JP2000 Lecture 25 Exercises


Transform the following using Potential.

  1. Moo Nihongo no shinbun o yomimasu.
  2. Kinoo wa yooji de kimasen deshita.
  3. Rabo de wa ichinichi-juu konpyuutaa o tsukaimasu.
  4. Kanojo wa arerugii de pan ya udon o tabemasen.
  5. Kono heya de wa shizuka ni shigoto o shimasu.
  6. Kurasu ga owatte kara nan-ji-goro kaerimasu ka?

Transform the following using V/Ate wa ikemasen ka?.

  1. Sukoshi hayame ni modorimasu.
  2. Shukudai wa kin'yoobi ni dashimasu.
  3. Oniisan ni shigoto o tanomimasu.
  4. Sakubun wa mijikai desu.
  5. Kaigi wa yo-ji-han goro desu.

Combine using the purposive particle NI.

  1. [Sushi-ya no shujin wa uogashi de sakana o kaimasu][asa hayaku uogashi ni ikimasu]
  2. [Suteki-na resutoran de gohan o tabemasu][dokoka e ikimashoo]
  3. [Shuumatsu Itaria-eega o mimashita][tomodachi to issho ni ikimashita]
  4. [Chichi wa chikaku no mise de nomimasu][tokidoki yorimasu]
  5. [Atarashii uchi o mimasu][raishuu-chuu ni zehi kite kudasai]

Give the Japanese equivalent

  1. all night long
  2. in the middle of the exam
  3. go Dutch
  4. buffet style [eat as much as you can]
  5. short of money
  6. within next week

Translate the following into Japanese.

  1. Would it be possible for you to help me out?
  2. I would like to be able to teach foreign languages.
  3. Children should not play here.
  4. Can you hand in the report within this week?

Transform the following into the informal version.

  1. Doko desu ka?
  2. Itsu desu ka?
  3. Eego ga yomemasu ka?
  4. Are wa doo deshoo?
  5. Moo nemasu ka?
  6. Kanji no benkyoo wa muzukashii desu ka?
  7. Ano hito wa Nihon-jin desu ka?
  8. Wakarimasen ka?

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