*ENGLISH Japanese Study Course

❷Modification of Nouns

2023年1月27日

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Japanese Study Course
Japanese Study Course

This is a free online teaching material for foreigners to learn Japanese. The course is designed that you can naturally acquire knowledge by lying down at home.

❶Basic Pronouns
❶Basic Pronouns

Pronouns are the basis of grammar. Now, let's check the list of personal pronouns, possessive pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, and interrogative pronouns.

❷Modification of Nouns
❷Modification of Nouns

Modifying nouns with pronouns, other nouns, to-infinitives, participles and relative pronouns. Example, in Japanese usage, 'noun + "の" + noun', as in '先生の辞書'.

❸Noun/Adjective Predicate
❸Noun/Adjective Predicate

"A は B です" is called a noun predicate sentence. - "A は B が好きです" is called an adjective predicate sentence. "好きです" consists of 'Adject + Auxiliary verb'. No verb

❹Verbal predicate sentences
❹Verbal predicate sentences

Japanese grammatical constructions like "A は B を・・・。" are called verbal predicate sentences. The predicate part "・・・" consists of 'a verb + an auxiliary verb'.

❺Past tense of verbs and auxiliary verbs
❺Past tense of verbs and auxiliary verbs

If you want to say, "I bought two dictionaries." in Japanese, you would normally say "私は2冊辞書を買った。" To put it politely, it's "私は2冊辞書を買いました。"ます" ➡Past tense "ました"

❻Present/Past Progressive Tenses
❻Present/Past Progressive Tenses

Present/Past

❼Verb Situational Expressions
❼Verb Situational Expressions

Verb expressions that indicate the situation have the same form as the present progressive tense. However, that is not progressive action but shows situation.

❽Possible Expressions [1]
❽Possible Expressions [1]

If you want to say, "I can speak English." in Japanese, you would politely say "私は英語ができます。". In another Japanese expression, you would say "私は英語を話すことができます。".

❾Possible Expressions [2]
❾Possible Expressions [2]

We will study verbs that indicate "possible" in Japanese. The verb "買う(buy)" was studied in lesson 5, let me introduce a verb "買える" that indicate "can buy".

➓Future Tense Expression
➓Future Tense Expression

"Shohei Ohtani will not pitch in the baseball game tomorrow." in Japanese, you would normally say "大谷翔平は明日の野球の試合で投げないだろう。". Future tense same as present tense.

⓫Guess/Conviction Expressions
⓫Guess/Conviction Expressions

Guess, Conviction, Verb(basic)/Noun/Adj+かもしれない, Possibility Guess, May be, Subjective Conviction, Must be, Objective Conjecture, Should be.

⓬Expressions of Desire
⓬Expressions of Desire

About expressions of desire, if you want to say, "I want to go on a trip with my friends during the summer vacation." in Japanese, you say "私は夏休みに友達と旅行がしたいです。".

⓭Expressions of Permissions and Prohibitions
⓭Expressions of Permissions and Prohibitions

We will study the expressions of permissions and prohibitions. "Can I go to Shibuya with my friends tomorrow?" in Japanese, you can say "私は明日、友達と渋谷に行ってもいいですか。".

⓮Expressions of Invitation & Intention
⓮Expressions of Invitation & Intention

Let's study the expressions of invitation & intention such as "Would you like to…/ Let's do…" for invitation & "I would like to…/ I'm going to…" for intention.

⓯Expressions of Requests
⓯Expressions of Requests

Let's study expressions of requests such as "Please do …" or "Will you please do…". If you want to say, "Please open the window." in Japanese, "窓を開けてください。".

⓰Expressions of "S+V+O+O"
⓰Expressions of "S+V+O+O"

Let's study expressions with two objects such as the pattern S+V+O+O like "I will give her a birthday present." You say "私は彼女に誕生日のプレゼントをあげようと思います。" in Japanese.

⓱Expressions by verb conjunctive form
⓱Expressions by verb conjunctive form

In lesson 17, we'll review the Expressions by verb conjunctive form we have already studied before. Also let's study new usages such as "・・・していきます/・・・してきます" .

⓲Usage of "i-type" adjectives
⓲Usage of "i-type" adjectives

Two types of Japanese adjectives: i-type and na-type. In Lesson 18, we study the usage of i-type adjectives. ex:"赤いリンゴ(a red apple)" or "高い山(a high mountain)".

⓳Usage of "na-type" adjectives
⓳Usage of "na-type" adjectives

Let's study "Usage of na-type adjectives." For example, "きれいな先生", "静かな音楽". They can also be used as an adjective predicate sentence, such as "この音楽は静かだ/静かではない。".

⓴Usage of Particles "が"&"は"
⓴Usage of Particles "が"&"は"

In Lesson 20, we will study the usage of particle "が" & "は". These two particles are similar in usage, so we will explain in detail how to use them differently.

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Japanese Study Course
❶Basic Pronouns
❷Modification of Nouns
❸Noun/Adjective Predicate
❹Verbal predicate sentences
❺Past tense of verbs and auxiliary verbs
❻Present/Past Progressive Tenses
❼Verb Situational Expressions
❽Possible Expressions [1]
❾Possible Expressions [2]
➓Future Tense Expression
⓫Guess/Conviction Expressions
⓬Expressions of Desire
⓭Expressions of Permissions and Prohibitions
⓮Expressions of Invitation & Intention
⓯Expressions of Requests
⓰Expressions of "S+V+O+O"
⓱Expressions by verb conjunctive form
⓲Usage of "i-type" adjectives
⓳Usage of "na-type" adjectives
⓴Usage of Particles "が"&"は"
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Japanese Study Course Lesson2

Lady JJ
Lady JJ

Hello everyone. I'm Lady JJ. Nice to meet you! Welcome to Japanese Study Course. I will be in charge of the Japanese course, so please call me "JJ". Come on, let's start the Japanese course together! In lesson 2, we will study the modification of nouns in Japanese.

LADY JJ
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2-1 Modifying nouns with pronouns

Lady JJ
Lady JJ

We already studied the possessive form of personal pronouns and the conjunctive form of demonstrative pronouns in Lesson 1.

  • your luggage
  • あなたの荷物

◆詳細解釋

  • あなたの荷物
  • あなたの(personal pronoun possessive)+荷物(noun)

◆詞彙筆記

あなたの:(personal pronoun possessive) your
荷物  :(noun) luggage

 

2-2 Modifying nouns with other nouns

(1)Normal usage

  • When modifying nouns with other nouns, use the particle "の" as 'noun + "の" + noun', as in "先生の辞書".
  • teacher's dictionary
  • 先生の辞書

◆詳細解釋

  • 先生の辞書
  • 先生(noun)+の(case particle)+辞書(noun)

◆詞彙筆記

先生:(noun) teacher
の :(case particle) When modifying nouns with other nouns, use the particle "の"
辞書:(noun) dictionary

(2)When the case particle "の" is omitted

  • When a noun modifies another noun, if the noun has a strong connection with the noun that follows it, the particle "の" can be omitted, but it is not always necessary to omit it.
  • However, when a country name is used as a modifier, for example, in the case of "中国の友人 friend of China", the particle "の" cannot be omitted.

(Example)

  • 「中国語の雑誌」Chinese Magazine
  • 「中国の友人」Chinese friends
  • 「四川料理」or「四川の料理」Sichuan Cuisine
  • 「体育教師」or「体育の教師」Physical Education Teacher
  • 「歴史問題」or「歴史の問題」Historical Issues
  • 「民間会社」or「民間の会社」private company

 

2-3 Modifying nouns with to-infinitives, participles and relative pronouns

Lady JJ
Lady JJ

In English, to-infinitives, participles, and relative pronouns are used to describe nouns in detail, but Japanese usages to modify nouns is simpler in structure and form than English.

Nice to meet you! I'm Rabbit boy. Call me "Rabbit." I will join this course!
Consider sentences in English that use to-infinitives, participles, and relative pronoun modifiers to describe nouns in detail. When you want to express the sentence in Japanese, put a phrase or sentence such as "税関に提出する" before the noun of “申告書.”

Rabbit boy
Rabbit boy
  • Do you have a declaration to submit to customs?
  • Ordinary:税関に提出する申告書はあるか?
  • Politely:税関に提出する申告書はありますか?
  • Replacing "ある" with "あります" makes it more polite.

◆詳細解釋

  • Ordinary:税関に提出する申告書はあるか?
  • 税関に提出する(noun modifier)+申告書(subject)+は(nominative particle)+ある(verb, basic form)+か(ending particle, question)。
  • 禮貌句:税関に提出する申告書はありますか?
  • 税関に提出する(noun modifier)+申告書(subject)+は(nominative particle)+あり(verb, consecutive form)+ます(auxiliary verb, polite)+か(ending particle, question)。
  • 税関に提出する(noun modifier)➡税関(object)+に(object particle)+提出する(verb)

◆詞彙筆記

税関  :(noun) customs
提出する:(verb) submit
申告書 :(noun) declaration
ある  :(verb) have
ます  :(auxiliary verb, polite)
か   :(ending particle, question)
 ◆Advanced Study Conjugation of the verb "ある"
Negative form
Nothing of conjugation of the verb "ある"
Auxiliary verb "ない" is added after
お金がない
I do not have any money.
Consecutive form
あり(ます)
Auxiliary verb "ます" is added after
税関に提出する申告書はありますか。
Do you have a declaration to submit to customs?
Basic form
ある
The basic form
駅前に銀行がある
There is a bank in front of the station.
Adnominal form
ある(+noun)
Noun is added after
時間があるときに来てください。
Please come when you have time.
Hypothesis form
あれ(ば)
Conjunction particle "ば" is added after
時間があれば行きます。
I will go if I have time.
Imperative form
Nothing of conjugation of the verb "ある"
State verbs do not have an imperative form
Conjectural form
あろ(う)
Auxiliary verb "う" is added after
現実にそんなことがあろうか?
Could that really happen?

In Japanese grammar textbooks, cases in which negative auxiliary verbs are added or cases in which conjectural/intentional auxiliary verbs are added are grouped together as ”a conjugation which means beforehand'' or ”unworn forms''. The reason for using that name is based on the concept of "not yet." For the better understanding of our readers, we do not use this sorting method in KANBE Ryusho's room, in the case of five-stage verb conjugations, we arrange them in the order of "a, i, u, e, o" based on the conjugation form.

 

2-4 Japanese topic title and subject

  • In Japanese, we often use sentences that have a topic title and a subject.
  • For example, "あなたは税関に提出する申告書ありますか。(Do you have a declaration to submit to customs?)" has the topic title "あなた(you)" and the real subject "税関に提出する申告書(declaration to submit to customs)."
  • Add the title particle "は(wa)" to the topic title and the nominative particle "が(ga)" to the subject.
  • If you omit the topic title "あなた", it will be "(あなたは)税関に提出する申告書がありますか。".
  • At this time, the title particle "は(wa)" can use as the nominative particle for the subject instead of "が(ga)”.
  • In other words, "税関に提出する申告書ありますか。"

Therefore, "(title omission)+税関に提出する(noun modifier)+申告書(subject)+は(nominative particle)+あり(verb)+ます(auxiliary verb, polite)+か(ending particle, question)。"

Rabbit boy
Rabbit boy
Lady JJ
Lady JJ

This is the end of today's study. I hope you have understood how nouns are modified in Japanese!
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