JAPN 10C 2021 Spring
Preview HW7 (Due: 5/19)
Ch.7 Shopping
Preview Contents for Week 8-9 (Complete the sheet after/while watching video 9 &10.)
A. Reporting Hearsay (Video 9, Textbook p.458)
“____________” is used when you want to report/tell information that you have heard secondhand.
Plain forms
______________ form
Plain forms
Plain forms
i-adjectives
na-adjectives
Verb
Copula
+
In the video 9, Inada-sensee is looking for a dry cleaner and asks Takeda-sensee for a
recommendation. How did she share information with Inada-sensee? After watching it, write
down the answer.
1. For i-adjectives:
2. For verbs and copula:
a.
* To clarify the source, preface your statement with “(source)
” or “(person’s name)
”, both of which mean “According to…”
b.
3. For na-adjectives: (This is not in the video 9)
You heard that the cleaner is famous. “Famous” in Japanese is
What would you say? Use the hearsay form.
which is na-adjective.
B. Saying Whether or Not Something Is True. (Video 9, Textbook p.461)
means “whether or not X.” X may be a noun, adjective, or predicate.
Noun
i-adjectives
na-adjectives
Verb
Noun or “noun +
Plain forms
Root or “root +
Plain forms
1. For i-adjectives: <Example>
”
”
+
2. For na-adjectives: <Example>
3. For verbs: <Example>
*Since Inada-sensee isn't sure whether Ross-sensee left home already or not, she used
the past tense in this example.
C. Expressing the comfort level of actions:
(Video 10, Textbook p.468)
and
are i-adjectives meaning “easy” and “hard, respectively.
Write the form in the box.
of verb
+
(easy to)
(difficult/hard to)
What did Ross-sensee say about her shoes and watch? Watch the video and write down the
answer.
1. Shoes:
2. Watch:
*You need to be careful when you use this phrase because its homonym means “
3. How do you say “this dish is hard to eat”? (Not in the video)
”
D. Giving Reasons (Video 10, Textbook p.466)
“____” coming after adjectives, verbs, and the copula, is used to list up compatible facts or
conditions in an emphatic way. Often the factors lead up to a conclusion or result that may be
stated or understood from the context.
i-adjective
na-adjective
Verb
Copula
Plain form
__________________ +
Plain form
Plain form
+
1. In the video, the clerk recommended a pair of shoes. How did he list the reasons to recommend?
2. This construction can also be used to avoid saying no. For example, how can you decline an offer
when someone offers you to eat more?
A:
B: