Thank you for coming to the lesson. Since this was our first lesson, we learned how to give a simple self-introduction. You can now introduce your name, nationality, and occupation in Japanese.
Thank you for joining the first lesson of July. It was great to see you again! In today's lesson, we mainly studied Lesson 9 and practiced the nai‑form. しないでください。 The polite form is "Please do not do something."
It's good to simply memorize them. This part is based on the nai‑form. Japanese verbs are divided into three groups. Group 1 verbs have various conjugation changes. Group 2 verbs are not conjugated in the same way. Group 3 verbs are irregular, and there are only two: します, which becomes しない in the nai‑form, and きます, which becomes こない in the nai‑form.
We used expressions like“ひそかに secretly” and “ざんねんながら unfortunately” today, and you chose the Japanese meanings very well during our conversation. How wonderful! Please keep speaking without hesitation. Great job! And congratulations on the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. Have a wonderful weekend, and see you next week!
Thank you for joining the lesson. Through the Pokémon Koraidon and Miraidon, you also learned the words 古来 (こらい, ancient) and 未来 (みらい, future). As output practice, you talked about what you had been doing before the lesson. Since you had been cooking dinner, I introduced the expression “〜ていました” to describe an action that was in progress in the past. We also practiced reading the manga Flying Witch aloud.
Thank you for attending the lesson. As output practice, you talked about Independence Day in the United States. I learned that Independence Day is celebrated on July 4th.
We reviewed the expression “~te mo ii desu ka?”, which is used to ask for permission. You also practiced giving reasons in responses such as, “Iie, ikemasen. XXX desu.” (“No, you can’t. It is XXX.”)
We also learned the words korai (ancient) and mirai (future) through the Pokémon Koraidon and Miraidon.
