N5
Sentence Structure
Genki Lesson 7
๏ฝใฆใใ (Action in Progress)
๐
Pattern:
Verb (ใฆ-form) + ใใ
๐ฌ
Meaning:
Doing something...
โน๏ธ
Usage:
Talking about things that are happening right now or even things that happen regularly
ไป ๅฎฟ้ก ใ ใใฆใใพใใ
I'm doing homework right now.
N5
ใใฆใใ (Result of a Change)
๐
Pattern:
Change Verb (ใฆ-form) + ใใ = Resulting State
โน๏ธ
Usage:
With change verbs, ใใฆใใ means the result of that change still remains.
็ฐไธญ|ใใชใ] ใใใฏ ็ตๅฉ ใใฆ ใใพใใ
Mr. Tanaka is married.
N5
Body Description with ใใฏใใใใงใ
๐
Pattern:
[Person] ใฏ [Body part] ใ [Adjective] ใงใใย
๐ฌ
Meaning:
[Person] has [adjective] [body part].
โน๏ธ
Usage:
Describe someoneโs physical features.
็ฐไธญ|ใใชใ] ใใใฏ ็ฎ ใ ๅคงใใ ใงใใ
Tanaka-san has big eyes.
N5
Adj/Noun Te-forms for Joining Sentences
๐
Pattern:
[Description 1 (ใฆ-form)], [Description 2 (ใฆ-form)], ... + [Final description/verb]
๐ฌ
Meaning:
Young and Beautiful
โน๏ธ
Usage:
Connect multiple adj, or multiple nouns.
็ง ใฎ ๅง ใฏ ็ถบ้บ ใงใ ่ฅใ ใงใใ
My older sister is beautiful and young.
N5
Verb Stem + ใซ่กใ/ๆฅใ/ๅธฐใ
๐
Pattern:
[Destination] ใซ/ใธ + [Purpose of movement (Verb Stem)] + ใซ + ่กใ๏ผๆฅใ๏ผๅธฐใ
๐ฌ
Meaning:
Go/Come/Return to do something.
ใณใณใใ] ใซ [ใๅผๅฝ ใ ่ฒท ใ ใซ ่ก ใใพใใ
I'm going to the convenience store to buy a lunch box.
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Counting People (ใไบบใปใซใ)
๐
Pattern:
[Person/Group] ใ [number]ไบบ ใใพใใ
๐ฌ
Meaning:
There are [number] people.
โน๏ธ
Usage:
Counting people.
ๆๅฎค ใซ ๅญฆ็ ใ ไธไบบ ใใพใใ
There are seven students in the classroom.
