Homestay, Part 3: Practice

Let's take some time to practice what we've learned in this lesson.

INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES

The directions for some of the activities below are written with the idea of you working with a partner. If you do not have a partner available, complete the practice on your own, completing both parts of the activity as well as you can.

Kirei desu-ka?

With a partner practice forming the negative of i-adjectives and na-adjectives. Partner A selects any affirmative adjective from the list below and makes a simple question. Partner B, without looking at the list, responds in the negative using the correct form of the adjective. After every 5 questions and answers, switch roles and continue. Look at the example.

EXAMPLE

A: Oishii desu-ka?
B: Iie, oishikunai desu.
A: Atarashii desu-ka?
B: Iie, atarashikunai desu.
A: Kantan desu-ka?
B: Iie, kantan ja nai desu.

**Adjective Review**
i-adjectives	na-adjectives
furui・furukunai - (not) old ookii・ookikunai - (not) big chiisai・chiisakunai - (not) small hayai・hayakunai - (not) fast, early osoi・osokunai - (not) slow, late isogashii・isogashikunai - (not) busy oishii・oishikunai - (not) delicious tanoshii・tanoshikunai - (not) pleasant tsumaranai・tsumaranakunai - (not) boring muzukashii・muzukashikunai - (not) difficult omoshiroi・omoshirokunai - (not) interesting urusai・urusakunai - (not) noisy samui・samukunai - (not) cold atsui・atsukunai - (not) hot kawaii・kawaikunai - (not) cute takai・takakunai - (not) expensive yasui・yasukunai - (not) cheap tooi・tookunai - (not) far chikai・chikakunai - (not) close	dame・dame ja nai - (not) bad, worthless kantan・kantan ja nai - (not) easy, simple suki・suki ja nai - (not) pleasing joozu・joozu ja nai - (not) skilled heta・heta ja nai - (not) unskilled shizuka・shizuka ja nai - (not) quiet iya・iya ja nai - (not) bad, terrible kirei・kirei ja nai - (not) pretty hen・hen ja nai - (not) strange genki・genki ja nai - (not) healthy

Donna machi desu-ka?

Use your imagination in this pair activity. You and your partner are both students who are at a summer Japanese language camp where all of the participants are expected to speak only in Japanese during the two-week session. You and your partner have met just recently and are now asking questions about each other’s towns. Take turns asking questions. Circle the correct information about your partner’s town. Compare your work when you have completely finished.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

A-san-no machi-no namae-wa nan desu-ka? Winona desu.
Ookii desu-ka? Iie, ookikunai desu. Totemo chiisai desu.
Shizuka desu-ka? Iie, shizuka ja nai desu. Urusai desu.
Kirei desu-ka? Hai, kirei desu.
Omoshiroi desu-ka? Iie, anmari omoshirokunai desu.
Koko-kara chikai desu-ka? Hai, chikai desu. Basu-de ichi-ji-kan-gurai desu.
Eigakan-ga (takusan) arimasu-ka? Hai, muttsu arimasu.

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