Archive for October, 2009
Present Negative Posted by Ginny on Oct 10, 2009
Now that we’ve gone over the present affirmative tense of both RU and U verbs, lets try conjugating these verbs in the negative present tense. Dictionary form: okiru (おきる)(起きる) to get up Present Affirmative: okimasu (おきます) Present Negative: okimasen (おきません) Dictionary form: akeru (あける) (開ける) to open Present Affirmative: akemasu (あけます) Present Negative: akemasen (あけません)…
Word of the Day Links Posted by Ginny on Oct 7, 2009
Click on the links to hear the words and see them in context. 1) 運 (luck) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=05-19-2009 2) レストラ (restructuring, downsizing) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=05-20-2009 3) もめる (to have a disagreement) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=05-27-2009 4) 中年 (middle age) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=06-02-2009 5) 勿論 (of course) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=06-04-2009 6) いける (to taste good) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=06-23-2009 7) うける (to be popular, be funny) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=06-24-2009 8) 節約する…
Japanese Vocab Posted by Ginny on Oct 4, 2009
All these words will be from the Word of the Day. Try to figure out what these words mean. 1) 運 2) レストラ 3) もめる 4) 中年 5) 勿論 6) いける 7) うける 8) 節約する 9) おやすみなさい 10) 素人 11) 磨く 12) 習う 13) 癒す 14) きれる 15) やばい