I suppose / So, Therefore & Because

Verb Plain Form (Roof form, nai form, ta form, nakatta form)

to omoimasu - I think

kara & -node - So, Therefore & Because

He is watching the promotion video.

The progressive - be doing

Verb te form

Verb te form + imasu - Progressive "be doing right now"

Verb te form + imasu - State of being

Please turn right at the next traffic light.

Expressing a request & Asking for a permission

Verb te form + kudasai - Please do?

Verb te form + kuremasen ka? - Would you please do?

Verb te form + mo ii desu ka? - May I do?

We went to Sapporo and saw the Snow Festival.

The te form as a conjunction

-te, -te, - "and" te form as a conjunction

-kute, -kute, - te form of Adjectives

Have you been to Europe?

Expressing one's experience

Verb ta form + koto ga arimasu - I have done before

-tari, -tari, shimasu - do this and that

hima na toki, kodomo no toki - when, during, in case

If you are free, how about we go see it?

If & Even if

ta form + ra, (-tara) - "If" or "When"

te form + mo, (-temo) - "Even if", "Even"

kamo shiremasen - "Perhaps", expressing a possibility

How many Kanji can you read?

Verb Potential Form - can do, be able to do

Verb Potential Form - ikemasu, kakemasu, nomemasu

narimasu - "become" Expressing a change

Did you study Japanese before you came to Japan?

Before, After & When

mae ni - before

ato de - after

toki - when

He said that he will be a little late.

He said, I heard & Please tell him

soo desu - I heard, he said, they said

tte iimasu - He said, they said

nante itte imashita ka? - What did he say?

tte itte kudasai - Please tell him

You had better go home early and get some sleep.

Expressing an advice or a suggestion

-ta hoo ga ii desu - You had better do, you should do

-tara, ii desu ka? - Asking one's advice with an interrogative

-n desu - Emotional emphasis

This is a picture which I took in Bali.

Embedded Structures - Noun Modifier

Bari de totta shashin - a picture which I took in Bali

hito, mono, tokoro & jikan - a person who is ...

Did you know that Kobayashi is in the hospital?

Embedded Structures - koto & no

koto - forming a noun clause

no (no wa, no ga, no o) - forming a noun clause

-nagara - while doing

If you send it today, it should be there tomorrow.

Conditional Form - ba Conditional

ba form - "if" or "in case"

to - "when" or "if"

Verb stem + kata - how to do

I must go to the embassy this afternoon.

I have to do, I must do

nakereba narimasen - I have to do

nakutemo ii desu - You don't have to do

I helped her to carry those bags.

Expressing the action done with kindness

Review agemasu, moraimasu & kuremasu - giving & receiving

-te ageamsu, -te moraimasu & -te kuremasu - I did something for somebody

I'm thinking about working in Japan.

Verb Volitional Form

Ikoo, tabeyoo - Verb Volitional form "Let's do", "Shall we do?"

Volitional form + to omoimasu - I'm planning to do

-te kara - after, since

	Review Dialogues
	Going skiing with colleagues

Planning to Go Skiing

Inviting other colleagues to go skiing

Train times and setting the meeting arrangement

	Review Dialogues
	At home party

Talking about life, work etc. in Japan

Appendices

Numbers

Time Words

Number Counters

Frequency & Degree

Family Members

Colors & Measurement

Adjective List

Verb List

Transitive & Intransitive

Vocabulary