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LESSON 4: Talk about the weather using adjectives.

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I. Atarashii Kotoba (Vocabulary)

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II. Bunkei (Sentence Pattern)

i. Tag question using ~desu ne / dane.

Ex. Mou yuki desu ne. = It’s already winter, isn’t it?

ii. It looks like ~sou desu / sou da.

Verb: Furimasu -> drop masu -> add sou = furisou.
Ex. Ame ga furisou desu. = It looks like it’s going to rain.

iii. I like and don’t like. ~ ga suki ~ ga suki janai

Ex. Yuki ga suki. = I like summer
Sushi ga suki ja nai
III. Yomimashou! (Let’s read!)

Sarah: Kyou ha samui desu ne?

Bob: Sou dane. Honto ni samui desu.
Sarah: Kyou ha ame ga furisou desu ne.
Bob: Hai, sou desu.
Sarah: Kyou ha doko he ikimasuka?
Bob: Kanojo to ishoni kouen he ikimasu. Anata ha?
Sarah: Watashi? Eto ne... Ie ni tomarimasu. Omoshiroi eiga wo mimasu.
Bob: Eh- Saikin, donna eiga ga suki?
Sarah: eto ne.. nihon eiga ga suki. Anata no suki na eiga ha nani?
Bob: kowai eiga ga suki.
Sarah: Honto? Demo, kowai eiga ga suki janai. Romanchiku eiga ga suki!
Bob: ah! Sarah san, boku no kanojo ga iru! Ja matane!
Sarah: hai! Mata ne!

IV. Try to make your own dialogue!

Pair with another person and talk about the weather and things that you like.

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