2d (edited) • Daily Actions & Wins
Ocha & Chat Prep & Shadowing Script + Audio
Focus: Verbs and Negative Verbs
This week in Ocha & Chat, we will practise using simple Japanese verbs — and how to make them negative. Ocha & Chat is our weekly live call in which we talk about Japan, Japanese culture and practise speaking Japanese. It is on Sunday at 10 am Sydney time.
Even if you can't make it, if you read this information and shadow with the audio, you will progress your Japanese greatly!!
In Japanese, many polite verbs end in ます.
For example:
食べますたべます tabemasu to eat
飲みますのみます nomimasu to drink
行きますいきます ikimasu to go
To make these negative, we often change ます to ません.
食べます → 食べません tabemasu → tabemasen eat → do not eat
飲みます → 飲みません nomimasu → nomimasen drink → do not drink
行きます → 行きません ikimasu → ikimasen go → do not go
Shadowing Script
Try reading this out loud. Then listen, repeat, and copy the rhythm.
Japanese
こんにちは。私はケンです。毎日、水を飲みます。コーヒーも飲みます。でも、お酒は飲みません。
朝ごはんを食べます。パンを食べます。でも、魚は食べません。
学校に行きます。図書館にも行きます。でも、今日はスーパーに行きません。
テレビを見ます。YouTubeも見ます。でも、夜はあまり見ません。
日本語を勉強します。毎日、少し勉強します。でも、長い時間は勉強しません。
Romaji
Konnichiwa.
Watashi wa Ken desu.
Mainichi, mizu o nomimasu.
Koohii mo nomimasu.
Demo, osake wa nomimasen.
Asagohan o tabemasu.
Pan o tabemasu.
Demo, sakana wa tabemasen.
Gakkou ni ikimasu.
Toshokan ni mo ikimasu.
Demo, kyou wa suupaa ni ikimasen.
Terebi o mimasu.
Youtube mo mimasu.
Demo, yoru wa amari mimasen.
Nihongo o benkyou shimasu.
Mainichi, sukoshi benkyou shimasu.
Demo, nagai jikan wa benkyou shimasen.
English
Hello.I’m Ken. Every day, I drink water. I also drink coffee. But I don’t drink alcohol.
I eat breakfast. I eat bread. But I don’t eat fish.
I go to school. I also go to the library. But today, I’m not going to the supermarket.
I watch TV. I also watch YouTube. But at night, I don’t watch much.
I study Japanese. Every day, I study a little. But I don’t study for a long time.
Key Pattern
Verbます = do something
Verbません = do not do something
Examples:
食べます — I eat 食べません — I don’t eat
飲みます — I drink 飲みません — I don’t drink
見ます — I watch / see 見ません — I don’t watch / see
行きます — I go 行きません — I don’t go
勉強します — I study 勉強しません — I don’t study
Your Turn
Can you answer these questions in Japanese?
毎日、水を飲みますか。まいにち、みずをのみますか。Mainichi, mizu o nomimasu ka? Do you drink water every day?
朝ごはんを食べますか。あさごはんをたべますか。Asagohan o tabemasu ka? Do you eat breakfast?
テレビを見ますか。テレビをみますか。Terebi o mimasu ka? Do you watch TV?
日本語を勉強しますか。にほんごをべんきょうしますか。Nihongo o benkyou shimasu ka? Do you study Japanese?
You can answer like this:
はい、飲みます。Hai, nomimasu. Yes, I drink.
Or:
はい、毎日勉強します。Hai, mainichi benkyou shimasu. Yes, I study every day.
いいえ、あまり勉強しません。Iie, amari benkyou shimasen. No, I don’t study much.
For Ocha & Chat, try preparing 3 sentences:
- Something you do every day.
- Something you don’t do.
- Something you sometimes do.
Example:
毎日、水を飲みます。I drink water every day.
お酒は飲みません。I don’t drink alcohol.
時々、YouTubeを見ます。Sometimes I watch YouTube.
Can you make the Ocha & Chat?
Hai, sanka shimasu! (Yes, I'll join)
Chotto... (umm....) 😅
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