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Please view Lesson 6 for more verbs and vocabulary.
In this lesson you will learn 2 very useful Japanese verbs "agemasu" - to give and "moraimasu" - to receive. Proper sentence structure will also be covered, adding places, people and time to the sentence.
Vocabulary:
agemasu - to give moraimasu - to receive kyou - today ashita - tomorrow kino - yesterday asatte - day after tomorrow ototoi - day before yesterday tokei - watch keki - cake hon - book takai - expensive oishii - delicious nihon no hon - japanese book tomodachi - friend
Sentence structure:
Subject + wa (particle) + Time (day of the week) + Person + ni (particle) + adjective + noun (object) + o (particle for "object") + verb (agemasu / moraimasu)
Example:
Suzuki san wa ototoi tomodachi ni takai tokei o agemashita The day before yesterday Suzuki san gave an expensive watch to his friend.
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This lesson focuses on the Japanese verbs \"agemasu\" (to give) and \"moraimasu\" (to receive). It covers their basic conjugations across different tenses and demonstrates how to construct full sentences by incorporating objects, recipients, time markers, and adjectives.
Hello.
Konnichiwa.
Let's start today's lesson.
Today, we are going to learn to give, agemasu, and to receive, moraimasu.
To give is agemasu, agemasu, agemasu, and the conjugation is agemasu, negative, agemasen,
agemasen, agemasen.
Past affirmative is agemashita, agemashita, agemashita.
Past negative is agemasen deshita, agemasen deshita, agemasen deshita.
Okay, good.
And, to receive is moraimasu, moraimasu, moraimasu, okay, and the conjugation is moraimasu,
negative, moraimasen, moraimasen, moraimasen.
Past affirmative, moraimashita, moraimashita, moraimashita.
Past negative is moraimasen deshita, moraimasen deshita, moraimasen deshita.
Okay, good.
Then, let's give a book.
Book is, do you remember how to say that?
Hon, hon, hon.
To give a book is hon wo agemasu, hon wo agemasu, hon wo agemasu.
You need the particle wo after the object.
Okay, then how about this one, cake.
Cake is keeki, keeki, keeki.
So, it's going to be keeki wo agemasu, keeki wo agemasu, keeki wo agemasu.
Then, how about watch?
Watch is tokei, tokei, tokei.
So, it's going to be tokei wo agemasu, tokei wo agemasu, tokei wo agemasu.
Okay, then do you still remember this one?
Yes, this one is kyou, kinou, ashita, ototoi, asatte, ashita, kinou, asatte, ototoi, kyou.
Okay, then let's give a book tomorrow.
Ashita hon wo agemasu.
Okay, then how about this one, yesterday cake.
Be careful about the conjugation.
So, kinou keeki wo agemashita.
Kinou keeki wo agemashita.
Then, next one, the day before yesterday.
So, ototoi tokei wo agemashita.
Ototoi tokei wo agemashita.
Okay, then next step, let's give the book to Tanaka-san.
Okay, Tanaka-san.
It's going to be Tanaka-san ni hon wo agemasu.
Tanaka-san ni hon wo agemasu.
And add tomorrow.
Ashita Tanaka-san ni hon wo agemasu.
Okay, let's try one more time.
Ashita Tanaka-san ni hon wo agemasu.
Okay, then how about this one, to Mary-san.
Okay, yes.
Kinou Mary-san ni keeki wo agemashita.
Mou ichido.
Kinou Mary-san ni keeki wo agemashita.
Okay, then how about this one, to friend.
Friend is tomodachi.
So, ototoi tomodachi ni tokei wo agemashita.
Mou ichido.
Ototoi tomodachi ni tokei wo agemashita.
Okay, then next step is let's think about the subject.
Subject is generous millionaire Suzuki-san.
Okay, so this is going to be Suzuki-san wa ashita Tanaka-san ni hon wo agemasu.
After Suzuki-san, you need particle wa.
Okay, so Suzuki-san wa ashita Tanaka-san ni hon wo agemasu.
Okay, but he gave Japanese book.
Do you know how to say Japanese book?
Nihon no hon.
Okay, mou ichido.
Nihon no hon.
So, whole sentence going to be
Suzuki-san wa ashita Tanaka-san ni nihon no hon wo agemasu.
Mou ichido.
Suzuki-san wa ashita Tanaka-san ni nihon no hon wo agemasu.
Okay, then how about this one.
Suzuki-san wa kinou Mary-san ni keeki wo agemashita.
Hai.
But not just an ordinary cake.
He gave a delicious cake.
Delicious is oishii.
Oishii.
So, it's going to be Suzuki-san wa kinou Mary-san ni oishii keeki wo agemashita.
Mou ichido.
Suzuki-san wa kinou Mary-san ni oishii keeki wo agemashita.
Then, how about this one.
Suzuki-san wa ototoi tomodachi ni tokei wo agemashita.
Right, but since Suzuki-san is so generous, not a cheap watch.
That is an expensive one.
Okay, expensive is takai.
Takai.
So, it's going to be Suzuki-san wa ototoi tomodachi ni takai tokei wo agemashita.
Okay, mou ichido.
Suzuki-san wa ototoi tomodachi ni takai tokei wo agemashita.
But, if Suzuki-san was run out of the money, it's going to be Suzuki-san wa ototoi tomodachi ni takai tokei wo agemasendeshita.
Okay, good.
Then, now you can say this one, right.
Suzuki-san wa ashita Tanaka-san ni nihon no hon wo agemasu.
Good.
Then, let's see this situation from the Tanaka-san's point of view.
Okay, so in that case, Tanaka-san is going to be the subject.
So, Tanaka-san wa ashita Suzuki-san ni, Suzuki-san ni.
Yes, that's right.
Ni can be used to and from.
Okay, so Suzuki-san ni nihon no hon wo receive is moraimasu.
Okay, mou ichido.
Tanaka-san wa ashita Suzuki-san ni nihon no hon wo moraimasu.
Mou ichido.
Tanaka-san wa ashita Suzuki-san ni nihon no hon wo moraimasu.
Okay, then let's try this one.
So, subject is Mary-san, right.
So, Mary-san wa kinou Suzuki-san ni oishii keiki wo moraimashita.
Mou ichido.
Mary-san wa kinou Suzuki-san ni oishii keiki wo moraimashita.
Mou ichido.
Mary-san wa kinou Suzuki-san ni oishii keiki wo moraimashita.
Okay, then how about this one, last one.
Tomodachi wa ototoi Suzuki-san ni takai tokei wo moraimashita.
Mou ichido.
Tomodachi wa ototoi Suzuki-san ni takai tokei wo moraimashita.
Okay, that's all for today.
See you at Japan Society.
Japan Society de aimashou.
