Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 1

69 Review Grammar Review 1. Japanese has three types of sentences: verb sentence, noun sentence and adjective sentence. Give example of each in the Non-past and Past affirmative forms and their negative forms. (3-1- 1) 2. We have seen various examples of the following ways to expand a noun into a noun phrase. (3-1-2, 3-2-2, 3-3-1) • Noun no Noun • Adjective + Noun • Kono + Noun • Noun na Noun a. Give an example of each. b. Give an example of a noun phrase with all the modifiers above combined. c. What happens in each case when the main noun is already understood? 3. Compare the difference in meaning among the following: (3-4-1, 3-4-2) a. Kami to enpitsu, irimasu ka. b. Kami to enpitsu mo irimasu ka. c. Kami to enpitsu wa irimasu ka. d. Kami mo enpitsu mo irimasu ka. e. Kami toka enpitsu toka irimasu ka. f. Kami toka enpitsu mo irimasu ka. 4. In English, large numbers are counted by groups of three places. How about in Japanese? (3-2-1) 5. Which numbers have alternating forms? 6. Give three examples of a classifier. How are they used? 7. What does arimasu mean? What are its two negative forms? (3-1-3) 8. What are the ~ ku form and ~ katta form for the adjective ii ? (3-1-1) 9. Give two examples of the adjective ~ ku form being used as adverb. (3-3-2) 10. How are na -nouns different from adjectives? From other nouns? (3-3-1) Practical Applications A. Use online apartment listings and discuss the relative merits of each. B. Recall what was discussed in A. Check and share your recollections with others.