JP2000 Lecture 30 Exercises
What would you say when:
- you have just written a letter to your friend in Japan?
- you are in the middle of watching a video?
- you are about to close the store?
- you are in the middle of trying to fix the washer?
- you had been thinking about calling him when he visited you?
- you had sent a fax when she called you?
- you thank your customer for taking the time to come when he is busy?
- you apologize to someone for visiting him when he is ill?
- the section chief came into the room, when you were in the middle of playing a game on the computer?
Transform the following sentences using ~ (no) ka mo shirenai.
- Kyoo wa gogo kara yuki ga furimasu.
- Okane ga nai node, kotoshi wa Nihon ni ikimasen.
- Yoshida-san wa watashi ni ki ga tsukimasen deshita.
- Maiku-san wa Nihongo Nooryoku Kentee-shiken ni ochimashita.
- Kono kaisha no shuushoku-shiken wa kanari muzukashii desu.
- Kono kurasu de Supeingo ga hanaseru no wa Santosu-san gurai desu.
- Kimu-san wa kurasu o yasunda koto ga nai kara, kyoo wa byooki deshoo.
Add an appropriate news source using ~ ni yoru to ...soo desu
- Iraku wa kokuren no teean ni dooi-shimashita.
- Ano futari wa kon'yaku o kaishoo-shimashita.
- Kotoshi no natsu wa kanari atsuku narimasu.
- Nihon de wa Joshi-dai-see no shuushoku ga totemo muzukashii desu.
- Otooto wa juken-shita daigaku ni hairemasen deshita.
- Haha wa gan no shujutsu o ukenakereba narimasen.
Translate into Japanese using ~ gurai.
- I have never done a work as trobublesome as this.
- There is no one as kind as she is.
- This kind of math question, even a child can do.
- I was so sick that I could not eat or drink anythng for a week.
- His story was so funny that people could not stop laughing.
Give the Japanese equivalent.
- a four and a half mat room
- 120 x3.3²
- job shortage
- write a test
- graduate from the university
- pass the exam
- go for an interview
- attend a class
- skip a class
- get on a bus
- get off the subway
- apply for a company
- make a hotel reservation
- be fired
- make an excuse
© Norio Ota 2000