[essex uni] japanese class - existence or location n ga arimasu imasu

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Japanese Language Class 23/Feb/2009 (Hiro)

Existence/ Location: ga arimasu/ imasu

Key sentences:

Wa ta shi no he ya ni te re bi ga a ri ma su.

(There is a TV in my room. / I have a TV in my room.)

Te re bi wa hi ki da shi no u e ni a ri ma su.

(The TV is on the drawer.)

1. The verbs (aru) and (iru) are used to indicate the existence or presence ofa thing(s) or person(s).

Add (masu) and (masen) to the verbs.

a ru

i ru

2. N / (N ga arimasu / imasu.)This pattern indicates that there is N. / N exists. / One has N.

N (Inanimate thing)

N (person, animal)

The thing(s) or person(s) in this sentence pattern is treated as a subject and marked

with the particle (ga).

p e n

There is a pen. / i n u

There is a dog.


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o k a n e

(I) have some money.

a n i

(I) have an older brother.

j u g y o o

(I) have a class today. (event)

j i k a n

Do (you) have time? (abstract thing)

Choose the correct verb, or .

1. m a n g a

/ comic book

2. g a k u s e i

/ student

3. k i

/ tree

3. N1 (place) N2 / (N1 ni N2 ga arimasu / imasu.)N1 (the place where N2 is present) is marked with the particle (ni).

Y o o r o p p a

I g i r i s u

I g i r i s u

K o r u c h e s u t a a

K o r u c h e s u t a a

E s e k k u s u

d a i g a k u

4. Topic marker (wa)The particle (wa) is called topic marker and it shows the central topic of the

sentence. By using the topic marker, the speaker tells the listener what s/he is going

to talk about in the following sentence. Subjects, objects and even adverbial phrases

can be a topic. If the sentence has a topic, it usually comes at the beginning of the

sentence.


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Kee-san eats sushi. (No topic)

As for Kee-san, he eats sushi.

As for sushi, Kee-san eats it.

The thing which both of the speaker and the listener know is tend to be a topic.

When you want to talk about something you already mentioned (i.e. something the

listener already knows), it will be the topic of the coming sentence, so you should

use (wa) before the noun.

5. N1 (thing / person / place) N2 (position) N1 N2 is used to give more specific information about the location of

something or someone. The particle (no) connects two nouns. In this pattern,

position nouns are used as N2.

Position noun (N2) N1 no N2 ni

u e

na ka

shi ta

so ba

N1

N1

N1

N1

on / above / over N1

in N1

under / beneath N1

near N1

Match the following to complete the descriptions of the picture on the slide.

t s u k u e

(desk)

d o a

(door)

h i k i d a s h i

(drawer)

b e d d o

(bed)

k u r o o z e t t o

(closet)

u e u e s o b an a k ashi ta

k u t s u(shoe) p e n (pen) t e r e b i(TV) f u k u(clothes)n e k o(cat)


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6. Draw a picture of your room. Then, ask Japanese assistants what the things in yourpicture are called in Japanese.

Xw a

n i h o n

g od e

n a n

t o

i i m a s u

k a How do you say X in Japanese?

(Picture)

7. Compose at least 3 sentences to describe what you have in your room and theirlocations. You can use the following sentence patterns.

W a t a s h i

n o

h e

y a

n i

N g a

a r i m a

s u

N w a

thing n o

position n i

a r i m a

s u

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