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Lesson 205: Vocabulary expansion 26
One of the new words you will learn in this lesson is 要る, which means to have; to want.
| I need a spoon, a fork, and a knife. Thank you. |
スプーンとフォークとナイフが要る。どうも。 supuun to fooku to naihu ga iru. doumo. Sentence from Tatoeba |
Note how the particle が is used to mark what would be the object in English. This is like saying a spoon, a fork and a knife are needed.
The same pattern applies to the verbs can see and can hear. What would be the direct objects in English, are marked by the particle が in Japanese.
| Rain is visible; / (I) can see rain. |
雨が見える。 ame ga mieru. |
| A typhoon is audible; / (I) can hear a typhoon. |
台風が聞こえる。 taihuu ga kikoeru. |
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| than; from; more |
より yori |
| winter |
冬 huyu |
| (I) like summer better than winter. |
冬より夏が好きだ。 huyu yori natu ga suki da. https://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/154884 |
| Jim |
ジム zimu |
| gym |
ジム zimu |
| Jim goes to the gym every day. |
ジムさんは毎日ジムへ行きます。 zimu san ha mainiti zimu he ikimasu. |
| this person; this way |
こちら kotira |
| This is my mother. |
こちらは母です。 kotira ha haha desu. |
| This way please. |
こちらへどうぞ。 kotira he douzo. |
| this person; this way |
こっち kotti |
| Come here. |
こっちに来て。 kotti ni kite. |
| orangefruit; color |
オレンジ orenzi |
| sweet |
甘い amai |
| not much; not very |
余り amari |
| The oranges are not very sweet. |
オレンジは余り甘くありません。 orenzi ha amari amaku arimasen. |
| banana |
バナナ banana |
| Your banana is small. |
あなたのバナナは小さい。 anata no banana ha tiisai. |
| long |
長い nagai |
| neck |
首 kubi |
| giraffe |
キリン kirin |
| Giraffes have long necks. |
キリンは首が長い。 kirin ha kubi ga nagai. |
| to take lightly; to underestimate |
甘く見る amaku miru |
| power, strength |
力 tikara |
| Don't underestimate my power. |
私の力を甘く見ないで。 watasi no tikara wo amaku minaide. Sentence from Tatoeba |
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