Basic Vocabulary
Structure Notes:
7.1. Quotations
7.2. と 言う to iu
7.3. The plain tentative
7.4. Tentative (volitional) + とする to suru
7.5. Noun + として to shite/にして ni shite
7.6. Gerund (te-form) + みる miru
7.7. Desideratives
7.8. Alternative questions
7.9. よう yō
7.10. Quoting requests
7.11. Particle よ yo
7.12. 見える mieru and 聞こえる kikoeru
7.13. Prenouns + に ni
7.14. Gerund (te-form) + ある aru
7.15. The noun 方 hō
7.16. Comparisons
7.17. Questions with comparisons
7.18. 一番 ichiban
7.19. -目 me (ordinal numbers)
7.20. Particle ほど hodo
7.21. なるほど naruhodo
7.22. -ばかり -bakari
7.23. まま mama
7.24. 同じ onaji
7.25. Clothing
LESSON 8 Let’s Keep in Touch!
Basic Sentences
Basic Vocabulary
Structure Notes:
8.1. Interrogatives + も mo or か ka
8.2. Gerund + も mo
8.3. Interrogative + gerund + も mo
8.4. The provisional mood (-れば -reba)
8.5. Obligation
8.6. Permission
8.7. Denial of permission = prohibition
8.8. Denial of obligation
8.9. Obligation, prohibition, permission: summary
8.10. Conditionals (forms) -たら/-だら -tara/-dara
8.11. Conditionals (uses)
8.12. Asking for advice
8.13. ‘Had better’
8.14. …さえ…sae
8.15. The explicit use of に ni
8.16. …ば…ほど… …ba…hodo ‘the more… the more…’
8.17. …し …shi
8.18. Correlative compounds
LESSON 9 Be Polite!
Basic Sentences
Basic Vocabulary
Structure Notes:
9.1. Status words: humble, neutral, exalted
9.2. Kinship terms
9.3. Other nouns
9.4. Honorific prefixes
9.5. Honorific suffixes for people’s names
9.6. Verbs: the honorific infinitive
9.7. Special honorific verbs
9.8. 申し上げる mōshiageru
9.9. Inflection of slightly irregular exalted verbs
9.10. Special inflections of -ます -masu
9.11. Use of humble verbs
9.12. Adjectives and adjectival nouns
9.13. Formation of the adjective honorific infinitive
9.14. Summary of honorific predicates
9.15. ござる gozaru
9.16. いらっしゃる irassharu
9.17. おいで oide
9.18. Verbs for giving and receiving
9.19. Favors
9.20. Requests
9.21. Answers to negative questions
9.22. The specific plural
LESSON 10 What Is Your Take on That?
Basic Sentences
Basic Vocabulary
Structure Notes:
10.1. Hearsay そうです sō desu
10.2. Bound form -そう(な) -sō (na) ‘appearance’
10.3. …らしい …rashii
10.4. Expressions meaning ‘like’
10.5. The alternative -たり/-だり -tari/-dari
10.6. …ながら …nagara
10.7. ある aru with people
10.8. …ことにする/…ことになる …koto ni suru/…koto ni naru
10.9. …しまうshimau and …おくoku
10.10. …わけ …wake
10.11. Double negatives
10.12. …に違いない …ni chigai nai
10.13. について ni tsuite and によって ni yotte
10.14. Causative, passive, and causative passive verbs
10.15. Use of the causative
10.16. Uses of the passive
10.17. Use of the causative passive
10.18. The potential
10.19. かもしれない ka mo shirenai