Beginner Japanese/Existence and Copula

This lesson will teach you how to say that something exists or doesn't exist.

Reading

Read Expressing state-of-being.

Exercises

• Using the words listed at Japanese I/Vocabulary/Nouns 1, say something in:
  • Declarative
  • Negative
  • Past
  • Negative-past

Edit the section below and write the exercise above in hiragana and kanji in this format:

====~~~(this signs your name)====
Hiragana:
*words form meaning
*words form meaning
*words form meaning
*words form meaning

Kanji:
*words form meaning
*words form meaning
*words form meaning
*words form meaning

It will be checked by a fellow student or instructor.

Japanese Existence and Copula/completed exercises contains corrected exercises.

Example:

Hiragana:

• いすだ declarative, is chair
• いすじゃない negative, not chair
• いすだった past, was chair
• いすじゃなかった negative-past, wasn't chair

Kanji:

• 椅子だ declarative, is chair
• 椅子じゃない negative, not chair
• 椅子だった past, was chair
• 椅子じゃなかった negative-past, wasn't chair

Examples in polite speech:

Hiragana:

• いすです declarative, is chair
• いすではありません negative, not chair
• いすでした past, was chair
• いすではありませんでした negative-past, wasn't chair

Kanji:

• 椅子です declarative, is chair
• 椅子ではありません negative, not chair
• 椅子でした past, was chair
• 椅子ではありませんでした negative-past, wasn't chair

Area to put Exercises

Yama da. Declarative.

Yama janai. Negative.

Yama datta. Declarative, past.

Yama janakatta. Negative, past.

Exercises using polite speech： Yama desu. Declarative

Yama dewaarimasen. Negative

Yama deshita. Declarative, past.

Yama Dewaarimasendeshita. Negative, past

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ひらがな:

• でんわです polite present declarative '(it) is a telephone'
• でんわでわありません polite negative present declarative '(it) is not a telephone'
• でんわでした polite past declarative '(it) was a telephone'
• でんわでわありませんでした　polite past negative declarative 'it was not a telephone'
• でんわだ plain present declarative '(it) is a telephone'
• でんわじゃない plain present negative declarative '(it) is not a telephone'
• でんわだった plain past declarative '(it) was a telephone'
• でんわじゃなかった plain past negative declarative　'(it) was not a telephone'

漢字:

• 電話です polite present declarative '(it) is a telephone'
• 電話でわありません polite negative present declarative '(it) is not a telephone'
• 電話でした polite past declarative '(it) was a telephone'
• 電話でわありませんでした　polite past negative declarative 'it was not a telephone'
• 電話だ plain present declarative '(it) is a telephone'
• 電話じゃない plain present negative declarative '(it) is not a telephone'
• 電話だった plain past declarative '(it) was a telephone'
• 電話じゃなかった plain past negative declarative '(it) was not a telephone'

Assignment

• Memorize the words listed at Japanese I/Vocabulary/Nouns 1 including the stroke order of the kanji, number of strokes, and the spelling of them.

Questions

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See also

•  Copula

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