Answers of yesterday’s Quiz :
example; Watashi wa Mainichi Hataraki masu. (I work every day.)
=> Non-past x Positive
1. Ashita, Watashi wa Hataraki masu. (I will work tomorrow.)
=> Non-past x Positive
2. Watashi wa Do-youbi Hataraki masen. (I don’t work on Saturday.)
=> Non-past x Negative
3. Watashi wa Kinou Hataraki masen deshita. (I didn’t work yesterday.)
=> Past x Negative
4. Kinou Watashi wa Hataraki mashita. (I worked yesterday.)
=> Past x Positive
Then let’s start today’s learning. There is a particle to indicate the reaching point of the action. It is similar to the preposition “to” in English. But Japanese particles are postpositions, the particle “e” is put behind a noun which means a place. The sentence construction is as below;
[Subject] wa [noun meaning a place] e [verb meaning move].
example : Watashi wa Kaisha e Iki masu.
Where;
– Watashi: pronoun; I
– wa: particle; topic marker, and in this case also subject marwer
– Kaisha: noun; company (with nuance of a place)
– e: particle; the reaching point of the action
– Ikimasu: verb in form of present-positive; go
One thing you need to know is that the pronunciation of particle “e” is “e”, but its spelling is “he: へ”. So for writing, do not use “e: え”.
Let me introduce a just one noun;
Kombini: noun; a convenience store
Practice and remember the following conversation.
A: Sato-san wa Doko e Ikimasuka. (Ms.Sato, where are you going?)
B: Watashi wa Kombini e Ikimasu. (I am going to a convenience store.)
In addition, we learned four patterns of verb predicates yesterday. Four patterns are based on combinations of non-past/past tenses and positive/negative. As a review of yesterday, read carefully the followings:
– Kyou, Watashi wa Kombini e Ikimasu. (Today, I am going to a convenience store.)
=> Non-past x Positive
– Kyou, Watashi wa Kombini e Ikimasen. (Today, I am not going to a convenience store.)
=> Non-past x Negative
– Kinou, Watashi wa Kombini e Ikimashita. (Yesterday, I went to a convenience store.)
=> Past x Positive
– Kinou, Watashi wa Kombini e Ikimasen deshita. (Yesterday, I didn’t go to a convenience store.)
=> Past x Negative
<この投稿は“スリーエーネットワーク、みんなの日本語 初級I 第2版, 第5課A1”の内容を参照しています。”In addition”以下の内容は第4課A7です。>
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