Monday, January 25, 2021

上梅田  じょー/ばいでん  (President)Joe Biden in kanji Group 2 verbs

 January 25, 2021 – Tuesday

令和3125日  月曜日  

             月=げつ=がつ=つき=Moon, month

 

There’s a joke about a special way to write President Joe Biden’s name in 日本語      (other than ジョー・バイデン)

上梅田   “Upper plum field”

If you read the 漢字(かんじ) one way, the pronunciation is  

かみ うめ だ

If you use their alternative readings, the pronunciation is    

じょう ばい でん

https://mainichi.jp/.../arti.../20210122/p2a/00m/0na/023000c 

 

A.                             ワームアップ     Write the dictionary/plain forms of the following verbs in hiragana

          飲みます           買います                   聞きます

 

  およぎます   話します    します

                        

  読みます                   来ます                        書きます

                                                         

 

C. Write these kanji combination words かんじ で

   しゅくだい  えいが                        べんきょう

 

           しゃしん              でんしゃ                   えいご

 

           でんわ    さかな                        にく

 

D.Group 2 Verbs (also called   verbs), the second largest group.  What are they like?  They are easier to conjugate than Group 1 or Group 3. They have no extra “i” syllable before the “masu” in the neutral-polite form.  All dictionary/plain affirmative forms end in “ru.”  Some are sneaky and look like Group 1 verbs, but are actually in Group 2, so you have to remember which ones those are.  Here are some important Group 2 verbs.

見ます     見る                   食べます 食べる

Sees/looks at                  eats

 

あけます あける          おきます おきる

Opens                                 gets up/wakes up

 

でます でる    でかけます でかける

 Exits/leaves                    goes-out

 

(シャワーを)あびます   あびる

Takes a shower                                  showers

 

E.Which group does each of these “masu” form verbs belong to, 1, 2, or 3?

のばします    います     あそびます

 

見ます      たちます    します

 

来ます      でます     行きます    

 

あります     話します    読みます

 

F.    日本語 で 書きます。

1.   I like to take showers.

2.   Yamada-san likes to drink (green) tea.

3.   Grandmother (おばあさん) likes to buy fruit. 

4.    Father (おとうさん)doesn’t like to read magazines.

 

 

宿題   しゅくだい  Homework

 

Sections D and E, above

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