JP2000 Lecture 30 Exercises


What would you say when:

  1. you have just written a letter to your friend in Japan?
  2. you are in the middle of watching a video?
  3. you are about to close the store?
  4. you are in the middle of trying to fix the washer?
  5. you had been thinking about calling him when he visited you?
  6. you had sent a fax when she called you?
  7. you thank your customer for taking the time to come when he is busy?
  8. you apologize to someone for visiting him when he is ill?
  9. the section chief came into the room, when you were in the middle of playing a game on the computer?

Transform the following sentences using ~ (no) ka mo shirenai.

  1. Kyoo wa gogo kara yuki ga furimasu.
  2. Okane ga nai node, kotoshi wa Nihon ni ikimasen.
  3. Yoshida-san wa watashi ni ki ga tsukimasen deshita.
  4. Maiku-san wa Nihongo Nooryoku Kentee-shiken ni ochimashita.
  5. Kono kaisha no shuushoku-shiken wa kanari muzukashii desu.
  6. Kono kurasu de Supeingo ga hanaseru no wa Santosu-san gurai desu.
  7. Kimu-san wa kurasu o yasunda koto ga nai kara, kyoo wa byooki deshoo.

Add an appropriate news source using ~ ni yoru to ...soo desu

  1. Iraku wa kokuren no teean ni dooi-shimashita.
  2. Ano futari wa kon'yaku o kaishoo-shimashita.
  3. Kotoshi no natsu wa kanari atsuku narimasu.
  4. Nihon de wa Joshi-dai-see no shuushoku ga totemo muzukashii desu.
  5. Otooto wa juken-shita daigaku ni hairemasen deshita.
  6. Haha wa gan no shujutsu o ukenakereba narimasen.

Translate into Japanese using ~ gurai.

  1. I have never done a work as trobublesome as this.
  2. There is no one as kind as she is.
  3. This kind of math question, even a child can do.
  4. I was so sick that I could not eat or drink anythng for a week.
  5. His story was so funny that people could not stop laughing.

Give the Japanese equivalent.

  1. a four and a half mat room
  2. 120 x3.3²
  3. job shortage
  4. write a test
  5. graduate from the university
  6. pass the exam
  7. go for an interview
  8. attend a class
  9. skip a class
  10. get on a bus
  11. get off the subway
  12. apply for a company
  13. make a hotel reservation
  14. be fired
  15. make an excuse


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