Thank you for joining the lesson on Monday. It was great to see you again!
Today, we continued studying the passive form. From Lesson 37 of Minna no Nihongo, our conversation expanded from the word “business trip.” You told me that next week you will be traveling for work for about a week, from Denver, Colorado to the East Coast. Using Google Maps, you were able to use directional expressions correctly—such as east of NYC, above, and below. This is one of the great advantages of online lessons.
I’ve never been to Colorado or anywhere east of NYC, and I even heard the names of some islands for the first time. It was a fun conversation, and it almost felt like I traveled there myself. Thank you.
You also mentioned that you will join the lesson from your business trip, which I’m looking forward to. I hope you have a wonderful and safe trip. Take care and have a great time on your business trip!
We went through slides 1 to 6 of MDJ L8・9. We checked the homework up to the ます-form conjugation section, then reviewed the ます-form patterns by building sentences.
Verb conjugation has become noticeably faster than in earlier lessons. Dictionaly form comes out without hesitation.
In situations where んです would be the natural choice, the ます-form was used instead. Some verbs were recalled immediately; others did not come to mind.
Flashcard practice is recommended to continue building vocabulary.
Sample Sentences
★ます-form Patterns いきます／いきません／いきました／いきませんでした (go / don't go / went / didn't go)
★Making Sentences まいにち TWICEの どうがを みます。 (I watch TWICE videos every day.) きのうは コンサートに いきませんでした。 (I didn't go to the concert yesterday.)
まいあさ = every morning べんきょうします = to study りょうりします = to cook そうじします = to clean うんどうします = to exercise はたらきます = to work おきます = wake up ねます = sleep / go to bed
We started L8 and went through slides 1 and 2. We covered the six ます-form patterns (ます / ません / ました / ませんでした /ますか / ませんか) and confirmed that the part before ます does not change for any verb group. ませんでした was new this time.
We also practiced て形 for listing actions, and ～てくれてありがとう.
Verbs were produced without much hesitation, and てform conversion was faster than in previous lessons.
Homework: slides 3 to 8.
Sample Sentences (今日の例文)
★The Six ます-form Patterns のみます／のみません／のみました／のみませんでした (drink / don't drink / drank / didn't drink) のみますか／のみませんか (Do you drink? / Won't you drink?)
★て形 for Listing Actions ともだちに あって、ごはんを たべて、かいものを しました。 (I met a friend, ate a meal, and went shopping.)
★Saying Thank You with てform はなしてくれて ありがとう。 (Thank you for telling me.)
