Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 3

15 Kono hoteru wa furukute takai desu. This hotel is old and expensive. Kono hoteru wa takaku nakute ii desu. This hotel is not expensive and that’s good. In the examples below, you can see the negative ~ nakute is used for verbs and noun sentences as well. Ame ja nakute yokatta desu nee. Isn't it great that it’s not raining? Nihongo ja nakute, eigo desu. It’s not Japanese; it’s English. Okane harawanakute ii desu. It’s okay if you don’t pay. Eigo ga wakaranakute taihen deshita. I didn't understand English and it was hard. Let’s review how English ‘and’ can be translated into different forms in Japanese. I went to Tokyo and Kyoto. Tokyo to Kyoto ni ikimashita. I went to Tokyo. And I went to Kyoto. Tokyo ni ikimashita. Sore kare Kyoto ni ikimashita. I went to Kyoto and saw temples. Kyoto ni itte, otera o mimashita. I like this restaurant because the service is good and food is tasty. Saabisu ga ii shi, oishii shi, kono resutoran ga suki desu. Father is 50 years old and Mother is 40 years old. Chichi wa 50-sai de, haha wa 40-sai desu. This apartment is small and inexpensive. Kono apaato wa chiisakute yasui desu. 9-3-2 どんな what kind of X We learned five sets of the so-called ko-so-a-do series earlier. this: kore-sore-are-dore this X: kono-sono-ano-dono here: koko-soko-asoko-doko this direction: kochira-sochira-achira-dochira this side: kocchi-socchi-acchi-docchi We add another set in this lesson. this kind of X : konna-sonna-anna-donna