Basic Japanese - Words Connection

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Words Family

	hare(masu)			ame			kumori(masu)
fine weather			rain			cloudy

	tenki
weather

	kasa				furimasu				yuki
umbrella				to fall (to rain, to snow)				snow

Quiz

Examples

	Tenki-yohoo ni yoruto, ashita no tenki wa hare,
	gogo wa tokidoki kumori da soo desu.

According to the weather forecast, tomorrow's weather will be fine,

occasionally cloudy in the afternoon.

Tokyo wa ima ame ga futte imasu.

It's raining in Tokyo now.

	Kono hen wa fuyu ni naru to, yuki ga furimasu.
	Yuki wa 1-meetoru gurai tsumorimasu.

It snows when winter comes around here.

The snow lies on 1 meter deep.

Ashita ii tenki dattara, umi ni ikimasen ka?

If the weather is good tomorrow, shall we go to the beach?

Ame ga futte kita. Kasa o sashimashoo.

It began raining. Let's put up the umbrella.

	Kyoo wa ame ga futtari, yandari.
	Yoru wa yuki ni kawaru kamo shirenai.

It's raining off and on.

It may turn to snow in the evening.

	Ame wa mada futte imasu ka?
	Iie. Moo yamimashita.

Is it still raining?

No. It already stopped raining.

	Ame ga yande, Hi ga dete kimashita.
	Ashita wa hareru to omoimasu.

The rain stopped and the sun came out.

I think it will be sunny tomorrow.

Functional patterns used in the examples

Plain form + soo desu:expressing reported information; "I heard" or "He said"

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 11

Verb te form + -te imasu:expressing present progressive or state

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 4

Verb root form + to (-to):"When" or "If"

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 15

Verb ta form + ra, (-tara):"If", "when"

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 8

Verb stem + masen ka?:expressing an invitation "Shall we do?", "Won't you do together?"

See Building Up Conversation Level 1 Chapter 12

Verb stem + mashoo:Let's do

See Building Up Conversation Level 1 Chapter 12

Verb ta form + -tari, -tari, shimasu:expressing repetition action or state

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 7

Verb plain form + kamo shirenai:expressing a possibility; perhaps, probably, may

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 8

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

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 6

Verb te form + kimasu:expressing an action or state has started

See Building Up Conversation Level 3 Chapter 11

Verb plain form + to omoimasu:I think, I suppose

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 3

Vocabulary

ame

rain

ashita

tomorrow

root form of desu

datta

ta form of desu

dete

te form of demasu

demasu

to come out, appear

futta

ta form of furimasu

futte

te form of furimasu

furimasu

to fall, to rain (ame ga), to snow (yuki ga)

fuyu

winter

gogo

p.m., afternoon

gurai

about, approximately

hare

fine weather

hareru

root form of haremasu

haremasu

to clear up

sun, sunlight, sunshine / day

ii tenki

nice weather, fine day

ikimasu

to go

ima

now, present, current

imasu (-te imasu)

(fp) expressing progressive or state

kamo (-kamo shirenai)

(fp) expressing probability; probably, perhaps, may

kasa

umbrella

kawaru

root form of kawarimasu

kawarimasu

to change, vary, turn into

kita

ta form of kimasu

kimasu (-te kimasu)

(fp) start of an action or state

kono hen

around here, this area

kumori

cloudy weather

kyoo

today

mada

still

masen ka? (-masen ka?)

(fp) expressing an invitation or making a suggestion to do something

mashoo (-mashoo)

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

meetoru

meter

moo

already

naru

root form of narimasu

narimasu

to become

omoimasu (-to omoimasu)

(fp) I think

sashimasu (kasa o sashimasu)

to put up an umbrella, open an umbrella

soo (-soo desu)

(fp) I heard, they said, he said

tara (-tara)

(fp) if, when

tari (-tari, -tari, shimasu)

(fp) doing this and that

tenki

weather

tenki-yohoo

weather forecast, weather report

to (-to)

(fp) when, if

tokidoki

sometimes

tsumorimasu

to pile up, lie on

umi

sea, ocean, beach

yanda

ta form of yamimasu

yande

te form of yamimasu

yamimasu

to stop (rain, snow, noise)

yoru

night, evening

yoruto (-ni yoruto)

according to

yuki

snow

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