Vocabulary and Grammar Practice

Let's refresh your memory on community places. Review the list of Community Places and complete the activity.

Activity 1

Please look at the map below and choose the correct answers to the questions in the audio files.

Activity 2 - どんな

What is donna? Donna means what kind of and can be used directly in front of a noun.

Grammar Activity - Negative Forms of Adjectives

Do you remember there were two kinds of adjectives in Japanese? They are i-adjectives and na-adjectives. When they are in negative forms, they have distinctly different endings.

The negative of na -adjectives

Drop -na at the end and add ja nai as in:

kantan-na
- drop -na + ja nai
  - kantan-na - na = kantan
  - kantan + ja nai => kantan ja nai
- kantan ja nai
  - Hiragana: かんたんじゃない
kirei-na => kirei ja nai
- Hiragana: きれいじゃない
shizuka-na => shizuka ja nai
- Hiragana: しずかじゃない

Let's compare this with the negative of i -adjectives.

The negative of i -adjectives

Drop i at the end and add kunai as in:

omoshiroi
- -i + kunai
  - omoshiroi - i => omoshiro
  - omoshiro + kunai => omoshirokunai
- omoshirokunai
  - Hiragana: おもしろくない
hayai => hayakunai
- Hiragana: はやくない
ookii => ookikunai
- Hiragana: おおきくない)

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