Thank you for joining the lesson on Sunday. It was great to see you again! In today’s lesson, we continued studying how to give a reason. We used the i‑adjectives from the textbook and made sentences with them. For example: * ninjin wa oishiku nai desukara tabemasen. (I don’t eat carrots because they are not tasty.) * yuzusake wa yasukatta desu kara ni hon kaimashita. (I bought two bottles of yuzu sake because it was cheap.) * atarashii hon desu kara yomimasu. (It’s a new book, so I will read it.)
We also practiced making present tense, past tense, and negative sentences using the adjectives from the textbook. Your sentences were excellent, and you clearly understand the sentence patterns.
In addition, today you made a longer sentence: furi eiga desukara eigakan e ikimashita.(Because it’s an old movie, I went to the movie theater.) This was wonderful. Another natural sentence is: furui eiga ga ghajimarimasu kara eigakan e ikimashita. (Because an old movie is starting, I went to the movie theater.)
I will also explain a little about the difference between hajimemasu and hajimarimasu. *“Hajimemasu” means “to start something” and it is an action you do. * “Hajimarimasu” means “something starts by itself.”
Let’s study the same part again. You did very well — it was truly excellent! Have an excellent week. Stay well!
Today we practiced a lot with "いきます” You distinguished well the tenses. Let's practice more next lesson. Please review vocabulary for transportaion: じてんしゃ、バイク、ひこうき、しんかんせん、ちかてつ、でんしゃ、ふね
New vocabulary: いとこ:cousin ナイアガラのたき:Niagara falls わたしは MDJのせいとです。(I am a MDJ student.)
Anyway, I really hope you drive safely on your trip!
Konnichiwa, Christian-san. It was nice to meet you. Thank you for taking my class today. You did a great job! I'm amazed that you know the word 'shinobi'! Here is your self-introduction you learned today;
Hajime mashite. = How do you do? Watashi wa Christian desu. = I am Christian. Americajin desu. = I am an American. Daigakusei desu. = I am an university student. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu. (while bowing)= Nice to meet you.
I'm looking forward to seeing you again next Sunday! Sayounara
Thank you for telling me the story about the movie and anime you saw lately. Please try on salmon onigiri with seasoned nori next time you visit Japan. And, you did great with your homework. Keep going!