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Beginner Lesson
I Don't Like It!

12 Formal Kanji
Formal Kana
Formal Romanization
English
2
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2
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Vocabulary 3
Grammar Points 3
 

 

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Kanji

  
  
   
 

  
  
   
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Kana

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Formal Romanization
Sakura T/10123145121687 91:15126141;
P<>=1? Hai, totemo suki desu.
Sakura Sushi wa suki desu ka?
P <>=1? Iie, suki de wa arimasen.
Sakura Sashimi wa suki desu ka?
P <>=1? Iie, kirai desu.
Sakura Natt /3145121687 91:15126141;
P <>=1? Iie, daikirai desu.

English

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Sakura Do you like tofu?

Peter Yes, I like it very much.
Sakura Do you like sushi?
Peter No, I don


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Sakura Do you like sashimi?
Peter No, I hate it.
Sakura Do you like natto?
Peter No, I can  =51=14 197>=


Vocabulary

Kanji  Kana
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T/1012
English
:14 12 19
   

fermented bean curd,
% ,-' natt /
soybean curd
Fermented soybeans
with a very strong

  
 * Sushi
smell
Raw fish on top of
"# *+ Sashimi
rice
Sliced raw fish,
thinly-sliced raw
fillet of fish
3
Vocabulary Sample Sentences
       I eat bean curd every day.
% $wa t1/ 10 2  1 84 7 8 7  8 7 1= 4 1 : 1 14 15 2 
Watashi
I dislike Natto.
Natt / 13 4 86 7 1
84 7 19 1: 15 2 

Grammar Points
Today, we covered how to make the present polite negative formof
 na-adjectives.  !
The way we do this, is to drop the "na" and add "
Instead of "de wa arimasen," you can also use " 
 
 de wa arimasen."
ja arimasen." Note
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that nouns also behave in the same way, so to create the polite non-past negative
for nouns, just add "de wa arimasen" or "ja arimasen" at the end of the noun. See
the followin

Example:

 
 
polite non-past affirmative
 
 
 

 
   
polite non-past negative  
Kono machi wa kirei desu.
! 
This town is clean. Kono machi wa kirei de wa
arimasen.
This town is not clean.
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Watashi wa gakusei desu. Watashi wa gakusei de wa
I am a student. arimasen.
I am not a student.

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