LESSON 09
Likes and abilities

Say what you like / are good at / understand / have with が, use degree adverbs, give reasons with 〜から and ask どうして.

単語Vocabulary44 words
understandv.
havev.
likeな-adj
dislikeな-adj
good atな-adj
poor atな-adj
drinksn.
dish (cooked food), cooking (〜を します)n.
sport (〜を します)n.
baseball (〜を します)n.
dance (〜を します)n.
trip, tour (〜[を] します)n.
musicn.
songn.
classical musicn.
jazzn.
concertn.
karaoken.
Kabukin.
picture, drawingn.
letter, charactern.
Chinese charactern.
hiragana scriptn.
katakana scriptn.
the Roman alphabetn.
small changen.
ticketn.
timen.
something to do, errandn.
appointment, promise (〜[を] します)n.
side job (〜を します: work part-time)n.
(someone else's) husbandn.
(my) husbandn.
(someone else's) wifen.
(my) wifen.
childn.
well, muchadv.
mostly, roughlyadv.
many, muchadv.
a little, a fewadv.
not at all (with negatives)adv.
early, quickly, fastadv.
because ~part.
whyinterr.
文型Grammar patterns5 points
The objects of these adjectives/verbs are marked with が.
例
I like Italian food.
A どんな question can be answered by stating a specific name.
例
What sports do you like? I like soccer.
Degree/quantity adverbs before the verb (あまり・全然 + negative; also modify adjectives).
例
I understand English well.
The clause before から gives the reason for what follows.
例
I don't read newspapers because I don't have time.
"Why?" — から goes at the end of the reply giving the reason.
例
Why don't you read a paper in the mornings? Because I don't have time.
例文Example sentences4 pairs
Q.
What sports do you like?
A.
I like soccer.
Q.
Do you read a newspaper every morning?
A.
No, I don't. I don't have time.
Q.
Why don't you read a newspaper in the mornings?
A.
Because I don't have time.
Q.
I'm going home early today.
A.
Why? Because it's my child's birthday.
参考音楽[おんがく]・スポーツ・映画[えいが] — Music, sports & films28 words
Music: pop
rock
Latin-American
folk
traditional Japanese popular songs
musical
opera
Sports: softball
rugby
volleyball
basketball
bowling
skating
table tennis, ping-pong
sumo
judo
Japanese fencing
swimming
Films: science fiction
horror
cartoon
documentary
romance
mystery
film based on a classic work
war
action
comedy
漢字Kanji8 characters
like, fond
6 strokes
rice field
5 strokes
child
3 strokes
man
7 strokes
woman
3 strokes
up, above
3 strokes
down, below
3 strokes
few, little
4 strokes
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