Basic Japanese - Words Connection

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Words Family

	asa-gohan			hiru-gohan			ban-gohan
breakfast			lunch			dinner

	shokuji
meal

	zairyoo				gohan				okazu
ingredient, material				cooked rice / meal				dishes to go with the rice

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Examples

Ryokan no shokuji wa taitei Tenpura ya Sashimi desu.

The meals of Japanese inn are usually Tempura or Sashimi.

Kesa asa-gohan o tabemasendeshita.

I didn't have my breakfast this morning.

Hiru-gohan ni ikimashoo.

Let's go to lunch.

Watashi wa kinoo ban-gohan ni karee o tabemashita.

I had a curry for my dinner yesterday.

Sushi no zairyoo wa gohan to Sashimi, soreni Osu desu.

The ingredients of Sushi are rice, Sashimi and vinegar.

Musuko wa gohan yori hanbaagaa no hoo ga suki desu.

My son likes hamburgers more than rice.

Ban-gohan no okazu wa nan desu ka?

What is the main dish for dinner today?

	Konban tomodachi ni atte, isshoni shokuji o
	suru yotei desu.

Tonight, I'm going to meet my friend and have dinner together.

Functional patterns used in the examples

Verb stem + mashoo:Let's do

See Building Up Conversation Level 1 Chapter 12

-yori, -no hoo ga:comparison - more / less

See Building Up Conversation Level 1 Chapter 13

te form atte,:used as a conjunction "and"

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 6

Verb root form + yotei desu:"be expected" or "be scheduled"

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 2

Vocabulary

atte

te form of aimasu

aimasu

to meet (someone)

asa-gohan

breakfast

ban-gohan

dinner

gohan

cooked rice / meal

hanbaagaa

hamburger

hiru-gohan

lunch

hoo (-yori, -hoo)

(fp) comparative pattern, more / less

ikimashoo

let's go

ikimasu

to go

isshoni

together

karee

curry, curry rice

kesa

this morning

kinoo

yesterday

konban

tonight

mashoo (-mashoo)

(fp) one of the volitional forms, "let's do"

musuko

son

nan

what

okazu

dishes to go with the rice

osu (su)

vinegar

ryokan

Japanese style hotel

Sashimi

Sashimi, sliced raw fish

shokuji

meal

soreni

and also, besides

suki

suru

root form of shimasu

Sushi

Sushi (Japanese food)

tabemasu

to eat

Tenpura

Tenpura (Japanese food)

tomodachi

friend

watashi

A and B (and, something else)

yori (-yori, -hoo ga)

(fp) comparative pattern, more / less

yotei (-yotei desu)

(fp) expressing plan, schedule; be expected to do, be scheduled to do

zairyoo

ingredient, stuff, material

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