Key words Subject Personal pronouns Recap What are the Japanese personal pronouns WATASHI Ime female BOKU Ime male WATASHINO My female BOKUNO My male Did you notice how weve learnt Japanese sentences without using ID: 816759
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Slide1
Using “I” in Japanese sentences.
Key words:
Subject.
Personal pronouns.
Slide2Recap: What are the Japanese personal pronouns?
WATASHI= I/me (female)
BOKU= I/me (male)
WATASHI-NO= My (female)
BOKU-NO= My (male)
Slide3Did you notice how we’ve learnt Japanese sentences without using “I”?
Simpler sentences->
1)
SUPOOTSU
ga
suki desu= I Like sports.2) AIMEE desu= I am Aimee.
Longer sentences->1) WATASHI WA SUPOOTSU ga suki desu= I Like sports.2) WATASHI WA AIMEE desu= I am Aimee.
To use ’I’ in these kind of sentences, you add “
Watashi
/
boku
wa
” at the front.
Slide4Did you notice how we’ve learnt Japanese sentences without using “I”?
Example:
1)
WATASHI
WA
SUPOOTSU ga suki desu= I Like sports.THE SUBJECT HERE is “I” because she is talking mainly about HERSELF. So why is this?Answer: The subject is not normally needed in Japanese sentences.‘WA’ (Japanese particle): shows the subject of the sentence. Appears after the subject word.
Slide5HOW DO YOU EXPRESS WHAT YOU LIKE, USING I?
Example:
English:
I
like
onigiri.Japanese: Boku wa onigiri
ga suki desu.“I” for boys.Shows that subject is “I”. Appears after “Boku”. This particle is used when writing information about the subject, such as his likes.This means “like”. “Desu” is a sentence-ending.